GALLERY: July 2025
A structure fire destroyed New Bride Missionary Baptist Church in Moses Lake July 2.
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Children dance at Moses Lake’s Red, White and Boom festival July 3.
A player makes a serve during the volleyball tournament at Othello’s Fourth of July celebration in Lions Park.
WNBA Champion Lindsey Moore talks to the youth about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle at the 3-on-3 basketball tournament at Soap Lake’s Suds ‘n Sun festival July 5.
Ephrata School District Food Service Director, Alain Black, shows off a meal sealed with the district’s newly acquired meal sealer July 9. The machine transformed the way the district distributed summer meals this year.
Customers and members of the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce mingle at Psalms 23 coffee shop, which opened in Moses Lake July 3.
One-year-old Genesis Chavez helps Dr. Kori Hart check the blood pressure of her doll, also called Genesis, at the teddy bear clinic at Columbia Basin Hospital’s 75th anniversary celebration July 8.
The grand opening of the new Royal City library drew a packed house July 11.
Repair crews work on a damaged wastewater line on the shore of Moses Lake in mid-July. The first phase of repairs has been completed.
Swimmers from around the Pacific Northwest competed in the Sizzlin’ Summer Swim Meet July 11-13.
Two students practice striking techniques with the help of Jacob Guertin, an instructor with Freewind Martial Arts, at a seminar in McCosh Park July 18.
A player from Pitch Please runs toward first base during the team’s game against the Sunsplash Sluggers in Moses Lake’s coed softball league.
The Ephrata community has come together to raise funds for Daniel Alcala’s family after Alcala was fatally shot during an altercation July 20.
From left: Father John Washington, Pastor Rick Garcia and Reid Baker of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rededicate the chapel at Brookdale Hearthstone Assisted Living July 24.
Ernie Weeks from the Central Washington Sixers swings at a pitch in a game the weekend of July 19-20.
Vickey Melcher puts the finishing touches on freshly painted windowsills around a new window in the Republican booth at the Grant County Fairgrounds July 25.
Moses Lake lost a leader July 21 with the passing of former Police Chief and City Manager Kevin Fuhr.
Crews work on the new roundabout at the intersection of state Route 282 and Nat Washington Way in Ephrata July 26.
Drake Hansen of the Sixers 14U baseball team dives into third base to complete a triple play July 26.
A group of Warden summer school students plays a competitive game of musical chairs at Summer School Field Day July 29.
COLUMBIA BASIN – Booming fireworks began the month but so much more happened in July in the Columbia Basin. The month was packed full of local events, students completing summer school and baseball.
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