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tri-cityherald.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
May 13-EPHRATA - Some elective offices in Grant County did not attract candidates during the filing period last week, so a second chance to file is scheduled for midsummer. Sometimes the filing period is scheduled immediately following the filing week, but Ben Rodwell, Grant County elections deputy, said there were 20-30 offices no one filed, including port districts and parks and recreation districts.
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thenewstribune.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
May 13-MOSES LAKE - Port of Moses Lake commissioners will cut the ribbon on a new $1.4 million building May 27. The new maintenance building will replace an existing structure, and Commissioner Darrin Jackson said replacement is overdue. "If there was one building that needs to go away, it was that one," Jackson said of the old facility. "Before it falls over."The cost was higher than initially estimated; additional electrical work was needed as well as work to meet updated building codes.
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yahoo.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
May 12—QUINCY — A Spokane man was booked into the Chelan County Regional Jail on suspicion of second-degree criminal impersonation after he allegedly attempted to stop a car by pretending to be a police officer May 8. Ronald Cowin, 62, was arrested near Quincy by a Washington State Patrol trooper, according to a WSP press release. Cowin allegedly had used red and blue flashing lights in his car to attempt to pull another car over.
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yahoo.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
May 12—EPHRATA — All three open seats on the Quincy City Council will be on the primary ballot, along with the Grand Coulee mayor's job and one seat on the Soap Lake School Board. The mayors of Ephrata and Quincy will also face challengers. Candidate filing for the 2025 election was last week. Three candidates filed for each of the Quincy council seats, meaning the field will be reduced on the primary ballot.
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5 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
May 9—MOSES LAKE — The rebuilding of a 2.1-mile section of Westshore Drive west of Moses Lake has reached the sidewalk stage. Curbs have been poured along the route and construction crews were adding a base layer for the sidewalks Thursday. A power shovel and front loader dumped rock along the sidewalk course, which was spread partly by the shovel and partly by hand. Once that's done the material is compacted.
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yahoo.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
May 9—MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake man was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Spokane County Jail on suspicion of trafficking methamphetamines following an alleged assault in late April. Cesar Adame, 42, was booked on federal charges for distribution of methamphetamines, according to a press release from the Moses Lake Police Department.
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6 days ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
May 8-MOSES LAKE - Occupants of an encampment near Moses Lake were notified they were trespassing Wednesday morning and asked to leave by this morning. Kyle Foreman, public information officer for the Grant County Sheriff's Office, said the property was the location of an incident in mid-March where the suspect fired a BB gun at a bystander and barricaded himself in one of the trailers. That wasn't the only incident on the property, Foreman said.
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thenewstribune.com | Joel Martin |Moses Lake
May 8-QUINCY - The reputations of Quincy's first responders will be on the line Saturday at the community's first Guns and Hoses softball game. "It's a friendly competition between us and them, and it's a way (of) getting us more out in the community," said Quincy Police Sgt. Joe Westby, who arranged the game with his Grant County Fire District 3 counterpart Ross Massey. "Reminding our community that we're here for them ...
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yahoo.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
May 8—MOSES LAKE — Spring is here, summer is coming and, among other things, that means motorcycles returning to the road. That means vehicle drivers may need to readjust their thinking, and motorcycle riders may need to reacquaint themselves with the bike. Jeremy Weber, public information officer for Washington State Patrol Region 6 — and a motorcycle owner himself — said safe driving with bikes on the road is a lot like safe driving any time of year.
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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Cheryl Schweizer |Moses Lake
May 8—MOSES LAKE — Occupants of an encampment near Moses Lake were notified they were trespassing Wednesday morning and asked to leave by this morning. Kyle Foreman, public information officer for the Grant County Sheriff's Office, said the property was the location of an incident in mid-March where the suspect fired a BB gun at a bystander and barricaded himself in one of the trailers. That wasn't the only incident on the property, Foreman said.
