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Community Tigers

EPHRATA — According to the Ephrata School District, the Associated Student Body raised more than expected during i…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Warrants served in catalytic converter trafficking case

MOSES LAKE - Search warrants were served at a business and home along Stratford Road Wednesday morning in connection with the suspected trafficking of catalyti…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Hands-on education in wood leads to small business

MOSES LAKE — A nice cutting board can be a thing of great beauty. But that’s no reason to be gentle with the cutting boards made by Samantha and her husband…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
ML Council delays discussion of homeless site purchase, talks new PD

MOSES LAKE -- The Moses Lake City Council met for nearly four hours Tuesday and failed to discuss all of the items on the council agenda, including selecting a…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Royal City man arrested on cocaine charges

ROYAL CITY — A Royal City man was arrested on suspicion of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute following a search of his home Wednesday.

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Summer fixes

QUINCY — Quincy School District officials will remodel the former High Tech High building into a new district office this summer, among other projects, at an e…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Mavs earn first win of the season, down Tigers 2-0

MOSES LAKE – After a draw at the half, Moses Lake scored two goals in the second half to ride past Ephrata and earn its first win of the 2023 season. Moses …

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Mavs place seventh at ML Girls Golf Invite

MOSES LAKE – Golf season began for girls teams from Moses Lake, Othello, Warden and more at the Moses Lake Girls Golf Invitational on Monday, hosted at the Moses Lake Golf and Country Club...

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Murals depict Quincy history

QUINCY — Drivers poking around Quincy will spot them from the street, here and there around town – harvesting wheat here, posing for a team picture over there.…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Spreading love

MOSES LAKE — For L.J. Polmateer, music is a labor of love. “I love playing music. I love taking care of my family, and what got me into music was the messag…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Basin sports schedule March 15-21

COLUMBIA BASIN – Spring sports are now in full swing here in the Basin, with a full slate of baseball and softball games, track meets and more taking place ove…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Safety concern: Adams Co. Jail in need of repairs, staffing to reopen

RITZVILLE — Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner said the situation facing Adams County in its efforts to reopen and maintain the county jail is not unique. “Th…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Irrigation water to flow next week

MOSES LAKE —The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District will begin filling the East Low Canal for the 2023 irrigation season on March 22, according to a statem…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
‘A director is a teacher’

SOAP LAKE — For Cheri Barbre, the play’s the thing. Barbre is the artistic director of Masquers Theater, an actor and director with the troupe for more than…

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Hi Tide to perform in concert April 3

MOSES LAKE — The sounds of the Caribbean will be coming to the stage at the Wallenstien Performing Arts Center; the Cayman Islands duo Hi Tide will perform in …

Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
Spring art show coming to Soap Lake

SOAP LAKE – Mihail Kivachitsky will be holding a spring reception and art talk at the end of this month featuring new work created for the Soap Lake gallery...