Buying still the best option

Despite market challenges, area agents still suggest purchasing over renting

COLUMBIA BASIN - Jennifer Kron a broker with Moses Lake Realty Group said it still makes more sense to purchase rather than rent, despite the increase in mortgage rates, a housing shortage and rising home prices throughout the Columbia Basin. “It’s our job to educate the community and educate the buyers and remind them that it is still the best investment of your life to purchase real estate,” said Kron...

Rancher groups poised to fight proposed legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The passage of a pair of bills designed to improve regulation of U.S. cattle and beef markets has prompted concerns among some national and state cattle ranchers organizations. On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry passed the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2022 and the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022, sending both measures on to the full Senate for consideration...

Golf tourney set to raise money for Warden wrestling

WARDEN - Warden wrestling assistant coach Alan Martinez talked with his fellow coaches and thought back to when they were in high school, and how the teams had challenges with bringing in top-tier clinicians to the school for camps. “We could never bring top-tier clinicians to our area to give our kids camps, and even when camps were available in the area that we're in they're usually too expensive, and a lot of our kids couldn't go to them. So we got together as coaches and just kind of decided how do we make something like this happen for our kids,” Martinez said...

Three EWU track & field coaches retire

CHENEY – Both track and field head coaches at Eastern Washington University have retired, with men’s head coach Stan Kerr and women’s head coach Marcia Mecklenburg calling it a career after 27 years each with the Eagles. Jumps and multi-events coach Dave Nielsen will also retire.

The last of the Chiefs

MLHS class of 2022 celebrates long tradition of honoring mascot's heritage

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake High School class of 2022 was the first to gather for a graduation ceremony on Lions Fields since 2019, before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted social distancing, lockdowns and drive-by graduation ceremonies. It was also the last with the district’s current mascot. “This is the 98th and last class of graduating Chiefs,” said Laurel Knox in a short speech as the Class of 2022’s honor speaker at the commencement ceremony Friday. “We should hold pride in that.” ...

Ephrata hosts summer league basketball tournament

EPHRATA – Ephrata High School hosted its Buckets In the Basin Summer Tip Off tournament this past weekend, featuring boys varsity and JV squads from around the Basin. The summer league tournament gives coaches and players the opportunity to bond with each other before the regular season begins this winter. The bracket featured teams from 4A, 2A, 2B and 1B schools. “It’s early,” Ephrata basketball head coach Rick Walter said. “It’s just fun to be in the gym and excited to get started.” ...

Moses Lake duo to run with Spokane Speed Academy over summer

MOSES LAKE - Moses Lake High School sophomores Paige Perkins and Noah Bingham will be running with the Spokane Speed Academy this summer, training with the goal in mind to raise their performance level in track and field. “I had recently decided that I wanted to focus on track,” said Perkins, who also runs cross country and plays basketball, “so my dad contacted the coach and they told us where things were and the procedure.” ...

Manta Ray Aquatics represent at home meet

MOSES LAKE - Manta Ray Aquatics hosted a meet over the weekend that drew more than 450 swimmers to the Surf ‘n Slide Water Park.

WA farmers plant fewer acres of spring wheat in 2022

OLYMPIA — Despite a cooler and wetter spring and early summer, farmers across Eastern Washington have planted fewer acres of Spring Wheat in 2022 when compared with 2021, according to a report issued at the end of June by the Northwest Regional Field of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service...

Mounted shooter event hits Warden

WARDEN – Twenty-eight riders made their way to Warden over the weekend for the Clean Shooter Buckle Series meet, a mounted shooter match where riders use Colt .45s while riding a horse.

‘A champion for Moses Lake’

Dick Deane honored at park dedication

MOSES LAKE - The Dick Deane Family Historical Park was dedicated Saturday, nearly two years after its initial inception. “I thank you (God) that you have given this community, well, a man like Dick Deane who’s given his heart and soul to serving in this place and in a way that makes this community better,” said Pastor Eric Frey in his invocation. “He is a champion for Moses Lake, and Lord, we have been better for it.” ...

Dru Gimlin tournament returns to Quincy

QUINCY - The streets of Quincy were full of music, food, energy and - most importantly - basketball on Saturday, as the Dru Gimlin 3-on-3 tournament made its return to the streets of the city. “[The Dru Gimlin Foundation] started as a golf tournament, and then the next year they merged to a 3-on-3 tournament,” said Tournament Chair Stephanie Boorman. “2004 was the first year of the 3-on-3 tournament.” ...

Former GCSO officers file $10 million in claims against county

EPHRATA — A pair of former Grant County Sheriff’s Office deputies are seeking $10 million in damages from Grant County, alleging officials with the GCSO — including former Sheriff Tom Jones — engaged in retaliatory conduct over an investigation of the sheriff’s brother, who was himself an undersheriff, that eventually prompted the deputies to resign last year...

Urban growth area application slows Grant County Jail project

EPHRATA — County officials are working on the application needed to add the site of the new Grant County Jail into the city of Ephrata’s urban growth area. Inclusion in the UGA is a necessary prerequisite to building the jail on the selected site...

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...

Dru Gimlin 3 on 3 seeks volunteers

QUINCY — Organizers of the Dru Gimlin 3 on 3 basketball tournament designed to benefit Quincy athletics are looking for volunteer help for the 2022 tournament. The tournament returns June 18; team check-in begins at 8 a.m. There are brackets for children and youths from third grade through high school, an open tournament and a tournament for adults...

Quincy soccer guaranteed for state competition

WENATCHEE — The Quincy High School boys soccer team shut down Bridgeport 4-0 Wednesday and earned its ticket to state. In the first round of districts, the Quincy Jacks were pitted against Bridgeport. The winner of the game would move on to the district championship match which will send both the winner and loser on to state, guaranteeing the winner of the Wednesday game a spot in the state tournament. “We’re really excited; we knew this was gonna happen. We were confident,” said Quincy senior Ernesto Nunez...

Governor commits to renewable energy in State of the State

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo announced Tuesday she will sign an executive order that aims to make the state the first in the nation to be powered completely by renewable energy by the end of the decade.

The secret to a great Irish Coffee isn't what you'd expect

Last summer, I traveled to Ireland to learn about Irish whiskey, a spirit I knew relatively little about. The Irish drink I knew better was Guinness, which I enjoyed occasionally and use to make my favorite Chocolate Chocolate Cake.

The secret to a great Irish Coffee isn't what you'd expect

Last summer, I traveled to Ireland to learn about Irish whiskey, a spirit I knew relatively little about. The Irish drink I knew better was Guinness, which I enjoyed occasionally and use to make my favorite Chocolate Chocolate Cake.