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Updated 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

A wish come true

ROYAL CITY — What’s better for a little boy than meeting one of his heroes? Meeting all of them at once at Disneyl…

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Othello mayor, council cruise to re-election

OTHELLO — The Othello City Council will look exactly the same for the next four years as it has for the last.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Worley in lead in Quincy mayor race; Garrison ahead of Martin

QUINCY — It looks like Paul Worley will become Quincy’s next mayor.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Quincy hospital voters approving maintenance and operations levy

QUINCY — A proposal for a special one-year $875,000 maintenance and operations levy for Quincy Valley Medical Center is being approved in unofficial election results released Tuesday night.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Stevenson leads Gilbert in Othello School Board race

OTHELLO — Jenn Stevenson has about a 30-vote lead over Kevin Gilbert in the lone contested race for the Othello School Board.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Karen Liebrecht holding early edge over Avila

MOSES LAKE — If currents results hold, acting Moses Lake Mayor Karen Liebrecht will retain her seat on the city council.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Parmeter Still leads Brown in Soap Lake council race

SOAP LAKE — Debra Parmeter Still is leading former Soap Lake City Council member Robert Brown, who recently resigned from the council, in unofficial results re…

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
David Curnel takes big lead over Nathan Pack

MOSES LAKE — In a race that pitted a physician against a business owner, Moses Lake council member David Curnel is currently holding a sizable lead over challe…

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Riggs leading Hankins for Council

MOSES LAKE — Although the results are unofficial, if vote totals stay where they are during future ballot counts Mike Riggs will be serving on the Moses Lake C…

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Moses Lake man admits to drinking before injury collision

WARDEN — A Moses Lake man who was driving during a collision that left a woman seriously injured allegedly drank as many as eight beers in the hours before the collision.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Moses Lake ice rink set to open Friday

MOSES LAKE — Maybe it’s not official, but winter is here – which is not all bad, because Moses Lake’s municipal ice rink is opening Friday.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Street maintenance proposition in Moses Lake narrowly passing

MOSES LAKE — A proposition that if approved will institute a .20 percent sales tax and make funds available for street maintenance projects in Moses Lake is narrowly passing after Tuesday night’s unofficial general…

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Challenger Dave Tweedy leads Kandis Lair in Soap Lake council race

SOAP LAKE — Soap Lake City Council member Kandis (Kandi) Lair is trailing in her effort to retain her council seat in unofficial election results released Tuesday.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Challengers look set to unseat school board incumbents

MOSES LAKE — An upset appears to be brewing in the two races for the Moses Lake School Board as district voters appear ready to throw out two incumbents in fav…

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Moses Lake to light trees, decorate downtown on Saturday

MOSES LAKE — It’s beginning to look and feel a lot like Christmas.

Updated 8 years, 6 months ago
Salon teaches hair cutting and life skills

MOSES LAKE — It’s Friday morning, and 17-year-old Ethyn Gonzales is right where he wants to be.