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Updated 4 hours, 48 minutes ago

WEATHER: April 8-14

Today: Sunny, with a high near 66. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable. Mostly clear overnight…

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Downtown food truck court work continues in Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — The food court set for the corner of South Alder Street and Fourth Avenue in downtown is one step closer to reality following the delivery of the …

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Lookin' to get hitched?

MOSES LAKE — On the bar in front of Jessica Ramynke sits a number of little, plastic shot glasses of purplish-magenta liquid on ice. It’s the signature drin…

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Othello Chamber hosts annual awards banquet

OTHELLO — Ken Johnson fought back emotion as he accepted the Citizen of the Year award, and Maria Montalvo almost didn’t believe it when the presenters gave he…

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Centenarians have lots of stories to tell

MOSES LAKE — Edna Watkins, Ann Klobucher and Helen Theis have seen a lot. They were girls in grade school when the Great Depression started, in their late teen…

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Basin sports schedule Mar. 1-7

COLUMBIA BASIN – It’s the final week of the winter sports season here in the Basin, as five local boys and girls basketball teams chase their dreams of achievi…

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
WA may make it easier to build backyard cottages in a bid to ease the housing crisis

OLYMPIA — More backyard cottages could soon pop up across Washington. So-called accessory dwelling units, often referred to as in-law suites, provide indepe…

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
O’ the stories you’ll read!

WARDEN — For Read Across America Week, Warden Police Chief Rick Martin stood in the office of Warden Elementary School sorting through a stack of Dr. Seuss boo…

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Soap Lake schedules condo hearing

SOAP LAKE - The City of Soap Lake will be holding a public meeting on Friday to consider an application for a condominium development.

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Three WA airports receive federal grants

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A joint release by U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Patty Murray (D-WA) on Tuesday stated that three Washington State airports will r…

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Columbia Basin senior calendar for March 2023

Calendar for senior citizens in the Columbia Basin.

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Irrigation district election bill passes WA Senate

OLYMPIA – On Monday the Washington Senate passed a bill permitting mail-in ballots for irrigation-district elections...

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Home & Garden Show comes to fairgrounds Saturday

MOSES LAKE — The Grant County Fairgrounds will host the Columbia Basin Home & Garden Show this weekend, according to the fairgrounds’ website. The show will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, a…

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Moses Lake Wrestling Club hits the mat in Tacoma

TACOMA – Just after the Mat Classic ended for high school wrestlers, youth wrestlers from the Moses Lake Wrestling Club traveled to the Tacoma Dome to compete …

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
March 2023 events calendar

March 3 First Friday Jam Anyone with an instrument can come and play; anyone with ears can come and listen. Potluck at 6 p.m., jam 7-9 p.m. at George Com…

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Coaches round up Mat Classic results, praise wrestlers

COLUMBIA BASIN – Of the 64 wrestlers from the Columbia Basin who qualified to wrestle at the 2023 Mat Classic, 33 ended up placing under the bright lights of t…