COVID-19 NEWS
Keep up with all the fast-moving novel coronavirus news, particularly as it impacts the Columbia Basin.
COVID-19 update
RITZVILLE — Adams County Health Department administrators have reported another death related to COVID-19, raising…
McKay Healthcare temporarily relocates COVID-19 residents
McKay Healthcare and Rehabilitation officials announced Friday that COVID-19 cases were identified at the facility, but patients since have been relocated and staff quarantined.
Sharing stories again: Quincy Public Library welcomed back patrons on Monday
Galilee Ontiveros was filled with excitement as she showed her mom, Christine Ontiveros, the Curious George book sitting on the table at the Quincy Public Libr…
Moses Lake movie theater set to welcome back patrons Saturday
After finishing up some work on the interior, Fairchilds Cinema gets set to finally welcome back patrons this Saturday afternoon. Andrew Jensen, Moses Lake the…
MLHS football returned to the field this week
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake High School football players got back on the field for the first time since last fall on Monday afternoon. Returning to limited practic…
Columbia Basin Allied Arts’ airing of 'Nosferatu' a feat of creativity amid challenges
For every solution, for every creative decision, Columbia Basin Allied Arts faced another challenge with its Friday stream of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 production of …
Food banks need donations, especially in unusual year
With Halloween in the rear-view mirror and Thanksgiving and Christmas fast approaching, it’s time to think about those traditional food and toy drives and dona…
Hundreds of trick-or-treaters pack Othello church Saturday
Hundreds of baby Yodas, princesses and pirates, ghosts and goblins, and little men both of the spider and bat variety all packed into the Bethel Assembly of Go…
Moses Lake softball back in action after missing out on last season
Moses Lake High School softball players spent Tuesday afternoon practicing inside the gym due to the rain after getting back in action last week for the first …
A 'weird' first day of on-campus class
There was one word high schoolers used to describe the first day of classes back on campus: weird.
Quincy Halloween drive-thru big success
Quincy families came out in force for the trick-or-treat drive-thru held Halloween afternoon.
More treat than trick: Moses Lake drive-in Halloween draws large, distanced crowd
Under the baleful glow of a full moon, downtown Moses Lake was filled with little goblins and ghouls Saturday as over a hundred families packed into their cars…
Blood drive event canceled
The blood donation event planned for Nov. 9 in Moses Lake by the Greater Inland Northwest Chapter of the American Red Cross has been canceled.
Dent returns home after COVID-19 hospitalization
Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, is at home recovering after being admitted to the intensive care unit at Samaritan Hospital on Oct. 21, two weeks after testing po…
Moses Lake Public Library prepares to welcome back patrons
The staff of Moses Lake Public Library is preparing to reopen the doors to the public on Monday, Nov. 2.
Wahluke schools to add on-campus instruction in November
MATTAWA — Wahluke School District students will be coming back to school for part time, on-campus instruction beginning sometime in November.