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Amazon’s Walla Walla data center plan sparks tension between protesters, local officials
WALLA WALLA — More than 400 Washingtonians across 19 locations took to the streets Sunday to demand a statewide mo…
Mattawa teenager arrested for Homecoming threat
MATTAWA — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says a Mattawa teenager has been arrested after making “an online threat” to this year’s homecoming celebrations at Wahluke High School.
Samaritan turns profit in August
MOSES LAKE — Samaritan Healthcare beat its budget projections for August, which pushed it further into the black for the year to date. Commissioners reviewed the financial report at their regular meeting Tuesday.
Presidential visit subject of museum lecture
MOSES LAKE — What happens when the president and first lady drop by the house – or at least what happened in Neppel in 1934 – is the subject of a lecture at 3 …
Grant PUD commissioners discuss fiber buildout funding
WANAPUM DAM — The continuing buildout of the Grant County PUD fiber system, and the money budgeted to pay for it, was discussed at the regular commission meeting Tuesday.
Fly-in paints the field red
MOSES LAKE — Aerial pesticide applicators from across the state flocked to a landing strip at Northwest Ag Services in Moses Lake Thursday for an annual “fly-i…
New traffic cameras go live in Moses Lake Sept. 30
MOSES LAKE — The new additions to Moses Lake’s traffic camera system will be up and running in the city this weekend.
Health officials advise residents to get flu shots
OLYMPIA — School has started, fall has arrived and flu season has returned.
Shooter in gas station assault strikes plea deal
SOAP LAKE — A Soap Lake man who fired shots at a man after he was hit in the head with a miniature baseball bat was sentenced for reckless endangerment after h…
CBH Live: Moses Lake School Board meeting for Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018
Charles Featherstone brings you the MLSB meting live.
Glitter and unicorns and school supplies
MOSES LAKE — It’s the rare 8-year-old girl who doesn’t like glitter and unicorns.
Grant PUD 'intergenerational fairness' discussed
WANAPUM DAM — Language, comprehension and “intergenerational fairness” were subjects of discussion at the Grant County PUD commission meeting Tuesday.
Newhouse bill to save GCIA control tower
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a measure that would prohibit the Federal Aviation Administration from closing any air traffic control facilities at civilian airports where …
GOP board urges Republicans to vote Manweller
MOSES LAKE — The executive board for the Grant County Republican Party (GCRP) is standing behind embattled lawmaker Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Cle Elum, and is urging GOP voters in Grant County to cast their vote for M…
Hammond calls on Manweller to resign now
Sylvia Hammond, Democratic challenger to embattled Rep. Matt Manweller, R-Cle Elum, has called on him to resign immediately in the wake of another accusation o…
Warden looking at major sewer renovation, expansion
WARDEN — The city of Warden is looking at a $3 million major sewer renovation and addition that will increase the capacity primarily for industrial users in the north part of town.