Churches unite in Grape Drive project

MOSES LAKE — The median strip running down the middle of a portion of Grape Drive got some new trees and gravel thanks to a joint effort by three local churches and the City of Moses Lake. About 65 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Moses Lake Alliance Church and Patriot Church spent two Saturdays in September removing juniper bushes and dead trees and then conditioning the soil, laying landscape fabric, planting new trees and putting in a gravel bed in the median strip of Grape Drive from the intersection of Central Drive south to roughly the Vintage Apartments, according to Dennis Draleau, communications director for the LDS Church’s Moses Lake Stake. “It took two days because we could not do it all in one day,” Draleau said.

Iris Dorothy Hoffman

Iris Dorothy Hoffman quietly left this world on February 11, 2011 at the age of 91. She was born in Potlatch, Idaho on March 19, 1919. She was one of seven children to Myron and Grace Darrow.

Moses Lake BMX gaining momentum

Local bicycle racing group looks to grow the sport in the Basin

MOSES LAKE – Moses Lake BMX is located at 610 Yakima Avenue behind the new Larson Rec Center. There, riders of all ages can come and learn more about BMX bike riding. Track Operator Jeff Niehenke said the goal of the organization is to provide sanctioned BMX racing for the youth and adults. The group also strives to foster family sports and build community. The BMX track itself was built around 2004 and since then saw a change in leadership when Niehenke took over about two and a half years ago. In the past year, the group got up to 49 members and in the past three years has doubled in size, he said. “We’re getting more and more riders every year,” he said...

Soap Lake chamber puts on annual banquet

Wine tasting added to event Saturday

U.S. Marshals arrest two

MOSES LAKE – Two wanted fugitives are in custody after a U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force tracked them down in Grant County on Feb. 20. ?

Crowds, illegal gear threaten Oregon's pristine Crate Lake

BEND, Ore. (AP) — The clean, clear waters of Crater Lake National Park are being threatened by contamination brought in by visitors after the coronavirus pandemic spurred sharp cutbacks in park staffing.

Crowds, illegal gear threaten Oregon's pristine Crate Lake

BEND, Ore. (AP) — The clean, clear waters of Crater Lake National Park are being threatened by contamination brought in by visitors after the coronavirus pandemic spurred sharp cutbacks in park staffing.

Crowds, illegal gear threaten Oregon's pristine Crate Lake

BEND, Ore. (AP) — The clean, clear waters of Crater Lake National Park are being threatened by contamination brought in by visitors after the coronavirus pandemic spurred sharp cutbacks in park staffing.

Judith Marie Hughes

Judith Marie Hughes of Moses Lake, Washington, 57, passed away on Dec. 5, 2020, at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee, Washington.

Potato conference is underway

Conference runs through Thursday

KENNEWICK, Wash. — Potato growers have the chance to come together to learn more about their trade, participate in potato-geared activities and network at the annual Washington-Oregon Potato Conference this week.

Legals for August, 11 2021

Lioness Club makes donation to Grant County Animal Outreach

MOSES LAKE - The Lioness Club of Moses Lake recently made a contribution of supplies to Grant County Animal Outreach after the shelter reached out to the club for support.

Keeping Nick's spirit alive

MOSES LAKE — Sandy Garcia thinks her stepson, Nick, would find her new business "awesome."

Moses Lake managed shelterless camp opens Friday

MOSES LAKE — By Friday night, years after city officials first began to consider it, Moses Lake’s sleeping center for those without shelter will open for the first time, according to city officials.

Officers cleared in fatal shooting of man in SW Washington

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — The decision by SWAT officers to fire at a Longview man who pointed a shotgun at them in September “was a clear, lawful use of force,” Cowlitz County Prosecutor Ryan Jurvakainen said Wednesday.

Officers cleared in fatal shooting of man in SW Washington

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — The decision by SWAT officers to fire at a Longview man who pointed a shotgun at them in September “was a clear, lawful use of force,” Cowlitz County Prosecutor Ryan Jurvakainen said Wednesday.

Michigan governor closes restaurants to dine-in customers

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered that all restaurants and bars be closed to dine-in customers, effective at 3 p.m. Monday, to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Democrats prepare for summer of action

Grant County followers meet to plan their countywide presidential push

Xi praises resistance spirit in marking end of Pacific War

BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping on Thursday praised China’s spirit of resistance in commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific, saying any attempt to alter the nation’s course under Communist Party rule would be resisted by all of its 1.4 billion citizens.

The minimum wage debate

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