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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…
Career Showcase a hit with vendors and students
OTHELLO — The inaugural Othello Career Showcase held in the gymnasium at Othello High School recently was a huge success. Organizers and business vendors alike…
Moses Lake man sentenced for threatening people with knife
MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake man was sentenced for threatening several people with a knife at an apartment complex in Moses Lake last month.
Grant PUD installs first advanced meter
MOSES LAKE — The first of an estimated 49,000 new Grant County PUD electrical meters was installed Monday in Moses Lake. The two-year project will replace all …
Royal School District receives grant
ROYAL CITY — Students in the Royal School District will soon have better access to the internet as a means of doing their homework thanks to a $25,000 Grow Rural Education grant.
Crossroads banquet draws big crowd
MOSES LAKE — An estimated 360 people filled the 4-H building at the Grant County Fairgrounds Saturday night to raise money for the Crossroads Pregnancy Resourc…
ML man sentenced for vehicular assault
MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake man was sentenced to four months in jail in connection with a 2015 vehicle and bicycle collision that left a man with two neck fractures and a lacerated septum.
West side senator seeks creation of state bank
MOSES LAKE — Sen. Lisa Wellman is on a mission.
Ponder the possibilities of pineapple
Native to South America, pineapples get their name from the Spanish word “piña,” meaning “pinecone.” Actually, it’s not one fruit, but a few hundred fruitlets …
Break leads to boil water advisory in Soap Lake
SOAP LAKE — A water main break in Soap Lake over the weekend resulted in a call for all residents to boil their water until further notice.
Robert Brown resigns from Soap Lake council
SOAP LAKE — Embattled Soap Lake City Council member Robert Brown has had enough with the council and made the design to resign from his post last week.
Sister city exchange still going, after almost 40 years
MOSES LAKE — As sister city relationships go, the tie between Moses Lake and Yonezawa, Japan, has been pretty long-lasting. Yonezawa’s mayor and other city and…
1 dead, 1 hurt in collision near Quincy
QUINCY — A man from Ephrata died in a two-vehicle collision near Quincy Friday afternoon.
Moses Lake voters to decide on sales tax increase
MOSES LAKE — Street repair has been a hot-button topic in Moses Lake for years. On Nov. 7 city residents will be deciding if they want to institute a .20 percent sales tax increase to help fund street maintenance p…
Man shot in Larson Housing Area Saturday night
MOSES LAKE — A man who was shot Saturday night in Moses Lake is reportedly not cooperating with investigators.
Rainstorm causes power outage
MOSES LAKE — A Thursday night rainstorm triggered fires in six electrical poles that in turn caused power failures in the Moses Lake area during the night and into Friday morning. Six poles caught fire Thursday nig…