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Mattawa to work on sewer, water projects in 2026
MATTAWA — The city of Mattawa has budgeted to spend about $200,000 more in its current expense (general) fund in 2…
U.S Open Day set for Royal on June 15
ROYAL CITY - Only 60 entries will be accepted for the first U.S. Open Day at the Royal Golf Course on Saturday, June.
School district to pursue bond rating
ROYAL CITY - The Royal School Board will seek the district's own bond rating before putting school construction bonds out for sale, according to district busin…
Norovirus could spread from Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE - According to the Grant County Health District's Theresa Adkinson, the norovirus that made several people ill at Moses Lake's Longview Elementary S…
Mattawa police force nearly complete
MATTAWA - When John Turley took over as police chief of Mattawa on Jan. 1, there was only one officer to patrol the entire community of 6,000.
M4 missing from sheriff's office
EPHRATA - The Grant County Sheriff's office has lost an M4 rifle, and the Washington State Patrol is investigating. The weapon had not been recovered as of Fri…
Mattawa man injured in head-on accident
MATTAWA - Three men, including one from Mattawa, were hospitalized in critical condition on May 20 after a head-on collision near Mattawa in the early morning.
You'll enjoy the show before the circus
The Culpepper & Merriweather Circus will be in town Saturday, June 8, and it's advertising two shows. But there will really be three shows.
Gordon Merritt Meacham
Quoting his own words, Gordon Merritt Meacham "was born the last day of summer in 1922" near Lapwai, Idaho. Being the fifth child in the family of Sylvia (Doak…
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
The City Council of the City of Royal City has set a public hearing at 7:00 pm on June 4, 2013, to be held at City Hall, 445 Camelia Street NE, Royal City, to consider the following: Public testimony and Council's …
ORDINANCE 13-05
The City Council of the City of Royal City has adopted Ordinance 13-05 Adopting a Twelve Month Moratorium on the Establishment of Medical Marijuana Collective Gardens and Medical Cannabis Dispensaries
Increase in number of whooping cough cases
GRANT COUNTY - There has been a spike in the number of whooping cough cases reported in Grant County in the last 25 days.
Royal Golf Course to host U.S Open Day
ROYAL CITY - Golfers of all ages and abilities are invited to have their own U.S. Open day at the Royal Golf Course on Saturday, June 15. The course will be as…
New books available about Moses Lake, Soap Lake
MOSES LAKE - Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series has added two new books that should be of interest to residents of the Columbia Basin.
Principals rearranged and moved at Wahluke
MATTAWA - There will be some change in leadership in the Wahluke School District, Superintendent Aaron Chavez has announced.
Wallace's medical travails halt on-campus college for now
EVERETT - Former Royal City resident and leukemia patient Michelle Wallace has found that on-campus college is not in the cards for now.