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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…
Microsoft, 2nd Harvest to partner for second year
QUINCY — Organizers are looking for people to help out when 2nd Harvest comes to Quincy to distribute food Jan. 26. The organization, based in Spokane, will be…
Boy Scout council names new executive
YAKIMA — The Grand Columbia Council, Boy Scouts of America has announced that Barry W. McDonald has been named the executive/CEO for the Grand Columbia Council.
Grant County seeks more limits on legal pot
EPHRATA — Facing an increasing number of complaints about the smell, Grant County officials hope to have regulations in place by the middle of February that will limit where marijuana can be grown legally in the co…
Ambulance struck while responding to I-90 collision Monday
MOSES LAKE — An ambulance was rear-ended while responding to a collision on Interstate 90 Monday.
Winter chill continues
MOSES LAKE — There’s been something of a pattern to the weather, the last month or so – seriously cold temperatures, zero or thereabouts (or below), then it wa…
Living and learning: A look back at schools in 2016
MOSES LAKE — Voters in the Moses Lake School District will be given the chance on Feb. 14 — the third since 2012 — to approve a $135 million bond measure to build a second high school, and 11th elementary school, a…
Justice served: The cases that came to our courts in 2016
MOSES LAKE — 2016 was a big year for Grant County Prosecutor Garth Dano and his office, as his team of prosecutors was able to obtain convictions in two high p…
I-90, SR-261 closed for snow
MOSES LAKE — Due to large snow drifts sweeping across the Columbia Basin overnight, several roads have been closed as state crews race to clear the snow.
Give your scallops special treatment
My introduction to the proper cooking of scallops came in chef school. Up until then, I had treated them like any other seafood, not knowing about the pan-fryi…
Keeping watch: a look back at fire and police in 2016
MOSES LAKE — 2016 was a busy year for police and emergency services in the Columbia Basin with shooting deaths less than two weeks apart with no arrests, a bom…
Quincy man accused of head-butting girlfriend
QUINCY — A Quincy man allegedly head-butted and punched his girlfriend in the face during a recent incident in Quincy.
Samaritan begins clinic, ER remodeling
MOSES LAKE — Samaritan Healthcare officials ended an effort to build what they called “a vertically integrated health care system” with Confluence Health in Au…
Ephrata airport's war service subject of MAC lecture
MOSES LAKE — The Ephrata airport’s contribution to World War II will be the subject of a lecture at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center. “Th…
Locals pack Ephrata streets for SamScramble
EPHRATA — Ephrata’s Samantha Webb only lived for nine years until she passed away from cancer on 2003. But Saturday’s turnout at the annual SamScramble event i…
Minimum wage increase will drive all costs up
MOSES LAKE — The fact is, everyone could use a little more money. But the debate on whether Initiative 1433 is going to do more harm than good is only starting…