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Moses Lake Police Department logs for Dec. 12-14, 2025
Moses Lake Police Department logs for Dec. 12-14, 2025
Adams Co. Pet of the Week: Meet Seaton
So, I’m Seaton and, as you can see, I’m quite adorable. I’m a younger dog and I’m not really sure what all my ancestors looked like, but somehow I won the gene…
Washington sports schedule May 31-June 6
COLUMBIA BASIN – Check out this week’s Washington sports schedule, featuring professional and local events across the state. The staff at the Columbia Basin He…
Graduations in the Basin coming soon
COLUMBIA BASIN – Area high schools will be celebrating graduation the first two weeks of June. The Columbia Basin Herald will be attending each of the ceremoni…
Local schools represented among FFA district officers
MOSES LAKE — Future Farmers of America members from Quincy, Moses Lake, Ephrata and Lind-Ritzville were named District Nine officers for 2023-24 at the distric…
'Excited' and 'happy'
MATTAWA — Getting accepted to college requires a lot of effort, some of it doing scary things. Three students in Wahluke High School’s life skills class didn’t…
‘The final reveille’
MOSES LAKE — The Memorial Day ceremony at Pioneer Memorial Gardens in Moses Lake Monday wasn’t long, not more than about 20 minutes, but it was heartfelt. T…
‘Tranq dope’
MOSES LAKE — An animal tranquilizer is increasingly being found in illegal opioids like fentanyl and heroin making it more difficult to treat people overdosing…
Bergman sentenced to 15 years after guilty plea
DAVENPORT — Charles Bergman will be spending the next 15 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday morning in Lincoln County Superior Court to the murder o…
Insurers seek rate increases in individual health plans for 2024
OLYMPIA — The Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner announced on Tuesday that health insurers who offer individual plans in Washington are asking for…
120 flags in Ephrata
EPHRATA — Kimberly Thomas, commander of American Legion Post 28 in Ephrata, and the auxiliary president Mardi Carroll read off the names of the people commemor…
Huskies swing into 3rd
SELAH – After an opening-round loss to No. 12 seed Olympic, the No. 5 Othello Huskies rallied off five-straight wins to take home a third-place trophy at the 2…
Warriors rally from early loss
YAKIMA – The No. 5 seed Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors left the 1B State Softball Tournament with a fourth-place finish, rallying after a first-round loss to …
Greater love hath no man ...
KELLOGG, Idaho –– There is a hill on the southeast side of Kellogg – at the top of that hill is Greenwood Cemetry. To find the headstone belonging to First …
Honoring heroes
MOSES LAKE — A small crowd gathered at the Port of Moses Lake on Monday to honor the 87 members of the U.S. military who died in a plane crash at Larson Air Fo…
The Massage Cottage
EPHRATA — Kathi Johnson, owner and operator of The Massage Cottage in Ephrata, makes it her mission to relieve stress, tension and pain in the body. She’s been…