Chiefs boys sweep triangular against Yakima schools

MOSES LAKE - Final scores may not have been available by the

Big Bend stays alive

Can still finish fifth in NWAACC

KENNEWICK — Big Bend Community College Vikings’ basketball team survived to play another day with a 62-54 consolation quarterfinal win over Peninsula Community College in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) Championship Tournament Sunday morning at the Toyota Center.

Good news for environmental moderates

New technology can preserve the environment through efficiency

Grange convention comes to Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE - Washington State Grange members and nonmembers alike are invited to hear speeches, see craft displays and learn more about the organization starting Wednesday and ending July 2.

They just don't make 'em like they used to

I know a 70-year-old horse trainer in Oregon who still boasts about the John Deere tractor he bought when he was twenty. 

EU, UK still have 'fundamental' differences in trade talks

BRUSSELS (AP) — With the European Union's chief negotiator Michel Barnier in quarantine, trade talks with the United Kingdom continued by videoconference this week, though the optimism expressed last week seemed to have faded.

Agriculture celebrated during Quincy's FCAD

QUINCY - Quincy took time to celebrate their agricultural industry, and the people behind it, over the weekend.

Tech talk

MOSES LAKE — Opportunities for engineers in Grant County, engineering education, training and career advancement were among the topics of discussion at Engineering Night at Big Bend Community College Thursday.

Warden to rely on youth in return to SCAC East

WARDEN — Turnovers — the mark of a young team that has not quite found its cohesiveness.

Report: Seattle Seahawks LB Bruce Irvin leaves for Oakland's riches

Seahawks

(TNS) — Bruce Irvin is reportedly on his way reuniting with a coach who helped make him rich in the NFL.

Elida Padilla

Elida Padilla passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, surrounded by her loving family just a month before her 85th birthday. She had lived in Moses Lake over 50 years. Elida was born in Mercedes, Texas on March 20, 1931 to Enrique and Angelita Longoria (both deceased). She had four siblings; Delia Pena (deceased) of Leander, Texas, Oscar Longoria of Kennewick, Henry Longoria of Moses Lake and Herminia Hernandez of Pasco. Elida moved to Sunnyside in the early 1940s with two of her siblings. There she met and married Jesse Padilla. She later moved to Moses Lake with her 13 children where she attained her GED and took nursing classes while holding down two jobs at the same time and raising her family. She later went to work in the bakery at Buttrey’s Foods where she became known to many as the lady who gave cookies to the children. After working more than 20 years at Buttrey’s Foods, she was able to retire. Elida was an excellent cook and was popular with many neighborhood youth who congregated around her home at dinner time. Elida also enjoyed crocheting, embroidery and visiting with her extended family.

Dream Act approved by House

OLYMPIA - The Dream Act was passed in a rare first-day vote in the state House of Representatives Monday, but local legislators remain divided over it.

Wallace Elwin Lane

Wallace E. "Wally" Lane a 60 year resident of Moses Lake passed away on August 3rd with 5 of his 9 children by his side.

Audit finds confidential info left on surplussed state agency computers

GUEST EDITORIAL

Washington state agencies face the same issue that confronts private citizens when it's time to update their personal computers. How do you safely dispose of your old computer in an environmentally sound way that does not leave your confidential information stored on the computer's hard drive?

Ag employment improves Up by 800 jobs

MOSES LAKE - 2014 agricultural employment levels in Grant and Adams counties continue to show improvement over last year, according to the latest Employment Security Department report.

On the hunt

Hunter Boyd powers River Dogs into the Babe Ruth World Series quarterfinals

Hunter Boyd powers River Dogs into the Babe Ruth World Series quarterfinals

Livestock markets posted disparate reactions to the USDA data

Corn futures suffered a belated bearish reaction to Friday’s USDA data. Corn had declined in concert with soybeans prior to the release of today’s 11:00 AM CDT release of the USDA’s Crop Production and Supply/Demand (WASDE) reports. The data were construed as somewhat supportive since most numbers fell slightly below average forecasts, but CBOT corn futures turned decidedly lower as the noon hour loomed. December corn futures fell 6.25 cents to $3.385/bushel late Friday morning, while May slid 1.5 to $3.60.

UK leader to end England's coronavirus lockdown on Dec. 2

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to end an England-wide lockdown as scheduled on Dec. 2 and will announce a return to regional restrictions as statistics show that coronavirus infections have stabilized.

Donald Kee Eng

Donald Kee Eng was the firstborn son of seven children to Fred and Jean Eng on March 1, 1949, in Moscow, Idaho.

Vikings men hoops sweep NWAACC homestand

MOSES LAKE - They have battled injuries and a season-long war of attrition.