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US Supreme Court orders another look at how WA political maps are drawn
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for another redrawing of Washington state’s political maps. On t…
Miracle on Main Street
EPHRATA — Santa will be stopping by Ephrata for breakfast Saturday, and he’ll be back for the evening parade. The annual town Christmas celebration, “Miracle o…
Festive trees at Festival of Trees
25th annual fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity
Tip-a-Cop: Law enforcement to serve diners at Rock Top Thursday
MOSES LAKE — Diners walking into Rock Top Burgers and Brew Thursday shouldn’t be alarmed by police activity in the restaurant — Santa, who will also be in atte…
Port to issue $10 million in bonds for wastewater treatment expansion
MOSES LAKE — Commissioners overseeing the Port of Moses Lake voted unanimously to issue up to $10 million in bonds to expand the port’s industrial wastewater treatment plant.
Mom’s awesome pumpkin pie cake
This has been in my family for as long as my momma can remember and has been a family tradition for Thanksgiving and Christmas for only those two times a year.
Fog to linger – until it snows
But hey, that’s winter
Grocery Outlet opens in Ephrata
EPHRATA — Jason Mitchell got in line at midnight.
2018 was a very bad year for youth suicides in Grant County
GRANT COUNTY — In Grant County, a county with just under 100,000 residents, more young people under the age of 19 died by suicide last year than in any other county of its size, according to data collected by the W…
Christmas on 3rd Avenue
MOSES LAKE — Friday was a chilly evening for the Moses Lake Ag Appreciation Parade and Street Party, but the atmosphere was warm and bright.
Basin Briefs
MOSES LAKE — Elks Lodge No. 1930 is inviting anyone who wants to come to a community Christmas dinner Dec. 18. Dinner will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the lodge, 814 N. Stratford Rd.
Donations needed for ‘Operation Friendship’
Moses Lake Food Bank toy distribution set for Dec. 14
Moses Lake man gets over a year in prison for statutory rape
MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake man will spend just over a year in prison after pleading guilty to statutory rape of a minor in connection with an incident from 2017.
Moses Lake man pleads guilty to child porn
Thousands of files found
Spate of suicidal juveniles reported locally since October
MOSES LAKE — In Moses Lake, a community on edge after a string of youth suicides in recent years, police have responded to at least four reported incidents of a suicidal juvenile since October, including at least o…
Ephrata approves $17.9 million 2020 budget
EPHRATA — The Ephrata City Council approved the city’s $17.9 million 2020 budget at its regular meeting on Wednesday.