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Royal City development expanding
ROYAL CITY — Additional apartments will be coming to Royal City as part of the next phase at a development on Ahle…
A walk down memory lane: The 50-year time frame
I was interviewing Shirley Stewart of Smyrna for a life story that will appear in the near future, and tears came to her eyes. She was speaking of a particular memory that really mattered.
Grant PUD seeks lawsuit dismissal
EPHRATA - Grant County PUD filed a motion to have a court case about residential use on Crescent Bar Island removed from U.S. District Court.
Grant County tax statements mailed
EPHRATA - Grant County residents should be receiving their tax statements for 2011 real, personal and manufactured homes.
Port of Mattawa receives grant
EPHRATA - The Port of Mattawa received $300,000 to install about 1,200 feet of pipe to provide water for fire suppression.
Boy Scout's goal is to install flag poles
ROYAL CITY - Jacob Lee's Eagle Scout project, which he completed recently, was the installation of a flag pole and the raising of a U.S. flag at the new Royal …
Sheriff encourages boater safety
EPHRATA - As required by a new Washington law, the boater education card program starts to be phased into effect this year.
Time to claim plot at the Royal community garden
ROYAL CITY - Families for whom the recession has been hard on the wallet might do well to give Carolyn Bunch or Sharon Chesterman a call. They have a deal you …
Police call finds deceased 13-year-old
MATTAWA - Recent calls to which Mattawa Police responded included a call to 200 East 4th Street at which a 13-year-old boy with a history of medical challenges was found deceased.
Grant County judge bill approved, third judge added
EPHRATA - A bill to add a third Grant County District Court judge is going to the governor.
Congress helps small business out
Just over a year ago when President Obama, then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., rammed Obamacare through Congress, no one really knew what was in the 2,700 pa…
Royal splits weekend baseball contests with Connell
ROYAL CITY - Royal High School launched the 2011 South Central A Conference East baseball campaign last Saturday with a split against Connell.
Mattawa woman's experience leads to volunteerism for cancer research
MATTAWA - She was only 39, and it was just two days after her first son's graduation when Andrea Eckenberg got the devastating news she had breast cancer.
Royal schools may run bond election
ROYAL CITY - It's not official, but it's starting to appear that the Royal School District will run a new school construction bond election in November.
Free motor oil turn-in offered
EPHRATA - Grant County residents may dispose of used, but uncontaminated, motor oil at county landfills and drop box sites at various locations, including Royal City and Mattawa.
Wahluke Warriors remain atop prep soccer standings
MATTAWA - Topping Granger, 2-0, last week, the Wahluke Warriors remained in a tie for the top spot in South Central A Conference high school soccer.