'The work really now begins'

Groundbreaking could come in late summer for new Samaritan Hospital

MOSES LAKE — The dirt won’t be flying for a while, but the work will ramp up on the construction of the new Samaritan Hospital. “The work really now begins,” said Chief Administrative Officer Alex Town...

Moses Lake council, business owners discuss homelessness concerns

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake City Council is going to look at places to park RVs used as residences — including next to the current city dog park on N. Paxson Drive — in early May following a lengthy discussion of the homelessness situation in Moses Lake at its regular Tuesday meeting. “There are not a lot of good solutions,” said City Manager Allison Williams. “That would be a temporary location to deal with RVs until they move along.” ...

Legals for April, 26 2023

Legals for April, 25 2023

Weather for Monday, April 24, 2023

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 63. West wind 8 to 13 mph. Monday night should be mostly clear, with a low around 37. Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Tuesday night is expected to be partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71, while Wednesday night should be partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Thursday night is expected to be partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 72. Source: National Weather Service

Saturday lead-off

Youth baseball starts season with parade

MOSES LAKE — Their uniforms bore the colors and the insignia of Major League Baseball – the Yankees, the Mariners, the Rockies, the Cubs. But the backs of their jerseys all had the names of their local business sponsors – Jensen Farms, REC Silicon, Stetner Electric, The Six, J. R. Simplot. And they came out in force: kids of all ages with their parents, coaches and sponsors, all on brightly decorated pickup trucks through downtown for the annual Dick Kelly Memorial Parade, jointly organized by the Moses Lake Youth Baseball Association and the Columbia Basin Girls Softball Association. The parade marks the leading off of the spring youth baseball and softball seasons. “It’s incredibly important,” said Moses Lake Mayor Don Myers, one of the judges of this year’s float contest. “With baseball and with softball, they help groom them for high school and college. Get some of the basics, get them in team sports, gives kids something to do. It’s a positive for this community.”

Legals for April, 24 2023

CWU Museum hosts exhibit on food

ELLENSBURG — A new exhibit at the Central Washington University Museum of Culture and Environment highlights the human connection to the foods that bring us together and provide us nourishment and comfort. “Sustenance: The Material Culture of Food” is showcasing artifacts from across the world used to harvest, store and cook food, and includes a tour of the CWU greenhouse on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. through 4 p.m. to see a variety of food plants from across the world, according to a CWU press release. According to the press release, the show features items from the museum’s collection that show how people acquire, prepare and eat food from a number of cultures around the world.

Legals for April, 21 2023

Wildcat Football to Host Annual Kid's Camp on April 29th

ELLENSBURG - The Central Washington football team will host its annual kid's camp as a part of their spring season on April 29th.

Soap Lake and public dumping

Dear Editor, Recently I was driving out Road A in Soap Lake to see a piece of property I was interested in buying. When I got to the gate and got out to open it I noticed a huge mess going up into the field. Big piles of rusty wires and cables sticking out of the ground, big chunks of asphalt and cement, car parts, truck parts piled, mounds of dirt...

Details emerge in fatal Ephrata-area collision

EPHRATA — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of those involved in a fatal accident west of Ephrata Saturday morning, as well as other information about the collision. The two people who died were Dejay E. Troupe, 23, of Spokane and Mya Kay Avila, 18 of Ephrata, according to a GCSO statement...

Vantage Bridge to be resurfaced

Construction work on I-90 crossing of Columbia River starts this year, continues to 2026

VANTAGE — Preliminary work, with some minor impacts on traffic, will begin later this summer on a project to replace the road surface of the Vantage Bridge. The major work - which will have major effects on traffic - begins in spring 2024 and will continue through fall 2026...

Local law enforcement hopes for expanded vehicle pursuits

OLYMPIA – The passage of Senate Bill 5352, which reinstates some circumstances in which law enforcement can pursue a vehicle, has many law enforcement agencies saying the bill is a start but is not enough. “This definitely puts things in a step in the right direction for sure,” said Grant County Sheriff Joe Kriete. “It really does. And I think we knew as far as law enforcement executives, we were not going to turn the page all at one time. We knew it was going to be bits and pieces every year – that a year goes by with data that's collected to show that in 2021 a really big mistake was made.”

Lawrence Wayne Hembroff

Lawrence Wayne Hembroff passed away peacefully with family at his side on March 2, 2023, at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee, due to an extended illness. Larry was born on June 27, 1936, on the family farm in North Dakota, to Walter and Delia Hembroff. He always had someone to get into mischief with, as he had 12 brothers and sisters. He served his country in the Army, as a paratrooper and an electronics technician. He came to Washington, where he continued his career-trade a journeyman electrician at the shipyards in Seattle. He retired after logging 50 years of service in the trade working for Boeing, J & M Electric and Grant County PUD. In his off-time, he enjoyed watching his kids participate in football, wrestling, bowling, track, band, and softball/baseball.

Legals for April, 14 2023

The Bicycle Shop

Moses Lake store offers vehicles to adventure in the Basin

MOSES LAKE — Bill Spark said he had already retired a few years ago when his son called him and said there was a business opportunity in Moses Lake. “He said, ‘Hey dad, we have this chance to buy this bicycle shop,’” said Spark, 81. “And so we got involved together, and we did it together for maybe a year or two. And then my son decided he wasn’t making enough money.” Spark’s son went back to driving truck for a living, while Spark stayed in Moses Lake. “So I took over the shop,” Spark said...

Moses Lake cleanup set for Saturday

MOSES LAKE — The city of Moses Lake and the Downtown Moses Lake Association is looking for volunteers Saturday to help clean up downtown...

Legals for April, 13 2023

Central WA receives $7M in federal grants

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two federal grants, adding up to more than $7 million, awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation aim to reduce the loss of irrigated water and improve salmon fishing opportunities in Central Washington. Through the two grants, more than $4.1 million will be allocated to reduce West Canal water seepage in Grant County and $3 million to improve fish passage at Roza Dam near Yakima. The funding is part of the more than $8 billion for water infrastructure improvements passed as part of the Biden-Harris Infrastructure Law...