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Senior events for December 2025
COLUMBIA BASIN — The weather outside may be frightful, but the holiday events this month make the chill in the air…
ENZO opens event room, expands kitchen
MOSES LAKE — ENZO owners and staff cut the ribbon on the restaurant’s newest facility, called the Riviera Room, Wednesday. ENZO already had a smaller banque…
WIC mobile app now available in 22 languages
OLYMPIA – WICShopper, the free smartphone application for families in the Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program, is now available in 22 languages for …
Carniceria La Nueva
MOSES LAKE — There’s a new Mexican store coming to town, and it’s got a twist: drive-thru service. Construction has been underway since August on a buildin…
Basin events for Dec. 20-27
COLUMBIA BASIN — With Christmas fast approaching, a lot of folks are staying home or visiting family, but there are still some things to do out in the communit…
Pizza Hut opens in Othello
OTHELLO — Othello’s first Pizza Hut opened Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting followed by a line out the door for lunch.
Trimmed and ready
MOSES LAKE — Folks who are pining for a Christmas tree will find them all spruced up with lights and decorations at the annual Festival of Trees Dec. 7. Th…
‘Under the Sea’
OTHELLO — Art lovers – and others – are invited to take a dive Saturday. “Under the Sea” is the theme of the Old Hotel Art Gallery’s annual benefit auction …
Shiitake Sizzle brings fresh, exotic mushrooms to the table
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake has a pretty good variety of places to eat, but this is something new: a restaurant centered around mushrooms.
Deutschesfest 2024 coming
ODESSA — It’s time to break out the lederhosen and fill the steins, as the 53rd annual Deutschesfest takes over Odessa Sept. 19-22. “Last year we had proba…
‘It’s our biggest fundraiser of the year’
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Lions lion ears were a hit. “I’ve been waiting for these,” a customer said, as she sat down at the picnic table.
TASTINESS: WE ARE GO FOR LAUNCH!
MOSES LAKE – The line for Space Burgers at the Grant Count Fair reached pretty continuously around the back of the booth Wednesday. Space Burgers have been a p…
Spirit of the rodeo
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Roundup Rodeo and Moses Lake Distillery will debut Spurstride, the rodeo’s official signature whiskey, tomorrow at Business After H…
Battle buddies
EPHRATA — Sometimes, when Johnny comes marching home again, the war marches along with him. Thousands of American veterans commit suicide every year, according…
Folk festival to debut in Soap Lake
SOAP LAKE — Soap Lake will spread its cultural wings this weekend with the first-ever Soap Lake Food and Folk Festival. The festival, which goes all day Sat…
‘A pre-party before the party’
MOSES LAKE – Losing your grip on memories is not only frustrating for Alzheimer’s Disease patients and their families, but it’s something that impacts the comm…