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WEATHER: May 11-15
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Overnight, partly cloudy, low around 49.
Royal City Summerfest returns this year
ROYAL CITY — After being canceled in 2020, Royal City Summerfest returns for 2021 with plenty of activities.
2020 legal fees were costly for school district
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District spent about $614,000 on legal fees in 2020, mostly handling personnel matters and dealing with claims from families with special education students, according to MLSD Sup…
Firefighters squash wildfire in difficult terrain
A traffic collision call at 12:45 p.m. Monday turned into a wildland fire near milepost 85 of state Route 17, just north of Soap Lake.
Nine residents die from COVID-19 in Grant County
The Grant County Health District on Tuesday announced nine more people died from COVID-19, bringing the county’s COVID-19 death toll to 134.
Heat relief: Serve Moses Lake distributes cold water on hot days
MOSES LAKE — For the second year, volunteers working with Serve Moses Lake will be offering cold bottled water on very hot days to unsheltered individuals and …
Best of bunnies: Washington State Rabbit Breeders Association marks 75th year
MOSES LAKE — Rabbits are often auctioned for their meat, their fur or even to be used in laboratory research, but at Saturday’s 75th Washington State Rabbit Br…
Caution recommended when setting off fireworks; 237 in state injured last year
MOSES LAKE — The snap, crackle and pop of fireworks are part of summer and especially the Fourth of July, but there can be trouble if fireworks are not used pr…
Moses Lake receives new recovery funds
MOSES LAKE — When Washington’s Office of Financial Management sent word that Moses Lake must return all documents to receive further coronavirus fiscal recovery funds by June 18, 11 days after correspondence, city …
Event honoring Chief Moses moves to new date
The date of the Chief Moses Banner Unveiling Ceremony planned for Wednesday has changed. The event, by Downtown Moses Lake Association and Colville Business Council, will be July 6 at 11 a.m. at Sinkiuse Square (30…
Sheriff leases space from Port of Mattawa
MATTAWA — Grant County Sheriff’s Office deputies patrolling the Mattawa and southwest Grant County areas will have a new substation beginning July 1.
Othello man arrested after heroin allegedly found in car, house
MOSES LAKE — An Othello man was booked into Grant County Jail on possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver Friday after a search of his car and home allegedly resulted in the discovery of more tha…
Conservation-minded: Moses Lake water-saving measures soon take effect; city considers more regulations
Moses Lake City Council last Tuesday addressed water conservation, as mandatory watering days take effect Thursday.
It's hot: Heat wave to stay into the weekend, calling for precautions, checks on elderly
MOSES LAKE — It’s as hot as it’s been in central Washington in a long time. The burning question is, when does the heat go away?
Moses Lake School District board talks about race, gender at lengthy meeting
MOSES LAKE — There were more questions than answers when members of the Moses Lake School District School Board met Thursday to discuss race and gender.
Smokin’ deal: Fire district uses mechanical savvy in buying ‘new’ ladder truck
MOSES LAKE — Sometimes it pays to know a trained mechanic.