Moses Lake News

Otiona Gildon scored 10 of Gonzaga Prep's 11 fourth quarter points as Gonzaga Prep rallied to defeat Mount Rainier 53-51 and claim the 4A girls state championship.

Gonzaga Prep - Gildon 18, Caudill 12, Stockton 11, Harrington 10, Leland 2, Wier 0, Gregory 0. Totals 24-62 2-9 53. Mount Rainier - B. McPhee 28, Fiso 9, J. McPhee 8, Freeberg 4, Williams 2, Shamseldin 0, Gandy 0. Totals 20-60 8-12 51. Skyview - Jo.

Officials from the Washington state Department of Ecology, the federal Bureau of Reclamation and the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District announced new surface water that will allow some farmers in what is known as the Odessa Subarea to move off of wells and onto East Low Canal water.

George Cicotte will formally announce his candidacy for the 4th District Congressional seat held by Doc Hastings tomorrow.

Junior Dansil Green represented Granite Falls High School at the Oratorical Contest semi-finals sponsored on Saturday, Feb. 1 in Moses Lake.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. Close to a half a foot of snow that fell in Spokane over the weekend has slowed school buses and kept city crews busy overnight, but a warming trend is expected to melt flakes away.

State lawmakers spent last week looking at ways to address problems left from the voter-approved initiative to privatize liquor sales.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) March 02--RITZVILLE -- Life Care Center of Ritzville has a new executive director.

Rainier Park Liquor and Beverage manager Kevin Dziedzic chats with,Tamir Dvorin, who represents Vinum Importing, a Seatlle-based, independent wine and spirits distributor who stopped by the Lacey store Oct. 16, 2012.

George Cicotte, an attorney from Kennewick, says he is planning to join the race to replace Rep. Doc Hastings in Congress.

Wheeler, 48, is a tea party activist who ran for the office in 2012 but did not make it through the Top Two primary.

The owner of Black Heron Spirits in West Richland says he routinely hears about people driving across state lines to buy liquor because it's cheaper.

It was standing room only Wednesday night at a town hall meeting in Moses Lake discussing gang violence in Grant County.

"We've got to get our funding back on track now or the gap we'll need to make up in the future to fully fund education will be even larger."

REC Silicon ASA will build a polysilicon and silane gas plant in China through a joint venture as the maker of materials used in solar panels seeks to take advantage of growing demand in the world's biggest market.

On February 20, 2014 the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force arrested Michael David Meier, age 17. Meier was arrested in Moses Lake, WA on a warrant out of Grant County, Washington for 1st Degree Murder.

The location for the Moses Lake town hall meeting to discuss recent gang violence has been changed to accommodate more people.

THIS EVENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A PROLONGED EVENT WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW BEGINNING TONIGHT AND

PRESS RELEASE FROM GRANT COUNTY: Nobody was injured last night during a drive-by shooting in the Larson Housing Area north of Moses Lake.

Changing the name for a city is difficult and expensive. But, as in the case of a marriage, it sometimes is necessary to establish, or re-establish, an identity.