Charles Featherstone

Warden preps for N. County Road improvements

WARDEN — Work is set to start next week on a major improvement of North County Road, the major route north out of Warden, according to Warden City Administrator Kristine Shuler. Speaking at a regular meeting of the Warden City Council on Tuesday, Shuler said the work to rebuild and repave roughly a third of a mile of North County Road — Road U north of Warden — from the intersection of W. 1st Street (S.R. 170) to just south of Road 7.5 needs to begin soon before colder weather forces the state’s asphalt plants to close...

Faith & Blue coming to McCosh Park

Local law enforcement and clergy host BBQ to build community relationships

MOSES LAKE — Pastors from a number of local churches will be joining Moses Lake Police officers and Grant County Sheriff’s deputies at McCosh Park on Saturday for grilled hot dogs, a time of fellowship and to show support for local law enforcement. According to Moses Lake Police Chief Kevin Fuhr, both the Moses Lake Police Department and Grant County Sheriff’s Office will mark Faith & Blue on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Police officers will grill hot dogs and serve them up with chips and drinks, and there will be short presentations from the pastors of up to eight local churches, as well as brief speeches from Fuhr and Grant County Interim Sheriff Ryan Rectenwald. “It’s to help build trust and understanding with all members of the community,” Fuhr said.

'It's fun'

New county engineer brings lifelong passion to work

EPHRATA — Grant County Engineer David Bren said he has some vivid memories of watching roadwork when he was a child.

Sex offenders required forced into compliance with DNA requirement

OLYMPIA — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced last week that his office has completed collecting DNA samples from over 370 registered sex offenders in Washington State as part of an effort to collect DNA from every registered sex offender who is required by law give a DNA sample...

A hard no

MLSD has ‘no choice’ but to change mascots, campus names

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District has not asked the Business Council overseeing the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to keep the name of Chief Moses Middle School and will find a new name for the campus as part of the process of finding new mascots for Moses Lake High School and the district’s two middle schools, according to School Board Member Shannon Hintz. Hintz, speaking to the Columbia Basin Herald after a regular meeting...

Construction to begin Monday at Pioneer and E. 5th

MOSES LAKE — Driving through Moses Lake is going to get a lot more interesting starting Monday as the city begins several weeks of sewer work at the intersection of Pioneer Way, Wheeler Road and Fifth Avenue. According to a posting on the city’s website, work crews will begin the first phase of work by rerouting traffic on Pioneer Drive on Monday, March 14, to replace a broken sewer line under Pioneer just north of the intersection near the city library. “That’s a necessary sewer repair,” said Mark Beaulieu, a city design engineer. Beaulieu said the sewer replacement work ...

City of Moses Lake seeks to keep middle school name

Irrigation study agreement approved

MOSES LAKE — In a meeting with members of the Business Council overseeing the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, a delegation from Moses Lake has asked to keep the name of Chief Moses Middle School, according to Moses Lake Mayor Dean Hankins. Hankins, speaking at a regular meeting of the Moses Lake City Council...

REC Silicon employees ask Trump for help with Chinese trade dispute

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