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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…

Updated 13 years ago
Royal's big boys key in opening hoops win

ROYAL CITY - There may be a new day in 2012-13 for Royal High School boys basketball, if Saturday's opener was an indication. There's power at the hoop.

Updated 13 years ago
Police chief decision narrowed down to 4

MATTAWA - Mayor Judy Esser has four applicants, ranked by the order of their civil service testing results, from which to choose a new police chief.

Updated 13 years ago
Grant County cracks down on underage drinking

MOSES LAKE - Grant County teens continue to get access to and consume alcohol, according to the most recent Washington Healthy Youth Study, which is a trend me…

Updated 13 years ago
Wahluke gets first taste of robot challenge

MATTAWA - Wahluke High School technology students got their first taste of robot competition at Zillah on Dec. 1, and it was tough to swallow.

Updated 13 years ago
Meat processing facility project advances

ODESSA - The Odessa Public Development Authority (OPDA) has signed a design-build contract for a new 7,000-square foot USDA meat processing facility conceptual…

Updated 13 years ago
BBCC starts helicopter program

MOSES LAKE - Big Bend Community College and Inland Helicopters of Spokane have partnered to train a new generation of helicopter pilots.

Updated 13 years ago
Share the Warmth donation warms hearts

EPHRATA - Each holiday season, Grant PUD employees receive donations from hundreds of people for the Share the Warmth program aimed at helping the needy.

Updated 13 years ago
Viking Big Bend men should finish among the best

MOSES LAKE - Mark Poth has built a solid basketball program at Big Bend Community College as his teams have compiled a 501-213 record in the 25 years he's been…

Updated 13 years ago
Deficit and partially funded social security

Economics can be very confusing and hard to understand, kind of like those story problems we had in math class.

Updated 13 years ago
Warrior women drop three in a row

MATTAWA - The Wahluke girls came up short three times during a busy week of high school basketball last week.

Updated 13 years ago
Child abuse, discipline to be addressed

SCHAWANA - There will be a public seminar at the church here on Sunday, Dec. 23, to deal with the issues of child discipline and child abuse.

Updated 13 years ago
Garbage collection rate to be lowered

MATTAWA - Fifty-nine cents may not sound like much, but any kind of reduction in residential garbage collection rates is good news to homeowners anywhere.

Updated 13 years ago
Royal girls start hoops campaign with losses

ROYAL CITY - There was a tough start to the new Royal High School girls basketball season last week.

Updated 13 years ago
Small change will cost billions

We're seeing a lot of news stories these days about the projected costs of the new federal health care law known as Obamacare. Employers of all sizes, from sma…