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Hiring event connects job seekers with jobs
MOSES LAKE — At least one person came away very happy from the Fall Hiring Event and Resource Fair at WorkSource …
Downtown tree lighting kicks off holiday season in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — The crowd counted it down and the lights came on, and it’s officially the holiday season in downtown Moses Lake. The Christmas tree in Sinkiuse Sq…
Big Bend, Moses Lake coaching legend Pete Doumit passes away
MOSES LAKE — Longtime Columbia Basin resident Pete Doumit was many things to many people. He had a special way of making everyone in the room feel as if they w…
Veterans, Thanksgiving dinners to be held at ML Elks
MOSES LAKE — A dinner for local veterans and a free Thanksgiving dinner for community members will be held in Moses Lake next week.
MLPD participating in 'No-Shave November' for charity
MOSES LAKE — There are a lot of unknowns out there and things that are hard to predict. One thing that isn’t, however, is that by month’s end the Moses Lake Police Department will be pretty hairy, as the department…
Street Tree Lighting set for Saturday in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake’s downtown corridor will light up for the holidays on Saturday and locals have the opportunity to get in on the action by attending the…
Piper Barn show runs through Saturday
MOSES LAKE — Brooke Schwab and Kelly Wemp spotted the candle just as they were leaving the Piper Barn. There it was, right by the door.
Frontier students make food bank donation
MOSES LAKE — Students in the “Play 60” program at Frontier Middle School did some research while they were looking for a community service project. They discov…
Thanksgiving donations sought for food bank
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Food Bank is looking for donations for its annual Thanksgiving basket distribution, and it being Thanksgiving, they need turkeys.
Coroner: inmate died from 'acute morphine intoxication'
MOSES LAKE — The Grant County Coroner’s Office has issued a cause of death for 34-year-old Soap Lake resident Derek Batton, who died in August while he was lod…
Man sentenced for Watershed Festival assault in August
GEORGE — A man who choked his daughter and knocked out a man during the Watershed Festival at the Gorge Amphitheater in August was sentenced to serve 40 hours of community service.
Annual Road Brother food drive coming Saturday
The club will be holding their sixth annual food drive from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot at Ross Dress for Less, 911 N. Stratford Rd., collecting food a…
Mattawa native crowned ML Roundup queen
PASCO — For 17 of Shelby Eckenberg’s nearly 19 years, she’s been riding a horse.
Manweller wins re-election bid
EPHRATA — Embattled Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Cle Elum, has survived a tumultuous and controversial election season to again win the seat he has held since 2012, …
Wilson, Cox leading in PUD races
EPHRATA — It looks like the Grant County PUD commission will have two new commissioners in January. In unofficial election results, Judy Wilson is leading incu…
Dent wins reelection bid over Hegstrom Oakey for state legislature
EPHRATA — Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, appears to have won his re-election bid by a wide margin and will serve his third term in the Washington legislature, ha…