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The Microsoft / Grant PUD tree is all decorated and ready to go for next Saturday’s event at Quincy Valley Historical Society. Thank you to Lisa Karstetter, Jennifer Mickelson, and Annette Hartsbarger for decorating such a beautiful tree. The Quincy Valley Historical Society is hosting a Festival of Trees and Christmas Tree Auction. See their…

Grant County Industrial Alliance (GCIA), a non-profit organization of regional industrial businesses, recently partnered and completed a sponsorship series of three large mobile distribution drives between December and early February. Working with 2nd Harvest Foods, area municipalities, businesses, non-profits, as well as area retirees, a total of 40,000 pounds of food was distributed among Royal…

Sponsored by the Grant County Industrial Alliance, and in partnership with the Port of Warden, ConAgra Foods Foundation, and 2nd Harvest, a drive-thru Mobile Market food give-away event was held Friday, January 14th at the Warden Community & Senior Center in Warden. Dozens of volunteers from across the county staffed the event providing much needed…

Industrial companies often rely on each other when it comes to the parts needed to keep supply chains going or materials critical to product storage. That’s where Norco comes in. Between Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Cascade Mountain range, Norco is the only manufacturer of liquid oxygen, nitrogen, and argon; many large-scale manufacturing operations…

You could say that Grant County is undergoing a ‘digital transformation’ these days; especially as data centers and server farms begin to take deeper root in the region. Fortunately, Grant County is home to a company that is an authority in driving ‘digital transformation’ and optimizing it to achieve the maximum efficiencies needed for a…

Moses Lake Industries, Great Place to Work Committee, held a “Cause for the Paws” activity for the Grant County Animal Outreach (GCAO). The GCAO was contacted to determine needs and the committee went to work gathering the items for donation. The items varied from Mopping Solution to Cat Scratchers.  The products were delivered on June…

Moses Lake Industries President Hiro Era made a surprise announcement on Tuesday March 30th to all employees. “We are delighted and proud to announce that MLI has been chosen as winners of intel 2020 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) Award. A huge thank you to our wonderful team, without your hard work this would not have…

Moses Lake – With a name like Great Place to Work Committee, it is no wonder that Moses lake Industries (MLI) loves Moses Lake, and loves to give back to our community. Before Christmas, the Great Place to Work Committee was interested in participating in service projects, Dennis Draleau, Jr. Commodity Manger, contacted Serve Moses…

Lisa Karstetter said she believes what she’s best at is helping to build connections. Since moving to Quincy 30 years ago, Karstetter has helped involve herself in the community through her connections with local businesses and organizations. Through her position with the Microsoft TechSpark, Karstetter has also worked to help connect her own local community,…

Quincy Valley Medical Center employees were treated to a barbeque lunch Wednesday afternoon at the medical center. On the menu; smoked tri-tip, smoked chicken, caesar salad, cookies and macaroni salad. Ryan Petersen, a Vantage DataCenters employee and Quincy Valley Chamber of Commerce board member, arrived early that morning to the medical center with his smoker…