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Home Center celebrates new owners with ribbon-cutting, grand reopening
MOSES LAKE — The owners of the Home Center made their takeover of the business official Friday with a ribbon-cutti…
Barry Loukaitis re-sentenced to 189 years in prison
EPHRATA — Alice Fritz looked into the face of the person who shot and killed her son Arnie at Frontier Middle School more than 20 years ago and instead of expr…
Seattle man sentenced in Soap Lake drive-by
EPHRATA — A Seattle man who was involved in a January drive-by-shooting in Soap Lake was sentenced on Monday.
Grant County unemployment drops in February
YAKIMA — Unemployment in Grant County dropped eight-tenths of 1 percent between January and February 2017, and was lower than in February 2016. Unemployment wa…
Science, philosophy of humanity subject of museum lecture
MOSES LAKE — Scientific discovery and its impact on the philosophical questions of humanity will be the subject of a lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Moses La…
Residents envision 'high school of the future'
MOSES LAKE — Even as the Moses Lake School District prepares to build the technology-rich, globally connected “high school of the future,” residents still beli…
Margarito Leyva pleads guilty to 2015 murder
EPHRATA — A Moses Lake man who shot and killed a Spokane man over a stolen Seattle Seahawks jersey and music box pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Mond…
5 injured in collision near Quincy
QUINCY — A Ephrata man was allegedly intoxicated when he struck another vehicle on state Route 28 near Quincy Saturday.
Salads: lettuce consider our options
Many of you know about the lettuce shortage currently going on. Wet weather in California has affected the production cycle, causing stores to either be out of…
Lowe's donates $2,500 to Grant County Fairgrounds
EPHRATA — Lowe’s is donating $2,500 to the Grant County Fairgrounds as part of its Lowe’s Heroes program, according to Grant County Fairgrounds Director Mickey…
MLPD officers foil burglary attempt
MOSES LAKE — Two men are now lodged in the Grant County Jail after they were reportedly caught trying to burglarize a home in Moses Lake early Monday morning.
Kris Neff says job has changed her perspective
MOSES LAKE — Kris Neff said her career allows her to help people, and that’s crucial to her.
District seeks input on new high school design
MOSES LAKE — Despite the fact that last February’s school bond is still being disputed in court, Moses Lake School District officials are beginning to envision what the district’s second high school will look like.
Eggs-travaganza: Hundreds participate in annual hunt at McCosh Park
MOSES LAKE — There are all sorts of strategies and routes to take when participating in the Moses Lake Lions Club’s annual Easter egg hunt at McCosh Park. And …
Loukaitis to defer to victims' families, survivors in re-sentencing
EPHRATA — In a decision his defense attorneys state is without precedent, Frontier Middle School shooter Barry Loukaitis is deferring to the wishes of the surv…
Kirkpatrick named editor at Sun Tribune, Business Journal
MOSES LAKE — Bob Kirkpatrick took a different route into journalism. Most journalists in the field took the traditional route and graduated high school, went t…