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Randy Bracht, Editor

This oughta keep her busy ....

Flying in for the evening shift, with a lot of pollinating potential ahead ... A honeybee settled onto an onion blossom – one of thousands of the puffy spores illuminated at sunset earlier this summer in a farm field along State Route 283, about six miles northeast of George.

Leslie’s leaving: transition time at Ephrata City Hall

Leslie’s leaving: transition time at Ephrata City Hall

BY RANDY BRACHT EPHRATA – After nearly three decades of service at Ephrata City Hall, city clerk/finance director Leslie Trachsler plans to retire at the end of March. “After coming to work at the same place for 28-plus years, it might be a hard habit to break,” Trachsler said last

Ephrata Police

The Ephrata Police Department received the following incident reports: A suspicious person was reported at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday by a resident on Sunset Street S.E. The complainant said he observed a female in civilian clothing entering a marked police vehicle. Police explained the woman was a plain-clothed

Marriage Licenses

MARRIAGE LICENSES Jose Alfredo Vargas Pelayo, 21, and Celeste Guadalupe Flores, 25, both of Quincy. McKenzie Janell Groves, 26, and Talya Lynn Estes, 23, both of Moses Lake. Conner Everett Niel, 23, Eltopia, and Alexis Dawn White, 21, Moses Lake. Jeremy Ray Johnson, 35, and Savannah Storm Rider, 28, both

John Mertlich selected as Grant PUD's new GM

John Mertlich selected as Grant PUD's new GM

BY RANDY BRACHT EPHRATA – Grant County PUD commissioners on Tuesday appointed John Mertlich as the utility district’s next general manager and chief executive officer. Mertlich, who assumed his new role on Wednesday, has worked for the PUD since 2019, initially joining the district as senior manager for financial planning

Weather delays canal repairs, irrigation start

Weather delays canal repairs, irrigation start

BY RANDY BRACHT QUINCY – Replacement of some of the concrete panels lining the West Canal near Ephrata has temporarily delayed the start of the 2025 irrigation season in the Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District. The turn-on date for water flow in the canal was initially anticipated for March 12, but has

Local election filings loom for 2025

Local election filings loom for 2025

148 public offices open for candidates in Grant County