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Soap Lake City Council approves new consultant despite mayor's objections
SOAP LAKE — The Soap Lake City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a contract for municipal consulting …
Spring Fest lineup announced
MOSES LAKE — Rappers Tone Loc, Montell Jordan and Vanilla Ice will be among the headline acts at this year’s Spring Festival at McCosh Park in Moses Lake, May …
Grant County Pet of the Week: Rocky
Rocky is a Doberman mix about 2 years old. A bit of a goofball, he is super sweet, smart, and thinks he’s a 60-pound lap dog. He just wants to be in someone’s …
BBCC Foundation to hold financial planning event
MOSES LAKE — The Big Bend Community College Foundation will host a free financial and estate planning event, according to a statement from the foundation.
Soap Lake man arrested in connection with shooting
EPHRATA — A Soap Lake man is in custody Monday afternoon following a shooting between Ephrata and Soap Lake, according to a statement from the Grant County She…
Knox named to dean's list
JAMESTOWN, N.D. — Laurel Knox, of Moses Lake, has been selected for the Dean’s List for fall 2022 at the University of Jamestown in Jamestown, North Dakota. Knox earned this honor by maintaining a semester GPA of …
Othello PD hosting recruiting seminars
OTHELLO – The Othello Police Department is having a hard time recruiting like other law enforcement agencies across Washington state, OPD Chief Phil Schenck sa…
Warden collision sends four to hospital
WARDEN — Four people were injured when a driver allegedly ran the stop sign at the intersection of SR 170 and SR 17 about three miles west of Warden Sunday afternoon. A press memo from the Washington State Patrol s…
Association honors locals at real estate banquet
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake-Othello Association of Realtors held their annual banquet on Saturday, July 21. The awards recognized community members and real es…
GALLERY: Quincy Mat Animal Invitational
QUINCY — Tonasket came out on top of the second annual Quincy Mat Animal Invitational with 200 team points over the weekend, followed by Wapato (167.5 points),…
Lions boys, girls hoops take down Waterville-Mansfield
MOSES LAKE – The Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian School boys and girls basketball teams got closer to locking up league titles with wins over W…
Huskies place second, Knights sixth at Lady Huskie Invitational
OTHELLO — The Othello girls wrestling team got points from almost every wrestler and took second place among 61 teams at the Lady Huskie Invitational, the team…
Pirates score 50 in second half, down injury-riddled Mavs 81-59
MOSES LAKE – Things got off to a hot start for Moses Lake on Friday as the found themselves down 32-31 at the half to Davis despite missing key players due to …
Hunt serves as page at the Senate
OLYMPIA - As part of the Senate Page Program, which has not been operational the past two years due to the pandemic, Noah Hunt, a sophomore from Coulee Dam, wa…
The dream lives on
MOSES LAKE — Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream is still alive. That was the point that more than one speaker made at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebrat…
Weather for Monday, January 23, 2023.
Weather report for Monday, January 23, 2023.