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Soap Lake Chamber adds new event in 2026
SOAP LAKE — The Soap Lake Chamber of Commerce released their event schedule for 2026, including a new event this y…
I-90 closes for vehicle fire
VANTAGE — A vehicle fire closed down I-90 just west of Vantage Monday, according to the Washington State Patrol. A semi traveling westbound near the Ryegras…
Quincy to research property annexation requests
QUINCY — Quincy city officials will consider a request to annex two pieces of property on the east side of town into the city limits. If they are annexed, both…
Floodfest floods Dry Falls Visitor Center with guests
COULEE CITY — Ice Age Floodfest returned to the Dry Falls Visitor Center over the weekend, attracting a wide array of people interested in celebrating and lear…
SEAL team comes to Grant County Health District
MOSES LAKE — Grant County will serve as a training ground for a pair of University of Washington graduate students, according to an announcement from the Grant…
Grant County purchases former Ephrata business building
EPHRATA — Some Grant County offices eventually will move to a new location following the county’s purchase of a building across the street from the Grant Count…
Finances, voter registration discussed by Samaritan commission candidates
MOSES LAKE — Voter registration, cost of the new Samaritan Hospital and staff retention were among the questions discussed by two of the three candidates for a…
Saturday in the park
MOSES LAKE — The Downtown Moses Lake Association’s first Neppel Family Picnic Saturday wasn’t huge, but it did draw people to a park they might otherwise not t…
Fire Report for July 25, 2023
GOLDENDALE — The Newell Road fire in Klickitat County had burned 30,000 acres about 17 miles east of Goldendale Saturday morning. The fire, which was discovere…
Goat 70% burned in barn fire makes full recovery
PULLMAN — Despite somehow escaping a fire that engulfed a barn and killed the five other goats she shared a pen with, Emma Ulrich’s goat Millie had suffered se…
National Night Out
COLUMBIA BASIN — Police cars and fire trucks, stickers and snow cones, games and lots of information will be among the attractions at National Night Out events…
MLHS’s Blackman, Perkins to compete at Junior Olympics
EUGENE, Ore. – Two Moses Lake athletes are heading to Eugene, Oregon for the USA Track & Field Junior Olympics beginning on Monday, with senior Paige Perkins a…
Weather for Monday, July 24, 2023
Monday Increasing clouds, with a high near 89. Breezy, with a southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high…
STUDIO BASIN: Quincy Police Chief Ryan Green
MOSES LAKE — On this episode of the Studio Basin podcast, Senior Reporter Cheryl Schweizer sits down with Quincy Chief of Police Ryan Green, where the two disc…
REC Silicon takes out loan to fund restart of Moses Lake facility
MOSES LAKE — REC Silicon Inc. announced Thursday that it has entered into a loan agreement for a $100 million term loan from KEB Hana Bank for the purpose of supporting the capital needs of the company. Accordin…
Bonding on and off the mat
WARDEN — Featuring instruction from former collegiate wrestlers and WIAA state champions, the Warden Wrestling Camp brought in more than 30 Warden wrestlers fr…