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WEATHER Oct. 15 to 22, 2026
Friday: Sunny, high near 70, light winds.
Grant PUD approves union contract
EPHRATA — The Grant County PUD and members of the union representing electrical workers have reached agreement on a three-year contract. Utility district commi…
Tax bills coming in mid-December
EPHRATA — After struggling mightily with difficult and buggy software, the Grant County Assessor’s Office expects to mail out 40,0000 tax bills to property owners by mid-December.
Royal City foreclosure sale nets $2.3 million
ROYAL CITY — To the untrained eye, these are 150 very unimpressive acres.
Court: SL schools not liable in teen's death
SPOKANE — The Washington State Court of Appeals, Division III, recently cleared the Soap Lake School District of liability in the death of a Soap Lake teenager who died in a car accident in 2011 after allegedly dri…
Safe travels
SPOKANE — A lot of Thanksgiving, of course, is about family and friends and getting together. But – well, it’s November, late November at that. And everybody e…
County cautious after water ruling
EPHRATA — Officials in Grant County are taking a “wait-and-see” approach to a recent state Supreme Court ruling that prevents the drilling of “exempt” wells if…
Boys basketball, adult dodgeball at Moses Lake Parks and Rec
MOSES LAKE — Dodgeball for grownups and basketball fundamentals for grade-school-age boys will be among the classes offered through Moses Lake Parks and Recreation after the Thanksgiving holiday.
A tale of two cheesecakes
This last week I made up a cheesecake for a birthday. I grabbed my trusty recipe and got to work.
Baskets of blessing Thanksgiving packages distributed Tuesday, Wednesday at food bank
MOSES LAKE — The volunteers and staff have it down to a science at the Moses Lake Food Bank when it comes to distributing Thanksgiving food baskets. Chickens a…
Tech talk
MOSES LAKE — Opportunities for engineers in Grant County, engineering education, training and career advancement were among the topics of discussion at Enginee…
Serve Moses Lake fundraiser focuses on bringing people into the light
MOSES LAKE — There is an old saying that often gets thrown around in Christian circles that goes like this: “The Christian church is a melting pot of society.”…
No shooter found at MLHS
MOSES LAKE — Reports on Friday that a student at Moses Lake High School was wearing a mask and carrying a gun were determined to be false, according to a senior Moses Lake police official.
Photographing 'America's pyramid'
MOSES LAKE — It is the largest hydroelectric dam in the United States.
Deputy fires weapon during Moses Lake call
MOSES LAKE — A Grant County Sheriff’s Office deputy reportedly fired their weapon during a call in Moses Lake early Saturday morning.
Downtown dear to businesswoman's heart
MOSES LAKE — Sue Torrence really loves her store.