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Huskies baseball season concludes at home
OTHELLO — The Othello Huskies (22-4) concluded their season after suffering an 8-7 loss to the Selah Vikings in th…
Food bank, company partner to distribute food in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — Volunteers from Moses Lake and around Grant County helped distribute about 7,900 pounds of food to needy families recently. The pop-up food bank w…
Appeals Court reverses David Nickels' murder conviction
SPOKANE — The Washington Court of Appeals, Division III, reversed the murder conviction of a Montana man because of an error in instructions given to the jury …
Voters file for Moses Lake school bond recount
MOSES LAKE — A group of Moses Lake voters has demanded a recount of last month’s closely-run school construction bond.
3 hospitalized in collision near Quincy
QUINCY — A woman and two children were hospitalized after a two-vehicle collision near Quincy over the weekend.
Weather won't let you grill? Get creative
I wanted to grill some steaks the other day. Yeah, it’s February, but the sun was out and the temperature was hovering around 32. Good enough for me!
Philosophy of Wonder Woman subject of lecture
MOSES LAKE — Wonder Woman, and how she reflects the impact of philosophy on pop culture, will be the subject of a lecture at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Moses Lake…
McDonald's owner caught a dream across border
OTHELLO — Self-help writers will tell you that most successful business people start with a dream. Fernando Moreno didn’t have one when he crossed the border f…
Quincy port sees salvation in trash
MOSES LAKE — Garbage.
ML student gets experience in state Senate
OLYMPIA — Mikayla Cooper, a ninth-grade homeschooled student from Moses Lake, recently spent a week at the Capitol working as a page for the Washington State S…
Teen identified as victim in Quincy shooting death
QUINCY — Police have identified the victims from a double shooting in Quincy over the weekend that left one dead and another injured.
Coulee City twin pleads not guilty in stabbing
EPHRATA — A Coulee City teenager who is accused of fatally stabbing his twin brother is maintaining his innocence.
Bill to provide alerts in other languages passes Senate
OLYMPIA — A bill that would require public notices to be provided in languages other than English passed the senate unanimously on Monday.
Two young ladies seek Othello DYW crown
OTHELLO — The Othello Distinguished Young Woman program is less than a month away, and Kaiden Quigley and Hannah Christensen are anxiously awaiting their chanc…
1 dead, 1 injured in Quincy shooting
QUINCY — A shooting in Quincy over the weekend left one dead and another injured.
Moses Lake man sentenced for vehicle theft, eluding
MOSES LAKE — One of two suspects in a New Year’s Eve vehicle theft and pursuit recently received a four-month jail sentence.