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Updated 7 hours, 50 minutes ago

Sidewalks, paving among plans for Mattawa street improvements

MATTAWA — Mattawa city officials are planning upgrades to West Steven Street, with the work tentatively scheduled …

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Unusually quiet at Grant County Fairgrounds as animals arrive for the livestock sale

MOSES LAKE — Cattle, sheep, goats and other livestock arrived at the Grant County Fairgrounds on Wednesday, with animals set to be evaluated today and auctions…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Volunteers help prepare for livestock sale

MOSES LAKE — Volunteers turned out Tuesday morning to sweep the walks and prepare the stalls for the livestock sale this week at Grant County Fairgrounds.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Coronavirus: New cases reported

MOSES LAKE — There were 30 cases of the coronavirus confirmed in Grant County, including 15 in Moses Lake, seven in the Quincy area, five in Ephrata, two in the Mattawa area and one in Royal City, Grant County Heal…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Moses Lake Community Coalition invites public to meetings

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake Community Coalition is inviting members of the public to join its monthly meetings, on the third Thursday of each month, including the first meeting of the fiscal year this Thursday from noo…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Moses Lake firm brings Century 21 to ‘hot’ real estate market

MOSES LAKE — Another local real estate broker has joined forces with a major national real estate franchiser.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Adams County primary election results certified

RITZVILLE — Incumbent John Marshall will be challenged by Dan Blankenship in the race for Adams County commissioner, District 1, in the general election in November. Marshall and Blankenship received the highest nu…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Development league: Stay out of canals

People should not swim in irrigation canals, even during extreme heat, said the Columbia Basin Development League in a press release.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Moses Lake man’s very bad day brightened by the service, commitment of first responders

MOSES LAKE — The sun had just crested the horizon July 8 when Moses Lake firefighters, already awake in the wee hours of the morning, heard the call piped into…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Soap Lake, Wilson Creek schools opt for online instruction

GRANT COUNTY — Superintendents from both the Soap Lake and Wilson Creek school districts have announced that classes will begin all-online in September, according to videos posted to social media.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Coronavirus: 147 new cases

MOSES LAKE — There were 147 cases of the coronavirus confirmed in Grant County over the weekend, the most for a single update, the Grant County Health District reported Monday.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Small business grant funds still available

MOSES LAKE — There is still money available for Grant County small businesses through the CARES Act, said Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce Marketing Director Lori Robbins in an email.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Small business grant funds still available

Small business grant funds still available

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Local groups donate bicycles, helmets

MOSES LAKE — The bikes were originally supposed to have been given away in May. But COVID-19 canceled the Kiwanis Club of Moses Lake’s 2020 bike rodeo. The eve…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Moses Lake’s comprehensive plan to be updated

Moses Lake’s comprehensive plan to be updated

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Police have a name for body found

QUINCY — Police on Monday named the person — Abel Vargas, 29, of Quincy — whose body was found Friday in the area of Rocky Avenue Northeast, according to a Quincy Police Department statement. Vargas was reportedly …