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Updated 1 day, 7 hours 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, 10 months ago
Early-morning Coffee with a Cop in Quincy

QUINCY — It’s a little thing, the concern about the timing of a Nixle message.

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Ephrata police receive state accreditation

EPHRATA — The Ephrata Police have become only the second law enforcement agency in Grant County to be accredited by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC).

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Mind over machine

MOSES LAKE — The programming was not quite precise enough. Oh, the robot finished the course all right, but it rolled outside the course boundaries, incurring …

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Grants benefit Moses Lake park, police department

MOSES LAKE — Two grants totaling over $130,000 from the Paul Lauzier Foundation were recently received by the city of Moses Lake and will be used to improve one of the city’s parks, as well as the police department.

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
State Patrol's 'Slow Down, Move Over' emphasis begins today

OLYMPIA — The Washington State Patrol is conducting a statewide “Slow Down, Move Over” emphasis over the weekend.

Updated 7 years, 11 months ago
Thief steals car with kids inside

OTHELLO — Othello police are searching for a thief who stole a vehicle that had two children inside over the weekend. The children were not harmed, but the suspect is still on the run.

Updated 7 years, 11 months ago
State fire fighting assistance approved for wildfire near Vantage

VANTAGE — A large wildfire that broke out near Vantage in Kittitas County Wednesday night prompted the mobilization of state fire fighting resources.

Updated 7 years, 11 months ago
Accidental drowning found to be cause of woman's death

COULEE CITY — The death of a Wenatchee woman at Park Lake last week appears to have been a result of accidental drowning.

Updated 7 years, 11 months ago
Rotarians stuff bus to help New Hope shelter

MOSES LAKE — It takes a lot of diapers to keep an emergency shelter going.

Updated 7 years, 11 months ago
Ducks in a row

MOSES LAKE — Aaaand, they’re off! The ducks will be racing to the finish line – okay, all right, they’ll be floating to the finish line – in the annual Duck De…

Updated 7 years, 11 months ago
Sasquatch exhibit opens Friday at museum

MOSES LAKE — So. Is there something in the woods? Some big semi-hominid creature that’s possibly been seen but definitely never been captured? That’s the quest…

Updated 7 years, 11 months ago
Former Moses Lake officer helps stop suicide

SPOKANE — A Spokane County deputy and former Moses Lake officer is credited with de-escalating a situation involving a suicidal male near Medical Lake earlier this week.

Updated 7 years, 11 months ago
West Nile found in Grant County

MOSES LAKE — West Nile virus has returned to Grant County.

Updated 7 years, 11 months ago
AG asking for stories of family separation policy

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Trump administration's “zero tolerance” immigration policy has ignited a firestorm of controversy over the past couple of days and Washin…

Updated 7 years, 11 months ago
Smokiam Equestrian Team wins reigning competition

MOSES LAKE — Callie Guenther of the Smokiam Equestrian Team won the reigning competition over the weekend at the Pacific Northwest Invitational Regional Finals at Grant County Fairgrounds.