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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…
Classes start at Camp Five
MOSES LAKE — Camp Five sounds like the name of a far-flung military outpost somewhere in the deserts of western Iraq, where soldiers hunker down to keep the pe…
More charges in murder case
EPHRATA — Additional charges were filed on Tuesday in connection with the December murder of 31-year-old Jill Sundberg. A long continuance was also granted to …
K-9 Chicka tracks down alleged burglar near Soap Lake
SOAP LAKE — K-9 deputy Chicka helped track down one of two suspects from a Soap Lake residential burglary early Tuesday morning.
Budget information given to Othello School Board
OTHELLO — For the Othello School District, revised school funding rules approved during the 2017 Washington legislative session will mean – actually, some of that is still being determined.
Soap Lake wins NFCS grant
SOAP LAKE — The City of Soap Lake received a $750 grant from Northwest Farm Credit Services to help pay for the construction of youth soccer fields.
Saving lives: Deputies will carry nasal spray to reverse drug OD's
GRANT COUNTY — Naloxone has proven over the years to save lives. The nasal anti-opioid spray has been used by countless law enforcement agencies across the cou…
Othello City Council looks into recycling
OTHELLO — As eager as some Othello residents — and city council members — are to have a city-wide recycling program, it will be difficult to create a program that will pay for itself.
Othello School Board discusses construction bond
OTHELLO — At least some Othello School District patrons are skeptical of having a kindergarten through fifth grade school and a middle school in close proximity. Most of the 183 respondents to a survey conducted by…
ML man arrested for indecent exposure
ST. JOHN — A Moses Lake man was arrested in Whitman County over the weekend after allegedly exposing himself and threatening several people with a loaded gun.
Injured hiker rescued from 50-foot ravine
PALISADES — An injured hiker was rescued from the bottom of a 50-foot ravine over the weekend in a multi-agency rescue effort.
Port of Moses Lake will pay for land for railroad project
MOSES LAKE — Fears that the Port of Moses Lake will simply be taking land as it prepares to build the Northern Columbia Basin Railroad are unwarranted.
Love fresh from the oven
MOSES LAKE — Another Columbia Basin business is offering the community a way to help the wife of a Grant County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was accidentally sh…
East Columbia irrigation deliveries set to end Oct. 23
MOSES LAKE — The East Columbia Irrigation District has announced that it will stop water deliveries for irrigation on Monday, Oct. 23.
Helping hands Volunteers needed for Quincy food distribution
QUINCY — Volunteers in the Quincy area are being sought to sort and distribute food for a joint food bank Thursday, sponsored by Microsoft and 2nd Harvest of S…
Port of ML to plan for workforce development
MOSES LAKE — The Port of Moses Lake is set to begin a concerted effort to ensure there are enough skilled people to work in Moses Lake following a request from several companies considering locating here.