Moses Lake supports Alzheimer’s research

Purple Party attendees fight the impacts of dementia

MOSES LAKE - The Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce held their annual Purple Party Thursday to raise awareness and money for the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s. “(The event) just seems to be growing and growing,” said Terri Riley-Brown, a patient care representative for Assured Home Health who helped organize the event...

Moses Lake 10U lose 2, win 1 in Heat Miser Classic

KENNEWICK – Entering the Northwest Nations Youth Baseball Heat Miser Classic with high hopes, 10U Moses Lake fell in both games of pool play at the tournament on Saturday, but came back with the W in Sunday’s consolation round. “It’s tough at 10 years old, when it’s not going well, it’s really not going well,” Head Coach Steve Keller said. “We just couldn’t find that spark that we needed to get us turned around.” ...

Mattawa council considers regulating adult entertainment

MATTAWA — Mattawa City Council members will consider possible ordinances to regulate the operation of businesses offering adult entertainment. Council members asked for regulation options after a discussion at the regular meeting Thursday. “If we were to have adult entertainment within the businesses, we need policies that would allow law enforcement to enforce regulations on it,” Celaya said...

Port of Warden to repair airport runway despite lack of state funds

WARDEN — The Port of Warden is going to spend $22,000 to seal the cracks in its airport runway despite the refusal of the Washington State Department of Transport to award the port a grant for the project. “If we’re going to have an airport, we need to take care of it,” said Commissioner Benjamin Leavitt during a regular meeting of the Port of Warden Commission on Thursday...

A splash of color

Moses Lake gardener cultivates bright hues

MOSES LAKE — Tamara Wallace likes bold colors, and she surrounds her home with them. “I don't fit in with the rest of the neighborhood,” she said, gesturing at the more conservatively-landscaped lawns around her. “We're just kind of this little gem at the end of the road. Everything's bright and colorful.” ...

Professional Dentures

Dentist and denture maker sinks teeth into Basin smiles

MOSES LAKE — Jon Dickson loves to see people smile. “The smile is a big thing,” said Dickson as he sat on a tiny stool in one of his small examination rooms. “I can be a part of that … helping people regain confidence.” ...

Riverdogs 13U,15U head into pool play

EPHRATA — The 13U and 15U Columbia Basin Riverdogs will head to 2022 Babe Ruth Regional competition this weekend, held in Kelso for the 15U and Ferndale for the 13U. Each team will play a minimum of four games against teams from the Pacific Northwest and more, with a chance to advance to the World Series. “Just to come out, be confident in their ability and play within themselves and they'll meet their expectations,” 13U Head Coach Jaret Fulbright said of what he’s told his team in preparation for regional play. “(The) team’s pretty ready to go and compete, and try to win the regional tournament. And I believe we have a team that can win the regional tournament, and move on to the World Series.” ...

MLPD takes win in the Battle of the Badge

MOSES LAKE – The Battle of the Badge returned to Larson Playfield on Wednesday night, with the Moses Lake Police Department defeating the Grant County Sheriff's Office 21-19 in the community outreach softball game. “It’s a good opportunity for the men and women in law enforcement to to get out and compete against each other, but, yeah, have some fun,” Grant County Sheriff Ryan Rectenwald said...

Reykdal announces plan to reallocate timber revenue funding

OLYMPIA - On July 19, State Superintendent Chris Reykdal unveiled his plan to reallocate funding from the K-12 Common School Trust to projects in rural communities and have the state legislature fund the K-12 School Construction Assistance Program through other revenue sources than timber harvesting on state trust lands. “Rural communities in Washington have long generated this revenue through timber harvests and other trust land activities, but are not often the beneficiaries of it,” Reykdal said in the release. “We should be investing this revenue within the communities where it’s generated and using a portion of the dollars to support forest health and preservation.” ...

Basin Community Theatre presents ‘Cinderella’ this weekend

MOSES LAKE — The classic story of a selfless but unappreciated stepchild and how she lives happily ever after comes to the Moses Lake High School theater this weekend in the Basin Community Theatre children’s production of “Cinderella.” The curtain goes up at 7:10 p.m. tonight and 1:10 p.m. Saturday...

Avista warns rural customers restart times after power outages will get longer

SPOKANE — Avista Utilities, which supplies electricity to roughly 400,000 commercial and residential customers across Eastern Washington, including all of Adams County, announced Thursday it is making some temporary changes to electrical transmission to guard against the danger of wildfires created when re-energizing power lines.

Grant Co. fair cancels poultry showings and auctions as bird flu persists

MOSES LAKE — Organizers of this year’s Grant County Fair have canceled in-person poultry exhibitions and auctions this year in response to the ongoing avian influenza outbreak. “We made the decision to pull the plug on in-person showing of birds,” said Grant County Fairgrounds Director Jim McKiernan. “We don’t want to be the reason there’s a major outbreak.” ...

Ephrata car show brings car gurus together

EPHRATA — The Ephrata Chamber Anything With Wheels Car Show and Shine saw 155 entries this past Saturday. For some however, it is more than just a car show.

Junior golfers swing into Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE - Thirty-nine golfers advanced to state competition on Tuesday from the Washington Junior Golf District 4 Tournament, held at the Moses Lake Golf Club. The state tournament will be held on three different courses around the state, all held from August 2-4. “All the kids that were in that tournament had to qualify in one of four sub-districts that was offered around the central district four area,” District Four Director Jennifer Booth said...

County candidates speak at forum

MOSES LAKE — Elected officials should set a high standard for themselves and hold the people who work for and with them accountable — that was something most candidates at Tuesday evening candidate forum could agree upon...

Good Samaritan saves child

SOAP LAKE - A UPS driver helped save the life of a child who had stopped breathing in a pool at the Smokiam Resort Wednesday afternoon.

Video released of July 10 Stratford Road shooting, chase

QUINCY — The team investigating an officer-involved shooting on Stratford Road on July 10 has released a video of the incident. The video released Wednesday by the Quincy Police Department, which is the lead agency investigating the incident, shows the initial contact between Grant County Sheriff’s Deputy Tyson Voss and the suspect, Robert Gwinn “Voss’s body camera is activated as he attempts to stop Gwinn, who is traveling in a Nissan passenger vehicle,” according to the QPD media release...

Grants created to get youth outside

OLYMPIA–The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office will begin accepting applications Aug. 10 for grants to provide outdoor education and recreation programs for children and to build and maintain trails, boating facilities, and firearm and archery ranges...

Royal City OKs funds for police car, park survey

ROYAL CITY — The Royal City City Council Tuesday evening considered buying a patrol car from the Soap Lake Police Department to fill a need identified by Royal City Police Chief Rey Rodriguez but decided against it, instead budgeting available money for a vehicle already on order. Another vehicle is sorely needed, said Royal City Police Chief Rey Rodriguez...

Commissioners opt to continue offering QVMC credit

QUINCY — Grant County Commissioners denied a recommendation from the Grant County Finance Committee to immediately reduce to zero the interest-bearing warrant - a type of government loan - balance available to Quincy Valley Medical Center. Commissioners had previously committed to a four-year agreement to bring the QVMC warrant balance to zero. “We made a commitment with the December letter,” Commissioner Cindy Carter said Wednesday...