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120-acre fire burns structures by I-90
MOSES LAKE — Nobody was harmed in a wildfire alongside Interstate 90 Wednesday afternoon, according to Grant Count…
Ephrata School District earns clean audit for 2024-25 fiscal year
EPHRATA — The Ephrata School District received audit reports with no findings for the 2024–25 fiscal year from the Washington State Auditor’s Office, according…
Cuddle cloud ready for adoption
Meet Dusti, a fluffy Border Collie–Great Pyrenees mix is ready to herd her way straight into your heart.
Mobile home destroyed in early-morning fire
MOSES LAKE — A mobile home north of Moses Lake was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning. Grant County Fire District 5 Battalion Chief Sean Killion sa…
A wish come true
ROYAL CITY — What’s better for a little boy than meeting one of his heroes? Meeting all of them at once at Disneyland. “We went to Disneyland to meet Dude P…
Working together
ROYAL CITY — Community leaders and substance use prevention professionals gathered May 14 in Royal City for the Grant County Key Leader Event to collaborate on…
Carp Classic removes more than 3/4 ton of invasive fish from Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — The weather wasn’t great on Saturday, but the Moses Lake Carp Classic brought out 55 bow fishers in 23 boats, organizer Ty Swartout wrote in an em…
Color your day with Cornbread
Color outside the purr-fect lines with Cornbread, a sweet orange fluff who’s ready to brighten your day. This two-year-old Domestic Longhair has a meow-nificen…
Two Tigers make baseball all conference
EPHRATA — The 2026 Central Washington Athletic Conference Baseball All-Conference team was announced Monday and two Ephrata Tigers made the listing. Mitchell J…
Knights send Cael Orth to state tournament
ROYAL CITY — After a tough battle through the 1A District 5 tournament, Cael Orth from the Royal Knights qualified for the state tournament. The Knights compet…
Wahluke advances in the 1A state tourney
MATTAWA — The Wahluke Warriors (11-5-1) defeated Eastside Preparatory 2-0 in the opening round of the 1A state tournament Tuesday. Head Coach Cele Lopez was pr…
WEATHER: May 20-26
Wednesday: Sunny then partly sunny in the afternoon, with a high near 78. Light northwest wind. Partly cloudy overnight, with a low around 49.
Vantage Road SW to remain closed indefinitely
QUINCY — Vantage Road SW is closed indefinitely west of Silica Road SW to both motorists and pedestrians, according to Grant County Public Works.
Quincy vandalism incidents under investigation
QUINCY — While the Quincy Police Department has identified some persons of interest in a recent rash of graffiti incidents in the city, they’re still under inv…
Quincy man pleads guilty in $70,000 fraud case
QUINCY — A Quincy man has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $70,000 from an elderly woman he was hired to help with yard work, according to a Grant County Sher…
Quincy Police Department Logs for May 6-18
The reports below were provided by the Quincy Police Department. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.