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Ephrata names Carlstrom head basketball coach
EPHRATA — The Ephrata School District has named Ryan Carlstrom its new head coach of boys basketball. According to…
Some Grant PUD projects cost less
EPHRATA — Lower than expected costs for some projects will mean lower planned capital expenditures for Grant County PUD this year.
Almira/Coulee-Hartline drama students shift spring performance online
COULEE CITY — The May 7 premiere of “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” wasn’t quite what Almira/Coulee-Hartline drama class students expected when they began preparing f…
40 years later, Mount St. Helens eruption remains an indelible memory
MOSES LAKE — Until the spring of 1980, Mount St. Helens was part of a lesson in geography class, the one when kids had to learn the highest mountains in the Ca…
Run event at airport to be rescheduled
MOSES LAKE — The Runway Run, a running event scheduled to be held on the main runway of Grant County International Airport in early June, has been postponed.
Casinos plan to reopen
The Colville Business Council and the Colville Tribal Federal Corporation Board of Directors approved a reopening date of Tuesday, May 19, for all three 12 Tribes Colville Casinos properties.
Soap Lake yard waste, garbage bins ready
SOAP LAKE — Soap Lake residents looking to dispose of yard waste and garbage may use the containers at the new recycling center at Second Avenue SW in the Public Works Yard as part of the city’s communi…
Irrigation districts, Grant PUD in discussion over rate proposal
EPHRATA — Grant County PUD commissioners will host a workshop with representatives of the Bonneville Power Administration and local irrigation districts to discuss rates charged for transmitting electricity.
Effect of pandemic on Grant PUD finances uncertain
EPHRATA — It’s still too early to tell what financial impact the COVID-19 outbreak will have on Grant County PUD.
Traffic restrictions on Valley Road start Tuesday
MOSES LAKE — A section of Valley Road will be reduced to one lane of traffic in both directions beginning May 19 during work to upgrade water mains. Traffic restrictions will remain through about June 2.
Petition started to keep homeless camp away from neighborhoods, schools
MOSES LAKE — Over 1,300 people have signed a petition asking the Moses Lake City Council to keep a managed homeless camp out of neighborhoods and away from schools.
The spirit of the ’90s lives on as more than 100 cruise downtown
MOSES LAKE — Well over 100 people from across the region turned out in Moses Lake on Saturday for the first of what organizers hope may become a regular event …
Coronavirus: One new case reported Sunday, ending four-day streak without new cases
GRANT COUNTY - One new case of the novel coronavirus was reported Sunday, ending a four-day streak without any newly reported cases, according to the Grant Cou…
Coronavirus: Percentage of tests returning positive continues to fall
GRANT COUNTY — There were no new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in Grant County on Thursday.
State parks bring out huge crowds since reopening May 5
MOSES LAKE — Eager Washingtonians have flocked to state parks since their reopening May 5.
ESD struggles with unemployment fraud
MOSES LAKE — With fraud rampant in the state’s unemployment insurance program, officials with the state’s Employment Security Department (ESD) are going to delay initial unemployment insurance payment to all new ap…