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Ephrata judge says prosecutor can wear Purple Heart pin
A deputy prosecutor in Ephrata will be allowed to wear a Purple Heart lapel pin during a drunken driving trial.
Went to the fire company around 8pm yesterday for a scheduled standby for the Ephrata fireworks.
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July 4: Rotenone proposed to eliminate undesirable species from county lakes
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will conduct a series of public meetings in July on plans to improve public fishing and habitat.
Drivers, hands off that phone: Cell phone law goes into effect Tuesday
But Booth, 47, from Manson, said he still plans on talking on a hand-held cell phone despite the risk of getting a $124 fine.
Drivers, hands off that phone: Cell phone law goes into effect Tuesday
In less than a minute, these four drivers head down Grant Road near the intersection of Eastmont Avenue last Monday afternoon, each talking on a hand-held cell phone.
WA hay: Low stocks, high prices
It was an unusually good morning. Sunny. No rain. Just the right amount of dew to soften the hay and no breeze to dry it out.
Quincy apartments burn; no one hurt
Quincy Valley Ambulance EMT Ed Navarro, left, checks on fellow EMT and firefighter Fred Hobbs in front of Unit D containing four apartments at the Birch Street Apartment building in Quincy Sunday afternoon.
Motorcyclist injured in crash with car
A Quincy man may have suffered a broken pelvis when the motorcycle he was riding struck a car that had pulled out in front of him one mile west of Ephrata on Sunday.
Wildfire burns 3,500 acres above Moses Coulee
QUINCY — A wildfire that began Sunday morning northwest of Quincy had burned about 3,500 acres by this morning, said Don Fortier, chief of Grant County Fire District 3. Roughly 25 homes are threatened by ...
Food for Thought: A reader's uncommon avocado recipe
On May 28, we ran a story on the cover of the Food & Wine section giving less common uses, recipes and ideas for using avocados.
Eastmont discrimination suit: Attorney fees decided
EPHRATA — A five-year legal battle between the Eastmont School District and a former employee wrapped up June 6 when a judge awarded the former employee more than $182,000 for attorney fees.
NTSB: Holloway's plane lost control
Autopsy completed in fatal aircraft accident MOSES LAKE - The cause of a May 31 ultralight crash resulting in the death of Ephrata pilot Bob Holloway is still undetermined, according to a preliminary accident ...
Ephrata schools offer free meals in summer
Ephrata children can eat breakfast and lunch free during summer vacation. The Ephrata School District-sponsored Summer Food Service Program, funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, begins June 16.
New water truck used for Ephrata fire
The Ephrata Fire Department rolled out its new $175,000 water truck for the first time on Wednesday to respond to an accidental one-acre brush fire behind the USDA Service Center.
Matthew Weaver/Columbia Basin Herald Ephrata city councilmember Steve Lovitt holds up the latest poster he designed for Basin Summer Sounds Friday afternoon in the Ephrata Chamber of Commerce office.
Billionaire, Ephrata man speak up on oil speculation, gas prices
One is a billionaire financier, and the other operates seven gas stations and convenience stores in a farming community of 7,000 in Eastern Washington.
77-year-old WA pilot dead in plane crash
A pilot died when his experimental airplane crashed into a corn field about half a mile east of Moses Lake Municipal Airport.
77-year-old pilot dead in E. Wash. plane crash
A pilot died when his experimental airplane crashed into a corn field about half a mile east of Moses Lake Municipal Airport.
Snohomish Knights of Columbus ride bikes to raise money
Three Snohomish Knights of Columbus members recently pedaled 286 miles to raise $2,656 to help six Archdiocese of Seattle seminarians.
Fishing -- Diversity is the name of the game
The waters along Highway 17, and the species of fish that call them home, are as varied as the crops grown on the fields of central Grant County.