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WEATHER Oct. 15 to 22, 2026
Friday: Sunny, high near 70, light winds.
County certifies election results
EPHRATA — “And we are done. It’s official ... the election is certified!”
Small Business Saturday a smashing success
Cyber Monday might be a big hit, ordering merchandise from the comfort of your living room, but according to the survey released by the National Federation of …
Connors, Lemargie recognized for roles in Basin Project
Warden’s Steve Connors and Richard Lemargie from Ephrata were recognized by the Columbia Basin Development League for playing key roles in the development of the Columbia Basin Project (CBP), according to a CBDL pr…
Deck the Hogs
MOSES LAKE — Columbia Basin residents can give back to the community this weekend and the next without even getting out of their cars, as the Unchained Brother…
County schedules hearing on school land sale
EPHRATA — The Grant County Commissioners will hold a public hearing starting at 11 a.m. Tuesday Dec. 6 to discuss the sale of 57 acres of undeveloped land at t…
Grant County Fairgrounds gets new director
MOSES LAKE — It’s a long way from the tobacco stands of Tennessee to the potato fields of Central Washington.
Mammoth hunt
By CHERYL SCHWEIZER
Turkey soup puts holiday scraps to yummy use
I have plenty of turkey leftovers and have been running through my share of ways to use it up. My first pieces of recycled bird were from before baking it, whe…
Black Friday requires planning, coordination
MOSES LAKE — People who study these things for a living, and write about them for major publications, are saying Black Friday doesn’t have the power it once di…
Soap Lake woman sentenced for assaulting boyfriend
SOAP LAKE — A Soap Lake woman was sentenced for pushing her boyfriend into a wall and hitting him several times with her fists and with a gun.
Chief Moses class project provides Thanksgiving baskets
MOSES LAKE — Students in the leadership class at Chief Moses Middle School wanted a service project, something that would help other CMMS students whose famili…
Made in Moses Lake has a little something for everyone
MOSES LAKE — Made in Moses Lake, in the Smith-Martin Building downtown, offers a variety as vast and wide open as the Columbia Basin itself.
The season begins Lowe's decks out Christmas tree at Neppel Landing
MOSES LAKE — First, they had to figure out if the power worked.
Washington Wheat Growers oppose breaching Snake dams
The Snake River dams are part of the Columbia-Snake River System, a 465-mile river waterway that is the top wheat export gateway in the United States and the third-largest grain export gateway in the world.
Basin growers expect changes with new administration
MOSES LAKE — President-elect Donald Trump’s road to the White House was based, in part, on strong support for rural America. The New York City real estate mogu…