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Advocates debate merits of repealing Washington’s new high-earner income tax
The fall election is a test of the new 9.9% state income tax on households that bring in more than $1 million a ye…
Grant PUD approves 2017 budget, but without rates
EPHRATA — Grant County PUD commissioners passed a 2017 budget at the regular meeting Tuesday, but did not include 2017 rates. Retail rates will be on the agenda beginning in January but a decision on rates probably…
Quincy hospital voters rejecting $1 million levy request
QUINCY — Grant County Hospital District No. 2 (Quincy Valley Medical Center) voters are rejecting a one-year, $1 million levy to help the hospital district cut back on debt owed to Grant County,
Registration open for agriculture workshops
MOSES LAKE — Registration is open for a pair of workshops designed to help farmers improve their land, set for late November. The workshops, one day each, are sponsored by WSU-Grant/Adams Extension.
Blue Lake fish dead on purpose
MOSES LAKE — The fish carcasses rotting along the rocky shoreline of Blue Lake are the result of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s deliberate ef…
Moses Lake schools update language policy
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District is updating its language policies to help it communicate better with parents whose knowledge of English is limited or don’t speak English at home.
State of the tart: figs, goat cheese and honey
I purchased a package of figs not long ago. I figured some would be eaten out of hand, but then I was wondering what I might do with them. This coincided with me wanting to try out some goat cheese. Admittedly, I’m…
Barn bazaar
MOSES LAKE — Julie Piper Phipps said the Piper Barn Show was a family project, and that was one reason she wanted to revive it.
Girls told to dream it, be it at CB Tech
MOSES LAKE — If you can dream it, you can be it.
Memories, artistry at Monroe House quilt show
MOSES LAKE — The quilt hanging outside Imogene Greif’s apartment at Monroe House was made by her mother about 1940, from scraps of worn dresses and aprons. “Lo…
Parks and Rec offers ice skating, hockey
MOSES LAKE — Early-morning ice skating lessons, a clinic for kids and teens who want to learn about hockey and making table runners are some of the classes sponsored during the week by the Moses Lake Parks and Recr…
Fall banner for Free Family Saturday
MOSES LAKE — Kids can make pennants to celebrate the arrival of fall at Free Family Saturday, from noon to 2 p.m. (or until supplies run out) at the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, 401 South Balsam St. The Free Fam…
Ephrata schedules leaf pickup
EPHRATA — The Ephrata City Council has scheduled its annual leaf pickup for the week beginning Monday, Nov. 14, and continuing through the following week to end on Tuesday, Nov. 22.
Enchanted evening 'South Pacific' comes to Moses Lake High School stage
MOSES LAKE — A classic tale of love and prejudice in World War II comes to the stage at Moses Lake High School with the production of “South Pacific,” schedule…
Drop off point announced for Operation Christmas Child
MOSES LAKE — Churches and individuals donating to Operation Christmas Child can drop off the shoeboxes at the Lake City Foursquare Church, 333 North Central Dr., from Nov. 14 to 21.
REC Silicon lays off estimated 70 employees
MOSES LAKE — The indications were there in July when REC Silicon scaled back operations at the Moses Lake facility. On Wednesday, it took cost-cutting measures…