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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…
Next planning night for school construction bond set
OTHELLO — The Othello School District will be asking voters to approve a school construction bond in a special election in February of 2018, but superintendent Chris Hurst doesn’t yet know what the figure will be.
Senate committee releases budget proposal
The Senate released its operating budget for the 2017-19 biennium with an increased spending of $1.8 billion on education and significant changes in early lear…
'Art of the Undertaker' opens at museum Friday
MOSES LAKE — The history of the undertaker’s profession and the tools of the trade will be on display beginning Friday at the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center. T…
The cranes are coming
OTHELLO — The community of Othello and people from all over the state and far away places will gather here this weekend, Friday and Saturday, for the 20th annu…
Fugitive arrested in Moses Lake on Friday
MOSES LAKE — A man who was wanted by the Kennewick Police Department (KPD) was arrested in Moses Lake Friday.
Adventures in biscuitmaking
Last week I had been speaking with a food broker and he had brought up the subject of beer bread, having had some amazing stuff from a place in Wenatchee. I su…
Grant, Adams counties covered in emergency proclamation
OLYMPIA — Grant and Adams counties were included in Governor Jay Inslee’s emergency proclamation to make available state resources to deal with possible floodi…
Judge upholds narrow Moses Lake school bond vote
EPHRATA — In a tiny courtroom packed to overflowing, Grant County Superior Court Judge John Antosz on Monday tossed out a challenge to the Feb. 14 Moses Lake school bond election, upholding the measure that passed …
Sewer collapse in Ephrata closes Division Street
MOSES LAKE — A section of Division Street in Ephrata will remain closed following the partial collapse of a sewer line on Friday.
Chili experts to vie for bragging rights in cookoff Saturday
MOSES LAKE — Cooks will be putting their best chili forward Saturday, and the public can get a taste, at the first Chili Cookoff sponsored by the Grant County chapter of ABATE of Washington. Cooks fire up their sto…
Man sentenced in high-speed chase
SOAP LAKE — A Ephrata man will be spending 60 days in jail for leading deputies on a high-speed chase that reach 95 mph near Soap Lake.
Tradition!
MOSES LAKE — The tale of a beleaguered dad, his daughters and times a-changin’ will come to the stage early next month in the Basin Community Theatre productio…
Gang member sentenced in Quincy shooting
QUINCY — A gang member was sentenced for opening fire at a vehicle carrying an adult and two young children in Quincy in January 2016.
Royal City man injured after falling asleep at the wheel
ROYAL CITY — A man from Royal City was injured Saturday morning after he allegedly fell asleep at the wheel and rear-ended a tractor.
Judge allows group to testify on behalf of school bond
MOSES LAKE — A Grant County judge has accepted a petition from a group of Moses Lake voters to intervene in a suit asking the court to invalidate the results of the Feb. 14 bond election.