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Christmas Confetti
MOSES LAKE — Confetti is a medium sized, mixed breed (38% adorable, 22% snuggly, 40% love bug – 100% awesome) pup …
Soap Lake School Board asks for superintendent’s resignation
SOAP LAKE — First-year Soap Lake School District superintendent Aaron Chavez will not be returning for the 2024-25 school year, following action by the Soap La…
Travelers urged to check for travel impacts at Vantage Bridge, along alternate routes
VANTAGE — Work on the Vantage Bridge is expected to lead to delays – maybe long delays – especially on busy summer weekends. As a result the Washington Departm…
Vikings wrap up non-league slate
MOSES LAKE – Big Bend baseball concluded its non-league schedule with doubleheaders against Pierce Community College and Tacoma Community College last weekend,…
Easter egg hunts scheduled throughout the Basin this weekend
COLUMBIA BASIN — The Easter Bunny will be working overtime this weekend, with Easter egg hunts across the Basin Friday and Saturday.
FRESH NEWS: Warmer weather brings the largemouth out at Potholes
The current water level on Potholes Reservoir is 1,043.2 feet, dropping 0.1 feet this past week. We are 3.3 feet below full pool. We have had a warm week of we…
Two Lewis-McChord pilots taken to hospital after crash
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — An Army helicopter crashed at a military base in Washington state during a routine training exercise Monday night, sendi…
A little kindness
ROYAL CITY — One of the scariest words in the English language is cancer. Brain cancer is doubly frightening and having it settle in during childhood is a trip…
A pot of yum
MOSES LAKE — “What doesn’t kill you can turn your kidneys into a cinder brick.” That’s how Gary Neu, principal engineer at Greenpoint Technologies, summed u…
GCAO egg hunt fills Blue Heron Park
MOSES LAKE — Grant County Animal Outreach got a jump – or a hop – on the holiday by holding its Easter egg hunt last weekend. “We knew a lot of our staff an…
Design starting for event center at Grant Fairgrounds
MOSES LAKE — A preliminary design for a new event center across the street from the Grant County Fairgrounds could be finished this year. The existing fairgrou…
DNR announces controlled burns
OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Natural Resources announced eight prescribed burns throughout the state Monday. The eight separate burns will occur over…
Knights defeat College Place 5-1
ROYAL CITY – Three first-half goals against College Place were enough to push the Knights over the Eagles in Saturday’s South Central Athletic Conference (East…
Two Basin schools win state drill championships
YAKIMA — Two Columbia Basin dance teams brought home titles from the WIAA Dance/Drill State Championships over the weekend.
Weather for the week of March 25, 2024
Weather for the week of March 25, 2024
STUDIO BASIN: Speech and drama, Sila Nanotechnologies and all-star basketball
MOSES LAKE — An update on a new Moses Lake business and Moses Lake High School drama and speech participants coming home with state hardware were among the topics on the March 22 edition of the Studio Basin podcast.