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‘I don’t plan on going back’
MOSES LAKE — Abel Valdez didn’t walk into Community Court expecting a fresh start.
Building activity planned in Mattawa
MATTAWA — Building activity continues at a brisk pace in Mattawa.
Some familiar routines, some new requirements as Othello students went back to campus
OTHELLO — Kids were greeted with a red carpet, music and a dancing star, representing the school’s mascot, when they returned to Scootney Springs Elementary la…
Blankenship, Weise maintain leads in commission races
RITZVILLE — Dan Blankenship and Jay Weise have maintained their leads in the race for two open positions on the Adams County Commission in updated vote totals released Nov. 6.
Othello to move to second phase of water aquifer recharge project
OTHELLO — Two state agencies will help maintain city's water supply.
Othello School District to review sex education curriculum options
OTHELLO — Othello School District officials are forming a committee to review possible materials for a new sex education curriculum.
Irrigation district board sets meeting
The board of directors for the South Columbia Basin Irrigation District will meet at 9 a.m., Thursday, by telephone.
Wahluke students will return to school next month
MATTAWA — In a decision announced Tuesday during the regular Wahluke School Board meeting, officials announced students would return to school in December.
Grants to Adams County businesses announced
RITZVILLE — The Adams County Development Council recently announced recipients in the second round of the county’s Working Washington Small Business Grant program.
No end to public service for Marine Corps veterans
Today, many veterans of the Marines, an organization older than even the Declaration of Independence and which celebrated its 245th birthday Tuesday, still serve their communities in the Columbia Basin through law …
Opening of Moses Lake managed camp for unsheltered delayed
The opening of Moses Lake’s sleeping center for unsheltered people, a managed camp of nearly three dozen “tiny homes,” has been delayed until December 1, Moses Lake city officials announced at Tuesday’s city counci…
Moses Lake council votes to pay for 2021 Freedom Festival fireworks, entertainment
There will be fireworks for next year’s Fourth of July Freedom Fest in Moses Lake despite initial funding concerns, after the Moses Lake city council voted unanimously Tuesday to add $50,000 to the 2021 budget in o…
Stratford widening, repaving project in final phase
Paving crews were laying down fresh asphalt at the intersection of Stratford and Mart roads Monday morning, as a two-year project to upgrade Stratford heads in…
South Columbia Basin Irrigation District to meet
Residents can participate in the irrigation district meeting.
Some still skeptical of Moses Lake's managed camp for unsheltered
With Grant County’s first managed camp for unsheltered people, made up of a few dozen “tiny homes” with just enough space for a bed, set to open sometime in th…
26th and 27th deaths linked to COVID-19 reported
Two Moses Lake women infected with the coronavirus have died, marking the 26th and 27th confirmed COVID-19-related deaths of Grant County residents since the pandemic began, the Grant County Health District reporte…