MOSES LAKE Kristofer Johnson noticed something a little different about the concerns of the Moses Lake business people who gathered to hear him speak on Wednesday.
“Water. Water percolated here, which hasn’t in a lot of communities, I would say,” said Johnson, president and CEO of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s chamber of commerce. “I think that’s the next big challenge we have as a state, for communities, for industrial land development, for residential land development, it’s about water.” .
MOSES LAKE The Washington State High School Rodeo Association finals are coming to the Grant County Fairgrounds in 2024 and 2025, according to incoming association President Chance Gartner.
The state championship will feature high school and junior high school-age riders, Gartner said, and will take place on Memorial Day weekend both years.
MOSES LAKE Grant County Fairgrounds Director Jim McKiernan is proposing a new fee structure for the Grant County Fairgrounds next year that will set minimum stall usage requirements for horse events and raise some fees for commercial and animal-related events.
“We’re raising some rates slightly,” McKiernan said. “These are fairly small increases, and we’ve decreased the fee for the rodeo arena to get more people to use that.”
MOSES LAKE – The 23rd annual Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce Golf Scramble was held on Friday, bringing in members of the business community to the Moses Lake Golf Club for an exciting day of golf and side games.
“The tournament was excellent,” said Debbie Doran-Martinez, president and CEO of the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce. “We had the best weather, lots of fun and a full field of golfers. 144 of them out there.”
The full field of golfers continued the community involvement the tournament has seen through its 23 years.
MOSES LAKE At a nearly two-hour-long public meeting of the Moses Lake Ad Hoc Homeless Committee, residents expressed nearly universal opposition to using some of the city-owned land near the dog park as a temporary parking place for RVs used as residences, many of which are currently parked on stub-outs along Central Drive.