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3 days ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
MATTAWA - A Mattawa woman was arrested and booked into the Grant County Jail on suspicion of controlled substance homicide in connection with the death of her 16-year-old daughter in 2024. Ashley Perin Sandoval, 40, was arrested April 14 on suspicion of involving a minor in a drug transaction, distribution to people less than 18 years of age and endangerment with a controlled substance in addition to the homicide charge.
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3 days ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE - The city of Moses Lake will end its support of the Open Doors sleep center June 30. Moses Lake City Council members made the decision in a unanimous vote at a special meeting and workshop on homeless issues Friday. Moses Lake Mayor Dustin Swartz said council members considered three options for offering services.
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3 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
Apr. 21—MOSES LAKE — Longtime Moses Lake School District employee Dyan Ford has been named one of two people to lead MLSD's transportation department. Ford will be the Director of Transportation, Personnel. Amiee Cook, currently director of transportation for the Prosser School District, will take over as Director of Transportation, Operations. Ford was serving as the interim director of transportation, following the resignation of Lorrie Smith in February.
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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
Apr. 18—MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake residents are being invited to an open house to discuss the city's proposed 2025 seal coat project from 5 to 7 p.m. April 29 at the Moses Lake Civic Center auditorium, 401 S. Balsam St.Seal coating tentatively is planned for a number of downtown city streets, including sections of West Third, West Fourth and West Fifth avenues, as well as the cross streets in that area, from Holly to Chestnut streets.
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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Joel Martin |Moses Lake
Apr. 18—MOSES LAKE — Thursday's may have been the biggest job fair Big Bend Community College has held. "About 700 job seekers came through here today, maybe more," organizer Michelle Arceo said about halfway through the four-hour event. Eighty-two potential employers, educational specialists and other recruiters set up tables in the ATEC Building at BBCC for the annual job fair.
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1 week ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
WENATCHEE - A donation from a longtime Wenatchee physician helped Confluence Health officials buy equipment for an upgraded patient monitoring system and simulators for emergency response. Chris Stahler, a retired chest, vascular and general surgeon, helped cut the ribbon at a ceremony recognizing the donation and introducing the new equipment Tuesday at Central Washington Hospital. The amount of the donation was not disclosed.
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1 week ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
QUINCY - Quincy public works employees will be experimenting with a four-day work week this summer, one of the provisions in a new contract between the city and the union representing public works. The new contract, which replaces the existing contract, was approved by Quincy City Council members Tuesday by a 5-0 vote. Union members had ratified it earlier. The contract will be in effect for four years.
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1 week ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Joel Martin |Moses Lake
SOAP LAKE - Murder, family secrets, mysterious water and a terrifying urban legend. It's all lurking behind the small-town innocence of Soap Lake in a novel released Tuesday. "Midnight in Soap Lake," the second mystery novel published by former Big Bend Community College English instructor Matthew Sullivan, isn't just set in Soap Lake but treats the town almost as a character in its own right.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
Apr. 17—QUINCY — Quincy public works employees will be experimenting with a four-day work week this summer, one of the provisions in a new contract between the city and the union representing public works. The new contract, which replaces the existing contract, was approved by Quincy City Council members Tuesday by a 5-0 vote. Union members had ratified it earlier. The contract will be in effect for four years.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
Apr. 17—QUINCY — The ultimate fate of Port of Quincy-owned property overlooking the Columbia River, originally intended for a recreation and wildlife viewing area, is still to be determined. Port officials purchased about 90 acres in 2013, with the intention of developing the site for camping, along with picnic tables, a building that could be used for small events and other amenities.
