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Season recap with the Royal Knights football team
MOSES LAKE — On this episode of the Basin Box Score podcast, host Mike Maynard sits down with three seniors from t…
FRESH NEWS: Bass fishing good, Walleye fair, trout steady
MARDON – The current water level on the Potholes Reservoir Tuesday was 1043.30 feet – dropping 1.20 feet this past week. The water temperature on the main lake…
WA officials sign pledge to shift to treatment-first homelessness approach
(The Center Square) – Government officials across Washington state are signing a policy pledge that prioritizes a “treatment-first” approach to lowering the st…
MLSD seeks help to provide extracurriculars in ‘24-25 school year
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District hosted a meeting Monday night to get community members’ input on how the district might fund sports and other extra…
Three Sixers teams take titles at Pete Doumit Memorial Tournament
MOSES LAKE – More than 20 teams gathered at Larson Playfield in Moses Lake over the weekend for the 2024 Pete Doumit Memorial Tournament, where 48 total games …
Brent Reese Memorial Car Show raises $4K to fight ALS
MOSES LAKE — The first Brent Reese Memorial Car Show attracted old cars and new cars, muscle cars and street rods, tricked-out trucks and rat rods, and more th…
Spring gridiron gallery
MOSES LAKE – Football players from around the Basin gathered at jamborees last week, capping off spring practices with live scrimmages against other squads fro…
Public school enrollment declining in WA, across the nation as spending increases
(The Center Square) – A new report finds public school enrollment is declining in America's most populous cities, even as staffing levels and spending have inc…
Big Bend celebrates new nurses
MOSES LAKE – A new class of 15 Vikings nurses graduated Big Bend Community College and celebrated with a Friday pinning ceremony. Staff with BBCC said the foll…
National issues have local impacts, Newhouse says
MOSES LAKE — There are issues that are important to Central Washington, but the region is not immune from national concerns, said U.S. Congressman Dan Newhouse.
Fruit grower fined for Othello trench collapse incident
TUMWATER — Wenatchee-based fruit company Stemilt has been fined $353,000 for safety violations that led to a worker being buried and injured in a trench collap…
FIRE REPORT: Yakima Valley fire threatens town, Pioneer Fire swells again
MOSES LAKE — Evacuation notices for the Yakima Valley town of Zillah were downgraded Monday to level 1 as crews fight the Beam Road Fire, which flared up Satur…
MLSD hires new finance director
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District announced the appointment of Mitch Thompson as MLSD’s new executive director of finance and operations Monday. Tho…
Gas prices dropping as summer approaches
(The Center Square) – Fuel prices typically surge as summer approaches because of supply and demand. Higher temperatures – along with kids being home from sch…
Ephrata's Grandview Heights impacted by sewer outage
EPHRATA – The city of Ephrata is asking residents in the Grandview Heights neighborhood not to flush toilets, run washing machines or take other actions which …
Law enforcement prioritizing safety after pursuit restrictions lift
EPHRATA – As of June 6, Initiative 2113 took effect and walked back restrictions on when law enforcement can pursue suspects that were set by legislation passe…