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Think pink for tonight's Mustang football game. Prosser High School's dance and drill team is asking spectators at the Prosser-Ephrata football game to wear pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness.

More than 40,000 people rely on Emergency Medical Service in Grant County but in six months that help may disappear.

The National Weather Service has extended a dust storm warning until 5 p.m. Friday in the area that includes Moses Lake, Ephrata and Ritzville.

Windy conditions are expected to continue throughout the day. Blowing winds have currently closed westbound I-90 from milepost 220 Ritzville) to milepost 179 and eastbound from milepost 182 to milepost 206.

The Washington State Patrol said a rear-end collision on Highway 282 in Grant County was caused by a Moses Lake woman who failed to stop for construction work.

A Grant County jury reached a verdict Monday in the trial of a hunter, on trial for shooting and wounding an off-duty Grant County Sheriff's deputy.

The fishing public will have seven meetings at which they can discuss rule proposals for the 2010-12 sportfishing season in Washington.

A trial is under way in Ephrata for a Moses Lake man accused of wounding an off-duty Grant County sheriff's deputy when he was hunting coyotes near Soap Lake.

By Keith Danson, Ephrata Raceway Park announcer EPHRATA, Wash. -- Terrible weather interupted fun outdoor activities all over the state this Labor Day Weekend, but did not stop ERP from racing on Sunday! Saturday evening included a few qualifiing laps and lots of rain, by Sunday at noon the Sprint cars had the wings off and we got underway with ...

Eastside Fire and Rescue Firefighters Rick Scriven and Michael Tjosvold conduct mop up operations at a fire in Dead Canyon, 13 miles south of Mabton.

Crews are working to battle a massive fire in a warehouse full of hay just outside of Moses Lake.

When Manuel Padron's Spanish-speaking friends needed help filling out job applications or other forms in English, they often turned to him for help.

EPHRATA, Wash. -- A museum volunteer trying to start an antique fire truck at the Grant County Museum apparently ignited a $1 million blaze that destroyed a museum building and several antique vehicles.

Ephrata fire officials are investigating a fire that destroyed a building on the campus of the Grant County Historical Museum.

The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor today as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.

More than 10 years ago, "Maniac" moved to Central Washington to escape a Los Angeles street gang.

A 57-year-old Mead woman died at an area hospital Saturday from injuries sustained in a head-on crash in northeast Spokane on Friday afternoon.

A Friday afternoon fire destroyed a 120' x 25' building housing antique vehicles at the Grant County Historical Museum in Ephrata, which is operated by the Grant County government.

Kayce Chlarson wants her fellow students to be more informed. "There's so many kids who want to know why is something like this happening," the 14-year-old Ephrata girl said.