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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 …
Fate of Grant County livestock show still uncertain
MOSES LAKE — A meeting is scheduled for June 18 between officials of fairs canceled in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and representatives of the governor’s office to look for ways to offer alternatives, a livest…
Restaurant in Ephrata closes
EPHRATA — A restaurant in Ephrata is closing its doors after 25 years.
Children go exploring at a summer camp option
MOSES LAKE — It’s almost summer and children can — no, they can’t. Not this summer. The COVID-19 outbreak is messing up summer.
Coronavirus: Total rises to 337
MOSES LAKE — The total of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Grant County rose to 337 on Monday.
Moses Lake Alzheimer’s facility patient sickened with COVID-19 dies
MOSES LAKE — A patient at Summer Wood Alzheimer’s Special Care Center sickened with the novel coronavirus has died, according to Grant County Health District. …
Driver strikes WSP vehicle
SPOKANE — A Warden man driving on Interstate 90 in Spokane drifted onto the right shoulder and struck a Washington State Patrol vehicle Sunday morning, according to a WSP memo.
Wahluke High School Class of 2020 graduates with car parade
MATTAWA — It might not have been the way students of the Wahluke High School Class of 2020 thought they would graduate, but they went out in style Friday night…
Warnick: GOP calls for special session to deal with budget
MOSES LAKE — House and Senate Republicans are asking Gov. Jay Inslee to convene a special session of the state legislature to deal with the state’s looming revenue crisis, according to Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses La…
Officer Stewart hits the streets with new K-9 partner, Jester
MOSES LAKE — Though it was a largely uneventful first week on the streets of Moses Lake for Officer Nick Stewart and his partner, a 15-month-old Belgian Malino…
Adams County declines Phase 3 application
ADAMS COUNTY — Adams County did not apply to move into Phase 3 of reopening its economy Friday due to a higher number of new cases confirmed in the last two weeks, according to officials with the county health depa…
1 dead in rollover accident
WARDEN — One person is dead following a single-vehicle accident near the Grant-Adams county line early Saturday morning, according to Washington State Patrol.
Water main work will reduce lanes at night
MOSES LAKE — Construction workers will replace water mains near the intersection of Stratford and Valley roads and Stratford and Mart roads June 15-17.
Grandview man killed in accident near Warden
WARDEN — A Grandview man was killed when he ran his motorcycle into the back of a stopped car about four miles northwest of Warden Friday afternoon.
Fatality crash causes detour on SR-17
WARDEN — A fatality collision stopped traffic on state Route 17 at Road 6 SE Friday evening.
Coronavirus: one death, 18 new cases reported in Grant County
GRANT COUNTY — One patient in Grant County sickened with the novel coronavirus has died, Grant County Health District announced Friday. The patient was the fif…