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Student removed from Royal High School after weapon found in backpack
ROYAL CITY — The discovery of a weapon in the backpack of a Royal High School student resulted in the removal of t…
Moses Lake port buys more land for railroad project
MOSES LAKE — With the approval of a second land deal on Monday, the Port of Moses Lake continues to buy the land needed for its Wheeler Corridor railroad proje…
Soap Lake man arrested after standoff
SOAP LAKE - Joseph Loan, 67, of Soap Lake is in custody after a six-hour standoff with law enforcement in Soap Lake. Loan is facing four charges after barri…
‘This is going to take some getting used to’
MOSES LAKE — Nallely Escobedo said she didn’t realize for a long time that her vision wasn’t really that good. “I thought everyone just saw how I saw,” she sa…
ACSO seeks 2 in relation to Othello-area shooting
RITZVILLE — The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of a pair of teenagers wanted in connection with a shooting near Othell…
‘Pieced Together’
MOSES LAKE — The last piece of a project to add art at and around the Grant County Fairgrounds has been completed.
Organizers say airshow draws more than 7,000
MOSES LAKE — More than 7,000 people attended this year’s Moses Lake Airshow — many of them from far outside the area — and hotels across Moses Lake were sold o…
Melcher appointed to Charter Commission
OLYMPIA – House Minority Leader J. T. Wilcox, R-Pierce County, recently appointed Vickey Melcher to a 4-year term on the Washington State Charter School Commission...
GCSO donates to Behind the Badge Foundation and John Bernard Scholarship
Grant County Sheriff Tom Jones presented a check for $83,000 to Behind the Badge Foundation Executive Director Brian Johnston on Monday.
Corner Street Donuts now open in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE - Danielle Bailey, owner of Corner Street Donuts, cuts the ribbon on her new business at the corner of Broadway Avenue and Alder Street on Monday su…
Local clubs host 12th annual joint charity golf tournament
MOSES LAKE - The Kiwanis Club of Moses Lake and the Moses Lake Rotary Club put on their 12th annual Golf Scramble Friday, giving back to the community they res…
NCHA Weekend comes to Grant County Fairgrounds
MOSES LAKE - The National Cutting Horse Association hosted its NCHA Weekend event at the Grant County Fairgrounds Saturday and Sunday, bringing in riders from …
MLSD board approves walking path agreement
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District will pay up to 50%, to a maximum of $50,000, of the cost of building a walking path along East Nelson Road on the a…
'It Feels Amazing’
MOSES LAKE — Kekuni Robello-Dorsey expressed a common feeling of the students who earned a high school diploma or GED, or both, through the Open Doors Program …
Deane case still active, pending lab results
MOSES LAKE — The Grant County Prosecutor’s Office has yet to file charges against Eric Deane, who was arrested Tuesday in Moses Lake on suspicion of drug posse…
Levi Bisnett
MOSES LAKE - Levi Bisnett wants Moses Lake to be recreationist and pedestrian-friendly. As a project surveyor with the city, he gets a chance to make that visi…