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Workshop aims to bridge gap between kids’ digital lives and parents’ awareness

QUINCY — Quincy School District and local youth prevention partners will host a free workshop Wednesday night aime…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
Bone named Athlete of the Week

Moses Lake senior kicker Iden Bone was named to the Week 10 WIAA Athlete of the Week list on Thursday. Against Gonzaga Prep on Nov. 4, Bone converted two of th…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
Cougars to face off against Wildcats, de Laura

PULLMAN – A familiar face awaits the Washington State Cougars on their road trip to face the Arizona Wildcats this weekend, as they prepare to take on a pass-h…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
Huskies travel to the west side for quarterfinals matchup

OTHELLO – Coming off a 49-12 win over No. 12 seed Washington High School, the No. 5 Othello Huskies now prepare to travel to an undefeated No. 4 Enumclaw team,…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
Purr-paring your home

After finding the perfect feline friend at a rescue or shelter to add to the family, many people cannot wait to bring their new addition home. Because cats fr…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
Parades, celebrations mark start of holiday season

MOSES LAKE — The first two weeks of December will be filled with parades, visits with Santa, tree lighting - lots of lights everywhere, in fact – as local comm…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
First and foremost cowgirls

MOSES LAKE — Annabelle Booth said she was a great deal more confident going into this year’s Miss Moses Lake Roundup competition than she was in 2021. “I ran …

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
‘We belong to the land’

MOSES LAKE — At an hour-long ceremony on Tuesday, officials with the city of Moses Lake formally recognized the city sits on the homeland of the Moses-Columbia…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
Suspect in custody in Othello shooting

OTHELLO — A juvenile suspect was taken into custody in the Tri-Cities Wednesday in connection with an early-morning shooting in Othello that left a Coulee Dam …

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
County, Port to cooperate in Larson improvements

MOSES LAKE — Grant County officials have proposed working with the Port of Moses Lake on a series of improvements on sidewalks and streets in the Larson commun…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
Record-breaking family

MOSES LAKE – Competitive swimming is nothing new in the DuVall family, with Hollie DuVall – a 1998 graduate of Moses Lake High School who swam for the school’s…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
Quincy to look for funding for indoor recreation facility project

QUINCY — Quincy city officials will be looking for funding options in 2023 to build an indoor recreation facility. Quincy City Council members directed city em…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
Retelling meth's challenges

EPHRATA - Patrick Durkin, also known by his pen name, Boston Bornagain, recently published a book called “Fire & Ice: The Meth Bible” depicting the struggles o…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
Martinez joins Big Bend CC Board of Trustees

MOSES LAKE — Bethany Martinez of Mattawa has been appointed to the Big Bend Community College Board of Trustees. Martinez is the director of multilingual and …

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
Othello traffic circles influenced traffic flows, study finds

OTHELLO — Traffic circles installed at intersections in a number of Othello neighborhoods apparently have slowed down drivers in those neighborhoods. City Engi…

Updated 3 years, 5 months ago
Honoring those who served

EPHRATA — It may have been a short parade that wound through the streets of downtown Ephrata, but for those who both marched and watched in the town’s Veterans…