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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…
North Central Regional Library rolls out new website
WENATCHEE — The North Central Regional Library has launched its new website at www.ncrl.org. The new site was designed with user experience in mind and debuts a fresh look, more informational content, and new onlin…
McIlwain gets 19 years for Soap Lake standoff, shooting
EPHRATA — A Toppenish man who shot at two people in August 2015 and triggered a lengthy standoff in Soap Lake will be spending 19 years behind prison bars.
BBCC trustee receives national award
MOSES LAKE — Big Bend Community College trustee Jon Lane will be one of six people honored with a national award for community college alumni. The Outstanding …
Washington poet laureate in Moses Lake Thursday
MOSES LAKE — Washington poet laureate Tod Marshall will discuss poetry and read a selection of his works in a presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Moses Lake…
Man charged in Warden robbery
WARDEN — One of three suspects in an armed robbery in Warden has been charged with two crimes in Grant County Superior Court.
Topping the lowly ramen
Consider the lowly ramen noodle. A chunk of petrified pasta, waiting for that universal solvent, water. Considered fare for the young or those stretching their…
Warden schools seek approval for construction bond
WARDEN — The problem is a familiar enough one in the Columbia Basin.
Commissioners asked to consider WATVs in county
EPHRATA — A group of Moses Lake business owners is asking Grant County to follow the lead of many the county’s cities and allow licensed, wheeled all-terrain v…
Ephrata man sentenced for assault
EPHRATA — A Ephrata man was sentenced for an assault involving his infant daughter, who received bruises on her body and a skull fracture. Medicals records, however, do not prove whether or not the man is responsib…
Railroad mainline subject of museum lecture
MOSES LAKE — The days when the railroad was the way in and out of central Washington – and an economic lifeline – will be the subject of a lecture at 3 p.m. We…
DYW program set for April 15
MOSES LAKE — “Commotion at the Ocean” will the theme of the 2017 Distinguished Young Women of Moses Lake program. The program is scheduled for 7 p.m. April 15 …
It's all geek at Wenatchee pop culture convention
WENATCHEE — Costumes. Gaming tournaments. Time machines. It’s all coming to the Wenatchee next Saturday at the first annual WEN-CON, held at the Town Toyota Ce…
New gizmo to help MLPD reduce pursuits
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Police Department will soon be getting a new technology that will aid officers in reducing high-speed chases and help in better locating and apprehending suspects.
Building up Big Bend Construction on new workforce education building could start by 2018
MOSES LAKE — The construction schedule will depend on funding, but as of now the plan is to open the workforce education building at Big Bend Community College…
Quincy teen charged with burglary
QUINCY — A Quincy teen is facing possible time behind bars after she was reportedly found burglarizing a rural Quincy residence and was held at gunpoint by the homeowner until a deputy arrived.