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More park improvements planned for Royal City in ‘26
ROYAL CITY — Lions Park in Royal City now has a soccer field, so city officials will be working on the next phase …
'Why pay rent?': Frustration in South Grant County over homeless
Small towns across rural Grant County have been responding with frustration and derision at a recent circuit court decision that restricted the ability of municipalities to criminalize homeless encampments on publi…
Mattawa teenager faces a month in detention for homecoming threats
MATTAWA — Mattawa teenager Deibis Perez, 17, was arrested Sept. 29 after posting threatening statements to Instagram regarding this year’s homecoming celebrations at Wahluke High School, according to the Grant Coun…
River View knocks down Warriors 15-7
MATTAWA - Friday night’s SCAC East game with River View was more like the movie “A River Runs through It,” than a football game. But such is high school football in the Pacific Northwest.
Robert Walter Adams
May 18, 1933 – September 25, 2018
Academics and athletics go hand in hand
I can remember sitting in music awareness class in college listening to Chopin playing some classic piece of music known throughout the ages by everybody, but …
Cindy Carter works hard for her constituents
I’ve been living in Royal City for the last 15 years and I met Cindy Carter five years ago. She helped me when my family lived in a very small trailer and I was told I had to pay $5,000 for a road off the highway s…
South County roundup: Othello girls soccer ends skid with two wins
Othello girls soccer snapped a three-game losing streak with a win over Proser 5-1 on the road, followed by a 2-0 victory at home against Toppenish.
Othello runs to big lead, beats East Valley
OTHELLO — Othello got back to what it does best, run the football.
PUD $1.3 billion in debt
Our PUD is $l.3 billion in debt ($26,000 per meter) and adding to that every day. Our current commissioners have claimed the debt is due to relicensing the dams and upgrades to the turbines. I will ask one question…
Newhouse bill to delist gray wolf passes through key U.S. House committee
WASHINGTON D.C. — A bill co-sponsored by Fourth Congressional District Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Yakima, that seeks to delist the gray wolf from protections laid out in the Endangered Species Act recently passed through…
Othello volleyball loses two
SELAH — Othello dropped a 3-0 to Selah on Thursday to fall to 4-4 overall and 0-3 in the Central Washington Athletic Conference after starting the season 4-1.
Top-ranked Royal handles Warden with 35-point second quarter
ROYAL CITY — It was lights out for the halftime fireworks show.
Walter August Sielaff
March 6, 1917 – August 30, 2018
Wahluke offense breaks out with 50-13 win over Kiona-Benton
BENTON CITY - There’s an upside to opening the SCAC East schedule with three-time 1A state champion Royal and perennial state playoff qualifier Connell. You take your lumps early and then it’s time to roll.
Ephrata bests Othello for first time since 2015
EPHRATA — When Ephrata cornerback Chase Lus out-leaped Gage Pruneda on a fade route for the pass interception in the end zone on the Huskies opening drive, it …