News Staff Sorry, Moses Lake Middle and High School students – you won’t be getting an early winter break this year. The School Board met on Thursday and decided not to enact a pause in classes due to the increasing number of coronavirus cases. In essence no changes to the current system are being made – classes … Read more
The Grant County Health District reported more than 75 new COVID-cases last Friday. They are residents of the Coulee City area, Ephrata, the Grand Coulee area, the Mattawa area, Moses Lake, rural Othello, the Quincy area, Royal City, Soap Lake, and Warden. There are officially 54 deaths attributed to the coronavirus and 13 deaths pending … Read more
2 people are hurt in a collision Friday on Highway 97 near Orondo. Police say Patrick Smith of Waterville was heading west on Highway 2 and had stopped at the Highway 97 intersection but pulled out in front of a semi-truck making a left turn and collided with the semi. Both vehicles came to rest … Read more
A partnership between the Columbia Basin Foundation Microsoft, and the McKay Foundation will make it easier for long-term care seniors at McKay Healthcare and Rehab Center to get transportation. The parnership reached its $50,000 goal to purchase a shuttle bus after donors including Northwest Farm Credit Services, and Confluence Health contributed half of that amount … Read more
Changes made to the calculation of coronavirus case rates by the Othello School District mean some students will not be going back to class today. The new metric means K-3 students who transitioned back to online learning before Thanksgiving break will remain on that method. K-3 will remain on distance learning until the case rate … Read more
A drug deal gone bad in the Larson Housing Community early Saturday leaves a Mattawa teenager recovering from a gunshot wound. Police say it happened in the 1000 block of Vandenburg Loop and the victim was with another teenager in a car when the shooting happened. The victim was treated and released at Samaritan Hospital. … Read more
The Unchained Brotherhood Motorcycle Club is holding their annual toy drive the next two Saturdays in Moses Lake. Each drive will take place between 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the True Value Hardware parking lot along North Stratford Road. The club is collecting new and gently-used toys, along with monetary donations used to purchase … Read more
10 more people have died in Grant County from coronavirus-related complications bringing the total number of deaths to 54 with 33 of those occurring in the last month. According to the Grant County Health District 7 of the 10 deaths were associated with Long Term Care Facilities. All 7 people also had underlying health conditions. … Read more
Big Bend Community College receives a $50,000 donation from Boeing to support the school’s Aviation Maintenance Technology and Commercial Pilot programs. The grants focus on education and workforce development, military and veterans, the environment and racial equality. At Big Bend the donation will be used to purchase equipment and fund student scholarships in the two … Read more
The State Department of Commerce is taking applications for Round 3 of Working Washington Small Business Grants where small businesses can receive up to $20,000 in emergency funding. To qualify businesses need to have made $5 million or less last year and be in categories impacted by COVID-19. There are restrictrions on where the money … Read more