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Basin road projects ongoing to the end of summer -- some into fall
QUINCY — Back-to-school sales, NFL preseason games, apple harvest dead ahead – it's still summer, but fall is appr…
Mavs volleyball looks to build off 2023 season
MOSES LAKE – This year’s Moses Lake volleyball team built off the strides the 2022 squad made, qualifying for the district playoffs and finishing the year at 8…
Weather for Monday, Nov. 20, 2023
Weather for Monday, Nov. 20, 2023
SLPD officers to become baristas for Tip A Cop 2023
SOAP LAKE — The Soap Lake Police Department will be serving coffee in a good cause at the Busy Bean coffee stand Dec. 5. Proceeds from the “Tip A Cop” fundrais…
MLPD announces arrests in investigation of Nov. 12 homicide
MOSES LAKE – Moses Lake Police Chief Dave Sands issued a statement Friday indicating that multiple arrests had been made in the investigation of a November 12 …
Knights score 28 in first quarter, defeat Omak 49-0
ROYAL CITY – A fast start allowed the No. 1 seed Royal Knights to take a 28-0 lead by the end of the first quarter Friday night against No. 9 Omak, advancing t…
Samaritan, Premera reach one-year agreement
MOSES LAKE — Negotiations between Samaritan Healthcare and Premera Blue Cross have resulted in a one-year contract, in effect through Dec. 31, 2024. People who…
STUDIO BASIN: An elf, some directors, and Mavs volleyball Head Coach Krystal Trammell
MOSES LAKE – A happy elf and his directors from The Masquers stop by the studie to discuss “Elf: The Musical” which is coming up at the Soap Lake theater. Mana…
STCU cuts ribbon in Othello
OTHELLO — Spokane Teachers Credit Union recently opened a branch in Othello at 1333 E. Main St. The new branch will offer financial services to the community. …
Family photos
More photos from those found in storage at the Columbia Basin Herald. If any reader knows whom we should return these photographs, please email us their contac…
Far-reaching influence
OTHELLO — Adams County Pet Rescue has a far-reaching influence, according to Seattle business owner Staci Molzahn. Molzahn co-owns two restaurants, a catering …
Crime, drugs take center stage at Moses Lake council meeting
MOSES LAKE — Crime and drugs were a hot topic at Tuesday evening’s Moses Lake City Council meeting, as two citizens made emotional appeals to the council to ta…
News Bites for Nov. 17, 2023
EPHRATA – Grant County’s Interagency Narcotics Enforcement team conducted a drug bust Wednesday morning near Royal City and discovered an animal fighting opera…
Othello preps for 2024 legislative session
OTHELLO – Othello’s state legislature lobbyist, Holly Sanabria of Gordon Thomas Honeywell Government Relations, gave a presentation at Monday’s regular Othello…
Inslee issues executive order requiring plain language
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order Wednesday that requires state agencies to create and adopt a plain language policy, according to a Wednesday announcement from Inslee’s office.
Bird likely cause of Moses Lake outage
MOSES LAKE — A bird that got too close to electrical wires apparently triggered a power outage in the Wheeler Road area that lasted about two hours Thursday morning. “A bird touched an energized component in the (…