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Updated 49 minutes ago

ACH falls into consolation bracket in state softball tournament

YAKIMA — The Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors fell 5-8 in the quarterfinal bracket to the Colton Wildcats during th…

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Food Safety seminar at BBCC Tuesday

MOSES LAKE — The Grant County Economic Development Council (EDC) is sponsoring a half-day long seminar on Tuesday to help farmers and food processors comply with federal and state safety and environmental laws.

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Basin Summer Sounds Something for everyone, but XEB was the sound they came to hear

EPHRATA — The event was billed as the Basin Summer Sounds but as the weekend unfolded it became apparent that it was much more than that.

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Making the desert bloom

MOSES LAKE — Bricks and stones and dirt.

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Climbing cat causes fire near Soap Lake

SOAP LAKE — A curious feline reportedly climbed a power pole and sparked a brush fire near Soap Lake.

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Fire knocked down near North Elementary School

MOSES LAKE — Firefighters made quick work of a grass fire near a Moses Lake elementary school Thursday.

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Latter-day Saints to celebrate pioneer heritage Monday

MOSES LAKE — On July 24, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will celebrate the 170th anniversary of the early Mormon pioneers entering the Salt Lake, Utah, Valley. Earlier this month, to hon…

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
It's always an honor for Queen Emma to bring in Old Glory

MOSES LAKE — The honor is all hers, says 2017 Miss Moses Lake Roundup Emma Gunderson.

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Liberty Quartet to sing at First Baptist Church

MOSES LAKE — The gospel choir Liberty Quartet will be in Moses Lake this weekend, singing their message of hope, grace and redemption.

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Summer is construction season in the Basin

MOSES LAKE — It being summer, construction activity is at a fever pitch.

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Candidates vie for school board seat

MOSES LAKE — While this August’s primary ballot looks fairly tame, an interesting three-way race is under way for the Moses Lake School Board post currently held by board member and president Kevin Donovan.

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Firefighter fundraiser July 29 at Sun Lakes

SOAP LAKE — The thing about fire fighting in the Columbia Basin, departments never know when their services will be called into action. They need to be prepared for anything from wildfires to rock climbing or water…

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Moses Lake man charged for stolen vehicle, DUI

MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake man was charged after he was stopped in a stolen vehicle and admitted to being under the influence of methamphetamine.

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Basin Summer Sounds coming Friday and Saturday

EPHRATA — Basin Summer Sounds is returning to Ephrata on Friday and Saturday and is billed to be one of the biggest and best installments of the free music con…

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Shooting suspects nabbed in Pierce County

MOSES LAKE — The two suspects from last week’s shooting in Moses Lake were apprehended on Tuesday in Pierce County.

Updated 8 years, 10 months ago
Quincy council talks water treatment transfers

QUINCY — The Quincy City Council Tuesday evening unanimously approved giving the mayor ands his staff the power to negotiate a transfer of the city’s industrial wastewater treatment facility (IWTF) to the Port of Q…