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Updated 5 hours, 55 minutes ago

Mavs suffer loss in districts, conclude season

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Mavericks (16-4) fell 11-1 to the West Valley Rams Saturday, bringing an end to their …

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
Pheasant says county needs experienced treasurer

MOSES LAKE — Thirty-two years.

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
Cooper seeks to streamline treasurer's office

MOSES LAKE — As a stay-at-home dad who homeschools his two kids, Casey Cooper also volunteers a lot.

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
Moses Lake Sears Hometown and Outlet still open for business

MOSES LAKE — While long-troubled, Chicago-based retailing behemoth Sears has finally filed for bankruptcy, spin-off Sears Hometown and Outlet is quick to remind folks that company is still healthy and solvent and i…

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
Really, really old food subject of museum talk

MOSES LAKE — Long-preserved food, and what it can tell us about the people who cooked it, will be the subject of a lecture at 6 p.m. Monday at the Moses Lake M…

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
Farm Day calls up memories

MOSES LAKE — “This is nostalgic in the weirdest way.”

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
Aircraft donated to Big Bend Community College

MOSES LAKE — A single-engine Beechcraft will get a second career as a pilot training aircraft at Big Bend Community College, the result of the plane’s donation…

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
Grant County Fairgrounds looks to horses for its future

EPHRATA — New Grant County Fairgrounds Director Jim McKiernan thinks equestrian events could eventually help the fairgrounds pay for themselves.

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
Patti Paris running for open PUD seat

EPHRATA — Patti Paris said she decided to run for the Grant County PUD commission because "it is time for me to give back to the community,” and “the PUD is th…

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
Columbia Basin Media Group brings home a record 25 awards

YAKIMA — In an ever-changing industry where technology is quickly overriding the human touch, the Columbia Basin Media Group showed its ability to change with …

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
Brewer running for third term as PUD commissioner

EPHRATA — Terry Brewer said PUD commissioners have to plan for the long term. Brewer is running for a third term as Grant County PUD commissioner.

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
Recordbreaking money coming into Grant PUD race

Money continues to flood into the Grant County Public Utility District elections at a record pace, primarily from advocacy group AG Power Users of Grant County, which has already donated almost $54,000 combined to …

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
'Molly Brown' opens Friday

SOAP LAKE — A tale of love and money on the Colorado frontier comes to the Masquers stage this weekend. The curtain rises on “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” at 7:…

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
'Non-failure emergency' lifted at Priest Rapids Dam

PRIEST RAPIDS DAM — The non-failure emergency condition at Priest Rapids Dam has been lifted, as of Monday afternoon.

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
Candidates vie for seat if Manweller resigns

MOSES LAKE — County Republican parties in Grant, Kittitas, Yakima and Lincoln counties are currently vetting candidates to potentially replace embattled Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Cle Elum, who has promised to resign i…