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Othello City Council considering e-bike regulations
OTHELLO — The Othello City Council is considering e-bike regulations around helmets, speed limits and locations wh…
Contracts awarded for fairgrounds improvements
MOSES LAKE — Work is getting underway at the Grant County Fairgrounds, with contracts awarded for three projects at the property’s south end.
Some construction activities allowed to resume
OLYMPIA — Some construction activities will be allowed to restart under conditions of a revised order issued by Gov. Jay Inslee on April 24. Inslee said during…
With small businesses hurt by pandemic closures, Columbia Basin Herald offers grant program
It isn’t easy for a small business to serve customers and pay the bills even in a strong economy. But now small businesses across the Columbia Basin are hammer…
Around a hundred gather in Moses Lake to protest ban
MOSES LAKE — Around 100 people from across the region gathered under overcast skies at Blue Heron Park Saturday morning to protest Washington state’s ban on fi…
Moses Lake FFA plant sale sells out quickly
MOSES LAKE — The plant sale sponsored by the Moses Lake High School FFA chapter April 24 was successful. It sold out in five and a half hours.
America’s tiniest rabbit is hopping back home
GRANT COUNTY — If, while hiking through certain stretches of sagebrush in northern Grant County, one were to see a silent flash of brown in the underbrush, it …
Moses Lake Parks and Rec hosting gnome scavenger hunt this week
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Parks and Recreation Department will be launching a new initiative to try and encourage, and remind, residents they can still visit…
High school graduation requirements can be waived on individual basis
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School Board on Thursday approved the district’s request to be able to waive high school graduation requirements on a student-by-st…
Moses Lake senior Dax Lindgren swaps commitment to Big Bend
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake senior Dax Lindgren said he’s just tried to stay positive and make the best of an abnormal situation. Lindgren’s senior baseball season…
Frontier Middle School principal wrapping up four decades in education
MOSES LAKE — Frontier Middle School Principal Greg Kittrell said it would take a book to highlight everything he’d want to mention from his long career, as ret…
After more than 20 years, PUD shoreline plan completed, accepted
EPHRATA — After writing multiple submissions, revisions, evaluations and updates, the Grant County PUD river shoreline master plan is done. It was a process th…
Moses Lake Food Bank operating with less than half staff
MOSES LAKE — With many of its typical volunteers absent, Moses Lake Food Bank desperately needs healthy volunteers to help bag and issue food to those in need,…
Digging it: Stuck at home during the virus lockdown, we rediscover our green thumbs
I first noticed it as I was standing in a checkout line at Lowe’s.
Stimulus checks bring mixed reactions among residents
MOSES LAKE — The U.S. government began sending out economic impact checks electronically last week to assist families and individuals dealing with financial st…
Moses Lake FFA plant sale will go on
MOSES LAKE — Normally, the two greenhouses at Moses Lake High School are bustling this time of year. They’re full of plants and MLHS students watering, weeding…