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WEATHER: May 14-20
Thursday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 …
Jail restrictions during pandemic frustrate local law enforcement
GRANT COUNTY — Months after the coronavirus pandemic began, law enforcement agencies are still regularly forced to let detained suspects go free due to jail restrictions imposed by state and federal officials.
Moses Lake DOL office to reopen
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake office of the Department of Licensing will reopen June 22 by appointment only for people who cannot conduct their business online or can’t get help through the agency’s customer service …
Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day canceled for 2020
QUINCY — Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day, a longstanding annual celebration in Quincy, has been canceled for 2020.
Coronavirus: 20 new cases, including 8 in Moses Lake
GRANT COUNTY - There were 20 new cases of the coronavirus reported in Grant County on Wednesday, including eight new cases in Moses Lake, eight in the Quincy a…
Coronavirus: 10 new cases in Grant County
GRANT COUNTY — There were 10 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in Grant County on Tuesday, with residents in Moses Lake, Ephrata, Soap Lake and Quincy testing positive, according to Grant County Health Di…
Opening a water park has become unexpectedly complicated
MOSES LAKE — It seems like a simple enough question. When does the pool open?
Main runway reopens after $21.5 million project to level surface
MOSES LAKE — It’s not a walk the three Port of Moses Lake commissioners — Stroud Kunkle, David “Kent” Jones and Darrin Jackson — take very often.
City to replace traffic light equipment
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake will replace the mechanism of a traffic light at the intersection of Valley Road and Central Drive that is not working properly.
Mattawa restaurant tries to manage COVID-19 restrictions
MATTAWA — Tiddaly Diddalys, a restaurant in Mattawa, tried not to miss a beat when restrictions on business and movement were enacted to help combat the COVID-…
Newhouse urges resumption of hours at Grant County International Airport
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, is trying to return the operating hours of Grant County International Airport to what they were before May 2020.
Fireworks allowed at certain times in Quincy, Ephrata
EPHRATA — John Adams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, wrote to his wife, Abigail, that the anniversary of the signing should and would be celebrated with fireworks. Adams was right about the fireworks,…
Work on projects at Grant County Fairgrounds continues
MOSES LAKE — Construction crews were installing insulation in the Agriculture Building at Grant County Fairgrounds on Tuesday in one of a number of projects un…
Grant, Adams counties census reporting results
SOUTH COUNTY — Grant and Adams counties are behind the national and state averages for self-responding to the 2020 census. According to the census website 2020census.gov, as of Sunday, June, 14, the national self-r…
Soap Lake sewer replacement on pace
SOAP LAKE — Sporadic rain managed to keep the dust down as crews replacing some of Soap Lake’s worst sewer lines worked along Elder Street on Monday.
Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce to sell building to city
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce is selling its office along South Pioneer Way.