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WEATHER: April 27-May 2
Monday: Sunny, high near 68. North winds 5 to 7 miles per hour, becoming southwest in the afternoon
An 80-hour week is child’s play
EPHRATA – For Kim Meaney Randolph of Ephrata, an 80-hour work week is normal, but only because she loves what she is doing. Randolph, a real estate agent wi…
Baseball season swings into action
COLUMBIA BASIN – Baseball season is in full swing here in the Columbia Basin. See below for a recap of each team’s games over the past week, complete with scor…
Former counselor files lawsuit against MLSD
MOSES LAKE — A former Moses Lake School District counselor has filed suit against the school district alleging discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termina…
Rough morning
QUINCY - The Grant County Sheriffs Office responded to an accident near the intersection of Adams Road North and Road 9 NW Monday morning. The driver had fled …
Chapman serves as page for Ybarra
OLYMPIA – Jacob Chapman, 15, a Selah homeschool student, recently traveled to Olympia to serve as a page in the state House of Representatives by sponsorship f…
Two men arrested in connection with stolen lawnmower
SOAP LAKE — Two Moses Lake men were arrested on suspicion of second-degree vehicle prowling, second-degree theft and second-degree criminal trespassing after a…
Development, housing to be subject of Mattawa workshop
MATTAWA — Mattawa residents are being invited to review some of the ideas for regulating development and adding housing at a workshop scheduled for 6 p.m. Marc…
The economics of labor and the week in sports on the Basin Studio Podcast
On this episode of the Studio Basin podcast, senior reporter Charles Featherstone sits down with Don Meseck, a regional labor economist with the Washington Sta…
Perfect fit
MOSES LAKE — Sometimes, the profession and the person just match up neatly. LeRae Redal has a story like that. The owner of Moses Lake Real Estate Group, wh…
Have truck, will move
Dylan Morris, owner of Door to Door Moving in Moses Lake, cuts the ribbon Thursday afternoon on his new moving truck in the parking lot of the Moses Lake Chamb…
Search leads to catalytic converter seizure
KENNEWICK — Hundreds of catalytic converters were seized from a Kennewick business a day after the search of a Moses Lake business and home by officers with th…
Grant County tax statements mailed
EPHRATA — Grant County property owners who have not received tax statements by today should contact the Grant County Treasurer’s Office, according to a press release from the GCTO. Grant County Treasurer Darryl …
Big Bend looks to increase Mattawa offerings
MOSES LAKE — Big Bend Community College is looking at expanding the college’s offerings in Mattawa, according to President Sara Thompson Tweedy during a meetin…
Quincy School Board recognizes Siebert
QUINCY — Quincy School Board chair Chris Baumgartner, right, presents a plaque of appreciation to recently retired Quincy Police Department Chief Kieth Siebert…
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…