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Soap Lake moves forward the 2027 preliminary budget draft
SOAP LAKE — During the Oct. 7 Soap Lake City Council meeting, council members had a number of new business items t…
Fundraising page set up for destroyed Moses Lake salon
MOSES LAKE — A GoFundMe page was set up for a Moses Lake hairstyling salon destroyed by fire Saturday night. The “Save Salon Envy ML” page had raised $1,850 as…
Grant PUD customers to see an average 1.5 percent rate increase
EPHRATA — Electrical rates will be going up for most Grant County PUD customers, effective April 1. The rate proposal was unveiled at the regular PUD commission meeting Tuesday.
'Cupcake Wars' at CB Tech
MOSES LAKE — The frosting was the crowning touch, strawberry cream cheese frosting for red velvet cupcakes. It had awesome strawberry flavor, had been whipped …
Bill would strengthen school response for mental health crises
OLYMPIA — School districts throughout the state have for years failed to complete legally required response plans for students who are in potentially dangerous…
Woman sentenced for passing meth through breast milk
EPHRATA — A Coulee City woman will be spending time in jail for transferring methamphetamine to her infant son through breast milk. The boy died a month after he was born as a result of acute meth intoxication.
Othello seeks federal funds to redrill well
OTHELLO — The Othello City Council spent nearly all of its regular Monday meeting talking about water.
MLFD: Commercial building fire stemmed from electrical problem
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Fire Department says an electrical problem is to blame for a fire at a commercial building on Sunday.
Suspect in Othello shooting gets 10 years
OTHELLO — An Othello man will be spending 10 years in prison in connection with a June shooting that left a 17-year-old with a gunshot wound to the shoulder.
ML Takata plant hopes to work for new owner
MOSES LAKE — Commissioners with the Port of Moses Lake voted on Monday to do what they could to keep Takata’s Moses Lake manufacturing plant open and working, even after the company’s assets are sold off.
18-year sentence for Jill Sundberg murder suspect
EPHRATA — One of three suspects in the 2016 murder of Quincy resident Jill Sundberg will be spending over 18 years behind prison bars.
Capital budget includes funding for George Industrial Park
GEORGE — The passage of a statewide capital budget finally means that a number of projects planned and budgeted for by ports, school districts, cities and counties across the state have finally been approved.
Bail for second suspect in park shooting
EPHRATA — The second suspect in a Jan. 14 shooting at Montlake Park in Moses Lake was apprehended over the weekend and had his bail set at $250,000 on Monday.
Oreos and Fauxreos A sandwich cookie taste test
I was reading about the return of Hydrox cookies not too long ago and I found it interesting that someone was bringing back this long-gone brand. I recall when…
'Patriot Nations' opens at Wanapum Heritage Center
WANAPUM DAM — The contributions made by Native Americans to the U.S. armed forces is the subject of a new exhibit at the Wanapum Heritage Center. “Patriot Nati…
Burned but not broken
Fire brings flood of Chico’s memories