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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 …
30 arrested in counter-drug op during Paradiso Festival at Gorge
QUINCY — Thirty people were arrested in a counter-drug operation at the annual Paradiso Festival in mid-June.
Royal City man gets 8 years for assaulting parents with shovel
ROYAL CITY — A Royal City man will be spending a little over eight years in prison for assaulting his parents with a shovel in February.
1 dead in Quincy collision
QUINCY — A man from Quincy died in a two-vehicle collision west of Quincy Friday night.
REC Silicon chief hopeful about future
MOSES LAKE — REC Silicon President and Chief Executive Officer Tore Torvund is sad about the situation his company faces but is confident REC has a future.
Contract agreement reached in Othello School District
OTHELLO — Members of the Othello Education Association have ratified a new three-year contract with the Othello School District. Othello School Board members must approve the agreement before it goes into effect.
Man allegedly pepper-sprayed, cuffed by ex-girlfriend
MOSES LAKE — Perhaps it was, as the unidentified man said, a lover’s quarrel that got him pepper-sprayed, hands cuffed behind his back as he staggered into the…
'FarmBot' system coming to Big Bend CC
MOSES LAKE — Big Bend Community College students in the agriculture program – not to mention computer science and research sciences, and maybe others – will ge…
Summer school gives kids look at career opportunities
MOSES LAKE — Students in the construction trades class were confronted with a pile of wooden pallets and a challenge – build something. Students in the automat…
Department of Ecology: Moses Lake waters safe after boat fire
MOSES LAKE — A Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) spokesperson said Thursday’s boat fire on Moses Lake did not result in any adverse environmental impacts.
Quincy Council OKs third detective
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved hiring a third detective, replacing a currently unfilled school resource officer position.
In the wake of suicide, anti-bullying event for Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — After the recent suicide of a local middle-schooler and an attempted suicide by another, Donny Parker, CEO of Vengrid, Jeff Dalrymple, gym manager at Anytime Fitness of Moses Lake, and others have deci…
Moses Lake throws Freedom Fest this weekend
MOSES LAKE — For those still hungry for fireworks and fried food after Wednesday’s Fourth of July festivities, but who don’t want to wait until New Year’s Eve, Moses Lake’s Freedom Fest is one more chance to get th…
REC Chief: closing ML plant an 'option'
MOSES LAKE — If the current dispute with China over access to the country’s market for polysilicon is not solved, REC Silicon could close its production facili…
'Man' of the Year
MOSES LAKE — Sometimes the behind-the-scenes is more important than the The Show itself.
Busy July 4 for Grant County Fire No. 5
MOSES LAKE — Grant County Fire District No. 5 crews responded to somewhere between 15 to 18 “fireworks-related outside fires” on July 4, according to fire district officials. In contrast, July 4 in Moses Lake was d…