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‘Dear Evan Hansen’
MOSES LAKE — Some stage musicals are grand, brightly-colored affairs, with lots of dancing and flamboyant sets and…
Inslee signs bills to delay, expand exemptions in WA Cares
Gov. Jay Inslee signed bills Thursday to delay the WA Cares payroll tax on Washington workers and expand the number of people who can seek permanent exemptions…
Herald leadership changes hands
MOSES LAKE — She helped renovate a community newspaper that’s been around since 1941.
Words in pictures: Warden artist tells stories from old 35mm film
WARDEN — Vinnie O Bannon has been a photographer for most of his adult life, and has the 35mm film negatives to prove it.
Sowing seeds: Winter gives time to plot garden
MOSES LAKE — It’s a sad fact unless the garden is somewhere like Australia or Argentina, January is not a gardening month. But it’s not to say there’s nothing …
Woman dies in pedestrian-vehicle collision
A pedestrian died early Thursday morning when she was struck by a car on Interstate 90, east of George, in Grant County, according to the Washington State Patr…
Possible return: Warnick bill aims to help REC start up again
OLYMPIA — Legislation proposed by Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, and currently being considered by the Washington State Senate Committee on Business, Financi…
Grand Coulee Dam SD talks native policies, levy
Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Paul Turner said the district’s board of directors reviewed the upcoming levy election, enrollment and tribal p…
MLSD prepares to test kids for NOVA
As February approaches, the Moses Lake School District is preparing to test students for eligibility for its highly capable program, dubbed NOVA.
Hanging in there: Wrestling team shows determination
OTHELLO — If one word can be used to sum up the girls wrestling program at Othello High School, it’s probably perseverance.
Blessing the waters
Father Paul Moses Jaroslaw, the priest overseeing the Moses Lake Orthodox Fellowship, prepares to hurl a cross into the frigid waters of Moses Lake on Saturday…
Water rules: MLIRD asks state to amend law
MOSES LAKE — If you can’t beat the law, then change it.
ML City Council postpones decision on transitional campus
Moses Lake City Council voted unanimously to postpone a vote that would have allowed city staff to move forward with hiring a planning consultant for a propose…
Lawmakers mull catalytic converter bill
Bipartisan legislation intending to cut the demand for stolen catalytic converters will increase fines for violators and limit the ability to buy and sell the …
Every hat a story: Moses Lake man’s collection spans decades
MOSES LAKE — Every hat on the wall in Mike Cobb’s Moses Lake shed, about 140 of them, is a reminder of a person or a place. So are the 150 or so hats in storag…
Creating opportunity: Voters to decide on Wahluke School District levy
MATTAWA — Wahluke School District voters will decide the fate of a two-year educational programs and operation (EP&O) levy in a special election Feb. 8.