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Adams County Sheriff’s candidates talk retention, AC Jail at Othello forum
OTHELLO — Recruiting and retaining staff and continuing work on the Adams County Jail were among the questions fie…
Grant PUD proposes raise in 2015 rates
EPHRATA - Grant County PUD rates will increase by 2.4 percent for residential customers, and 3.5 percent for irrigators. Large industrial customers (rate class…
Angus Lee to face disciplinary hearing
OLYMPIA - Grant County Prosecutor Angus Lee will have a disciplinary board hearing with the state Bar Association on Jan. 20 to discuss possible ethics violati…
REC Silicon wants county to rescind tax bill
MOSES LAKE - REC Silicon is embroiled in a tax dispute with Grant County and wants the county to rescind the outstanding tax bill sent to them.
Chief accountant used county e-mail to campaign
EPHRATA - A state Public Disclosure Commission investigation into Grant County chief accountant and auditor candidate Jacob Taylor shows he used his county e-m…
Former Congressional candidate pulls over Grant County deputy
SOAP LAKE - Former Fourth Congressional District candidate Gavin Seim recently gained national attention after he posted a video of him pulling over a Grant Co…
Larson Recreation Center events, activities canceled
MOSES LAKE - Ice skating lessons, activities and events at the Larson Recreation Center have been canceled following a decision by the Moses Lake City Council …
Newhouse campaign files FEC complaint over Didier ad
YAKIMA - Fourth District Congressional District candidate Dan Newhouse filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission over a television ad candidate Clin…
Grant County PUD details 2015 budget
MOSES LAKE - The Grant County PUD is projecting it will spend about $237.8 million in 2015, when all the bills and income are added up. Utility district offici…
City will close Larson Rec Center, cancel holiday show
MOSES LAKE - The Moses Lake City Council decided the city will be closing the Larson Rec Center and canceling the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center's holiday show.
Grant County PUD candidate details positions
EPHRATA - Incumbent PUD commissioner Larry Schaapman said he's learned a lot in two years on the board, and wants to continue to put that knowledge to work. Sc…
Bernd, Zemke vie for PUD commissioner position
EPHRATA - Two-term incumbent Bob Bernd, Moses Lake, will be challenged by Noah Zemke, Moses Lake, for a position on the Grant County PUD board of commissioners.
Residents file PDC complaint about Dano endorsement list
OLYMPIA - Former state senator Joyce Mulliken, past Port of Moses Lake manager Col. Clyde Owen and three other Basin residents complained to the state's public…
PUD 2015 rates to be set Oct. 28
EPHRATA - Grant County PUD staff tentatively projected that revenue from residential customers will have to go up by 2.4 percent in 2015. The projection was pa…
Covey resigns from MLIRD board
MOSES LAKE - The Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District is now down one more board director, as Ron Covey has officially stepped down from his posit…
Quincy hospital levy on November ballot
QUINCY - Voters in the Quincy Valley Medical Center district will be asked to approve or reject a $2.2 million, one-year maintenance and operations levy in the…