🌱 How fireworks debris and yard burning sparked two Moses Lake-area house fires
Moses Lake, Washington Patch AM: a 4 min readHi there, Moses Lake! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How fireworks debris and yard burning sparked two Moses Lake-area house fires
- How do Moses Lake home prices stack up to nearby Basin towns?
Also on today's calendar: Stained Glass style Resin Sun-catchers-9 Desings! and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: Which is faster, heat or cold? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 89 and low of 55 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Partly sunny and hot, temps: high: 94, low: 57.
- Tuesday: Sweltering heat with sunshine, with a high of 98 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Separate fires destroy vehicles, damage residences Saturday morning (columbiabasinherald.com) — Early Saturday morning, fires south and north of Moses Lake destroyed three vehicles and heavily damaged two homes, but no injuries were reported. Investigators say both blazes started when fireworks debris and yard waste fires that seemed out were not fully extinguished, and one resident was cited for violating the county’s open burning ban. 
• Basin home prices steady; closing costs drop in WA (bellinghamherald.com) — If you’re house-hunting in Moses Lake, expect average prices around $370,000 this spring, up nearly 9% from last year and taking about 71 days to sell. The story compares prices and days-on-market across nearby Basin towns and explains how statewide mortgage rates and falling closing costs could affect what local buyers ultimately pay.
📸 Around Moses Lake
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★ Featured events ★
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Museum at Mobile Recreation: Watercolor Landscape →
Carpenter Park, S Gibby Rd &, W Lee St, Moses Lake
11:00 am
Thursday July 9
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Other local events
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Business After Hours - Care Moses Lake & Smith Martin Building
Visit Moses Lake 102 E 3rd Ave Moses Lake Tuesday, July 7, 2026 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
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Free Summer Movie
Visit Moses Lake 324 S Pioneer Way, Moses Lake, WA 98837 -
July Preschool Art Club →
Moses Lake Museum & Art Center Museum and Art Center Classroom #126 - Moses Lake Civic Center 401
10:30 am -
Community Fundraising Yard Sale
Visit Moses Lake MLCA Event Center 1312 S Moses Lake Ave, Moses Lake, WA 98837 -
Battle of the Badges Blood Drive
Visit Moses Lake 324 S Pioneer Way, Moses Lake, WA 98837
11:30 am -
Stained Glass style Resin Sun-catchers-9 Desings! →
Moses Lake Elks Lodge #2892, 217 N Elder St, Moses Lake
6:00 pm -
America 250 Speaker Series – 20th Century Celebrations in the Co →
Moses Lake Museum & Art Center - 401 S. Balsam St. Moses Lake WA
6:00 pm
Tuesday July 7
Wednesday July 8
Thursday July 9
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Business After Hours - Care Moses Lake & Smith Martin Building
Visit Moses Lake 102 E 3rd Ave Moses Lake Tuesday, July 7, 2026 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
5:00 pm -
Free Summer Movie
Visit Moses Lake 324 S Pioneer Way, Moses Lake, WA 98837 -
Community Fundraising Yard Sale
Visit Moses Lake MLCA Event Center 1312 S Moses Lake Ave, Moses Lake, WA 98837 -
Museum at Mobile Recreation: Watercolor Landscape
Moses Lake Museum & Art Center Carpenter Park - 1522 Lee St Moses Lake WA 98837
11:00 am
Tuesday July 7
Wednesday July 8
Thursday July 9
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- 1014 W broadway Ave
This gas station has cheap gas today and free food as well on the day of 4th of july! Only for few hours (Nextdoor Broadway) - I lost my hardshell HO Syndicate waterski boot (plastic shell boot) in Moses Lake today.
If anyone finds it, could you please contact me at tjpett@comcast.net. (Nextdoor Upper Nike)
- AeroTEC, Inc. posted a job opening for CNC MACHINIST III - Contractor / Consultant in Moses Lake. Apply here.
- Government Jobs posted a job opening for Security Guard (PT) in Moses Lake. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Moses Lake here.
🗞 Nearby News
Ephrata
- Ephrata Council expedites approval of kratom ban, raises concerns from local retailer (bellinghamherald.com)
- 5 hurt in minivan wreck near Ephrata (dailyrecordnews.com)
- Basin home prices steady; closing costs drop in WA (columbiabasinherald.com)
Soap Lake
- Tigers first wrestling camp deemed a success (columbiabasinherald.com)
Quincy
- Friends help revive Quincy Farmers Market after uncertain future (qvpr.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Heat, you can catch cold!! (Thank you Michael S. for sending it in!)
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