Governor Jay Inslee’s office is reminding Washingtonians that social distancing guidelines need to be followed when going to parks or other public places. The reminder comes after last weekend’s warm temperatures brought crowds out of their home confinements in some cases gathering in large groups. On Sunday Inslee tweeted that if people go out they … Read more
Nearly 35 confirmed coronavirus cases are reported at an Ellensburg food processing plant. Officials with the Kittitas County Incident Management Team say testing of all Twin City Foods employees was conducted after a worker contracted COVID-19 and the positive tests represent around 20% of the workers. Around 20 tests are pending results. The plant is … Read more
A flour producer in Royal City makes a second 21-ton product donation to Second Harvest. Cascade Organic Flour CEO Justin Brown says the company donated the truckload of flour because they wanted to do something to rapidly respond to those in need. Second Harvest officials say they plan to quickly distribute the donation to various … Read more
Ephrata Police are looking for tips to catch whoever broke into a First Avenue Northwest business between late last Friday and early Saturday. The owner of Level Up Boutique posted on Facebook that the burglars broke the glass on the front door to get in. Among the items stolen were jewelry, sunglasses and a flower … Read more
The Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families announced the availability of financial aid to child care businesses through the Child Care Development Block Grant CARE Act. A flat dollar amount is available to licensed care providers based on their licensed capacity which is broken into three groups. Funds can be used for facility space … Read more
After a very succesful inaugural run in 2019 this year’s Moses Lake Airshow is being postponed until 2021. Officials made the decision to cancel the show due to the extension of travel bans for military personnel. A large portion of Moses Lake Airshow participants are servicemen and servicewomen. On June 19 a virtual online airshow … Read more
The Grant County Health District reports one new confirmed case on Friday bringing the total 185. The newest case is a resident of the Grand Coulee/Electric City area. Last week district staff conducted follow up on hospitalized patients and found several were been discharged and are continuing to recover at home. Three patients remain in … Read more
The State Department of Commerce annmounced that more than 300 drive-in WiFi hotspots are being installed across Washington. About 140 of the new hotspots are now online. Those include locations at libraries in Moses Lake, Ephrata, Othello and Quincy along with the Port of Mattawa Office and the Quincy Columbia Basin Irrigation District. Partners in … Read more
The Downtown Moses Lake Association is allocating $10,000 of its own money to a small business grant program. Association officials say it will be weeks to months before some of the downtown businesses can reopen and they wanted to do what they could to help those businesses out. The deadline to apply is May 25 … Read more
The Moses Lake School District opened kindergarten registration and new student enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year but it is being done only online due to social distancing requirements. In a letter to parents the district wrote moving to the online format will help mitigate any delays in the fall. Both the state and the … Read more