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Good harvests for for potatoes, apples, wheat and raspberries in 2025

MOSES LAKE – With Fall in full swing, growers around the area are either completing their harvests or are on the v…

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Grant County Fair awards

MOSES LAKE — Every year, the Grant County Fair gives out the Christopher Harper Memorial Heart and Hustle Award. Harper, 5 years old and battling his second ro…

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2024 Hay King named at Grant County Fair

MOSES LAKE — Stevens Hay Growers, operated by Kye and Brynna Stevens, is the 2024 Hay King. The honor was bestowed by the Mid-Columbia Hay Growers Associat…

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OneD produces first batch of enhanced battery graphite

MOSES LAKE — The OneD plant in Moses Lake is up and running. There’s still some construction going on and the facility is still a ways away from full produ…

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Farmer Consumer Awareness Day September 14

QUINCY — Everything from a parade to a soccer tournament to a fun run will be on the agenda as the annual Farmer Consumer Awareness Day comes to Quincy Sept. 1…

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40 Under 40: Connor Stakelin

Connor Stakelin Is involved in a variety of community organizations in and around the Columbia Basin. He has served on the boards for the Washington State Futu…

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40 Under 40: Cameron Whittle

Cameron Whittle has been a fixture in and around the Columbia Basin for a long time. He worked alongside his parents operating the Dairy Queen in Moses Lake wh…

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40 Under 40: Kylie Youngren

Quincy High School choir director Kylie Youngren said art is for everyone, and the benefits it provides last a lifetime. “The arts are important because it’…

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40 Under 40: Hollie Weeks

There’s building a business from the ground up, then there’s LITERALLY building a business from the ground up. Hollie Weeks and her husband started a show …

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40 Under 40: Tashauna Devine

Dr. Tashauna Devine, 25, is the co-owner of Devine Chiropractic and Sports Medicine in Ephrata. Devine and her husband, Cameron Whittle, are celebrating five years of owning their business. Devine, who was born and…

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40 Under 40: Christine Villareal

Christine Villareal runs Christine’s Wax Room and Salon in Moses Lake. Villareal started her career 20 years ago when she went to an aesthetician school in Bellevue at Aesthetics Northwest. She continued her studie…