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Updated 7 hours, 13 minutes ago

MLSD hiring 7 elementary assistant principals, financially unrelated to classroom staffing

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake School District is moving to add assistant principals at seven of its largest elementary s…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Washing hands: Slowing the spread of COVID-19

MATTAWA — As toilet paper and bottled water fly off the shelves because of the fervor among some people over the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, man…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Local medical facilities, schools prepared for COVID-19

SOUTH COUNTY — As more cases of novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, have been found in Washington state, local medical facilities and schools are making…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Names released in fatality, injury fire in Mattawa

MATTAWA — A blaze outside Mattawa on the morning of Tuesday, March 3, killed one person and injured another. The blaze occurred at the 23000 block of Road O So…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
GTA getting a handle on maintenance

MOSES LAKE — Grant Transit Authority is starting to get a handle on its bus maintenance issues.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Quincy schools announce steps against COVID-19 spread

QUINCY — Quincy School District is asking students and community members with symptoms of the coronavirus to stay out of school buildings and is canceling or postponing a number of large indoor events, but will not…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Airplane tax exemption legislation nears House vote

By CHARLES H. FEATHERSTONE

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Quincy High School, senior center react to coronavirus exposure

QUINCY — In response to a case of novel coronavirus that killed a resident in their 80s, announced Sunday, Quincy organizations are taking steps to help stop the spread of the virus, also called COVID-19, in places…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Tech expert: Parents need to model good phone, internet behavior

MOSES LAKE — Just because kids have been raised in a digital world doesn’t mean they actually know very much about it.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Grant County COVID-19 testing ticks up after Quincy case

As more laboratories across the state come online to assist in testing for the novel coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19, and with the recent announcement of a fatal case of the virus in a Quincy resident, the…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Science Olympiad serious business for middle schoolers

MOSES LAKE — For eighth-grader Anita Valdez, one of the best parts of building things is watching them fail.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
New campground registration system coming to GC Fairgrounds

New registration system also in the works

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Big Bend CC job fair draws prospective employers, employees

MOSES LAKE — More than 100 businesses, agencies, colleges, training schools and other organizations handed out employment information, training criteria and jo…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
I-976 may impact Grant Transit Authority

MOSES LAKE — Grant Transit Authority is starting to build a small reserve of funds. On the flip side, the agency may lose some of its funding from the state.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
I-976 may impact Grant Transit Authority

MOSES LAKE — Grant Transit Authority is starting to build a small reserve of funds. On the flip side, the agency may lose some of its funding from the state.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Health district warns of possible exposure in Quincy

MOSES LAKE — Grant County Health District is warning people who attended events at the Quincy Senior Center in mid-February or the Quincy High School production of “Mary Poppins” on Feb. 21 that they may have been …