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Updated 17 minutes ago

Huskies claim third in districts with home win

OTHELLO — The Othello Huskies (20-4) overcame East Valley Tuesday afternoon to earn a 4-1 victory and claim third …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
City seeks applications for tourism projects funding

Hotel/motel tax funds are available to help boost tourism in Moses Lake.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Fire District a finalist for State Farm grant

Grant County Fire District No. 7 needs your vote. In fact, it wants all 10 of them. Every day until Friday.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
People For People to make changes to Tri-Cities route

On Oct. 12, People For People will be adding a stop in Moses Lake for those wishing to take the bus to the Tri-Cities.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Classic Chiefs game to show at Lions Field on Friday night

Chiefs fans will have a chance to get together at Lions Field this Friday night for a bit of a throwback event. Moses Lake High School is hosting a Friday Nigh…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
School year has been a breeze for some, a whirlwind for others

The new school year, complete with pandemic restrictions, has been a mixed bag for families, with households having very different experiences, depending on th…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Coronavirus cases reported in Grant, Adams counties

Fifty new cases of the coronavirus were reported in Grant County since Friday, including new cases in Moses Lake, Ephrata, Royal City, Warden, and the Mattawa and Quincy areas, according to the Grant County Health …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Quincy sets cleanup day

The city of Quincy will hold Fall Clean-Up Day on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the city yard next to the Quincy Public Services Building.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
MLSD works on plan for in-person high school classes

The Moses Lake School Board intends to have some kind of “return to school” plan in place for high school students at its next meeting in early October.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Proposal to raise some county landfill fees subject of public hearing

EPHRATA — A public hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday on a proposal to raise fees charged to dump garbage at the Grant County landfill.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Annual Alzheimer's walk draws more than 100 walkers

Walkers took to their neighborhoods and favorite trails in Moses Lake on Sunday to raise money to help fight Alzheimer’s, and other forms of dementia, and to r…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
COVID-19 cases detected in MLSD, but won't cause closures

Cases of the coronavirus have been detected within the Moses Lake School District, but no students have tested positive and classes have not been canceled, acc…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Grant County Health District announces two additional COVID-19 deaths

MOSES LAKE — The Grant County Health District has announced two more people have died due to the COVID-19 virus

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
New trash cans in downtown Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — It was a busy morning Thursday for a handful of workers with the Moses Lake City Parks and Recreation department.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Work to start on Moses Lake Christian Academy gym exterior

MOSES LAKE — After years of fundraising and preparation, the exterior walls of the new gym at the Moses Lake Christian Academy will be going up soon.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Spaceburgers finally landed in Moses Lake last weekend

Locals finally got their annual fix of Spaceburgers last weekend on Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Boys & Girls Club of the Columbia Basin location on North Paxson…