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Good time, lasting benefits goal of Youth Outdoors Unlimited

MOSES LAKE — Fishing guide Marc Bush said Youth Outdoors Unlimited fishing and hunting trips are designed to make sure the young people have a good time, but that the guides might have an even better time. ..

76ers announce that All-Star Ben Simmons needs knee surgery

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — All-Star Ben Simmons will have surgery on his left knee, a big blow for the Philadelphia 76ers and their hopes of making a deep run in this season’s playoffs.

76ers announce that All-Star Ben Simmons needs knee surgery

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — All-Star Ben Simmons will have surgery on his left knee, a big blow for the Philadelphia 76ers and their hopes of making a deep run in this season’s playoffs.

A dry year: Irrigators in the Columbia Basin were saved by snowpack, but dryland farmers took a hit

MOSES LAKE — It was a very dry year in the Columbia Basin.

Hazy days: Smoky, sooty air likely to remain for rest of the week

MOSES LAKE — While there is a chance the air quality over the Columbia Basin will improve toward the end of the week, the smoke from western wildfires is likely to hang around for a while.

Calvin Eugene Bradbury, Sr.

Calvin Eugene Bradbury, Sr., age 83, of Prosser, passed away on Friday, Oct. 6, 2006 at Prosser Memorial Hospital.

Top US official gears up for US presence in Western Sahara

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The highest ranking U.S. diplomat for North Africa and the Middle East traveled Saturday to the city of Laayoune, which Morocco considers the capital of the Western Sahara, laying the groundwork for the United States to set up a consulate in the disputed territory.

Top US official gears up for US presence in Western Sahara

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The highest ranking U.S. diplomat for North Africa and the Middle East traveled Saturday to the city of Laayoune, which Morocco considers the capital of the Western Sahara, laying the groundwork for the United States to set up a consulate in the disputed territory.

Grant County, Moses Lake settle lawsuit

City to pay $8.5 million

New apple variety released for production

First recipients chosen by lottery Friday

WENATCHEE - A lottery for the first sales of a new apple variety bred specifically for eastern Washington is scheduled for Friday.

Honor Guard work is honor for participants

MOSES LAKE - At an Air Force veteran's funeral, or the funeral of air personnel on active duty, the Honor Guard can attend, if the family wishes, to present an American flag.

Thanks to lake clean-up volunteers

The city of Moses Lake is blessed in a lot of ways, and one of those is the lake that it’s named for. Seen from above, it glitters like a jewel in the yellow-brown central Washington landscape. We spend our leisure time boating, fishing or swimming in it, or just walking alongside it. Plenty of cities are built on bodies of water, but few are as intertwined as our lake and city are.

Loera earns Big Sky Player of the Week

FARMINGTON, Utah — For the first time since arriving in Cheney, Jamie Loera was named Big Sky Co-Player of the Week, announced by conference today. Loera earned the award after a week where she carried Eastern Washington to a pair of wins and extended the team's record-breaking win streak to nine games.

Howard York

Born December 31, 1920, in Blue Hills, Nebraska, Howard passed away February 14, 2012, in Liberty Lake, Washington. He graduated from high school in Kapowsin, WA, in 1938. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1940, serving in Electron, WA. He then became a ship fitter from 1941 to 1944 in Bremerton, WA. He served in the US Army from 1944 to 1946 before attending WSC in Pullman, WA, graduating in 1951 with a BS in Agriculture. He taught Voc Ag in Dayton, WA, for one year before moving to Moses Lake, WA, where he taught Voc Ag from 1952 to his retirement in 1976. Howard was a long time member of the Methodist Church; he was an FFA advisor, and member of the Kiwanis of Moses Lake.

$2,000 reward offered in Wyoming grizzly killing case

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wildlife managers are offering an up to $2,000 reward for information about the illegal killing of a grizzly bear in central Wyoming.

Feds charge two in drug case

SPOKANE — Two men have been indicted in eastern Washington in connection with seized drugs, firearms and commercial pill presses, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Washington. Timothy Gary Maddox was indicted by a federal grand jury on 10 felony counts, and Nicholas Bruan Adams on seven felony counts, according to the announcement. One of the pill presses seized by investigators is the first known commercial press associated with illegal fentanyl manufacturing in the district, according to the announcement. The presses are believed to be able to produce thousands of pills per hour.

Carter-Hollinger lifts Montana over E. Washington 90-63

CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Derrick Carter-Hollinger had a season-high 20 points plus 14 rebounds as Montana rolled past Eastern Washington 90-63 on Thursday night.

Samuel E. Hickman

December 20, 1959 – September 27, 2017

Peatling sparks Eastern Washington past NAU 80-70

CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Mason Peatling poured in 27 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for his 12th double-double of the season and Eastern Washington cruised to an 80-70 victory over Northern Arizona on Saturday.