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Royal sweeps doubleheader behind Allred’s strong pitching
ROYAL CITY — The Royal Knights (4-0) took care of business against the Zillah Leopards Saturday, winning back-to-b…
CBDL still pushing Columbia Basin Project forward
CASHMERE — Despite the completion of the Columbia Basin Project being potentially decades away, according to Columbia Basin Development League Executive Direct…
Lady Vikings lose first game of the season at the free throw line
MOSES LAKE – After having a number of preseason games canceled, the Lady Vikes Basketball Program finally got their opportunity to gauge where they were at, as…
Knights to host No. 12 Seton Catholic Saturday
ROYAL CITY – Coming off a 49-0 shutout of No. 9 seed Omak in the quarterfinals, the No. 1 Royal Knights are preparing for a 1A semifinal matchup against No. 12…
Celebrating opportunities
MOSES LAKE — Dozens of people gathered in the Moses Lake City Council chamber Tuesday. Not for a boring meeting, but for a celebration of decades of public ser…
A Christmas Miracle on Main Street
OTHELLO — The Othello Holiday Committee will once again be hosting its annual Christmas Miracle on Main Street celebration outside of Othello City Hall all day…
Holiday cheer around the Basin
MOSES LAKE — Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, right down just about every main drag in the Columbia Basin. Many local communities will hold holi…
ECBID doing well, Odessa project flowing along
OTHELLO – The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District is finally at a point where it has been able to start to implementing infrastructure improvements to its …
Washington sports schedule Nov. 22-28
MOSES LAKE – Check out this week’s professional, collegiate and local sports happening over the next week across the state. The Columbia Basin Herald wishes ou…
Ephrata to light Christmas tree Friday
EPHRATA — The Ephrata Chamber of Commerce will kindle a new tradition Friday, with the first official Downtown Tree Lighting. “We decided we wanted to get t…
Port of Ephrata sells PBY aircraft from 'Always'
EPHRATA – The PBY-5A Catalina that has sat for some time at the Port of Ephrata will be finding a new home after it was auctioned off by port officials at the …
From the past
MOSES LAKE - The photo above was found in our archives among a box of loose photos. The back of the photo has no markings, but we would like to return the phot…
Proposed bill would expand gun ban in domestic abuse cases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bill introduced in Congress is intended to protect domestic abuse victims from gun violence, according to an announcement by U.S. Sen. Pat…
Mattawa man dies in rollover
RICHLAND — A Mattawa man was killed when the car he was riding in ran off the road and rolled at about 2:30 a.m. November 18.
Ephrata seeking Civil Service Commission volunteer
EPHRATA – According to a Nov. 16 public announcement from the city of Ephrata, the city is seeking a volunteer to serve on the Ephrata Civil Service Commission, which prevents political favoritism and bias from aff…
Grant PUD developing 2024 rate increase
EPHRATA — Grant County PUD customers are considering a rate increase in 2024, but whether it will be 3% across the board to all customer classes, or an overall…