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Workshop aims to bridge gap between kids’ digital lives and parents’ awareness
QUINCY — Quincy School District and local youth prevention partners will host a free workshop Wednesday night aime…
New academy on climate resilience to connect specialty crop professionals
PULLMAN - A team led by scientists at Washington State University’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture & Natural Resources (CSANR) is establishing the Specialty…
Chow line
ROYAL CITY - Students, teachers and even Chief of Police Rey Rodriguez stand in line at Royal Intermediate School’s open house breakfast on the first day of sc…
Race for Life series raises nearly $18K
MOSES LAKE – More than 100 BMX riders traveled to Moses Lake for the first night of the Eastern Washington Race for Life Series, part of a four-track series in…
Marshals apprehend 26 violent offenders in eastern Washington
SPOKANE — On Aug. 25, the United States Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force in eastern Washington completed a two-week warrant sweep titled, “Operation Centennial Trail,” according to a p…
Schools welcome back students
COLUMBIA BASIN — Students all over the Columbia Basin will head back to school this week and next. Schools in Grant, Adams and Lincoln counties all open betwee…
News bites for Aug. 29, 2023
EPHRATA — With school about to resume, it’s important for residents to know the rules of the road regarding school buses, according to a statement from the Gra…
Ribbon cutting for new Almira school Thursday
ALMIRA — The new Almira Elementary School and Almira-Coulee/Hartline Middle School will be the center of attention at a ribbon-cutting and open house scheduled…
Radio-controlled aircraft show could be part of Moses Lake Airshow 2024
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Airshow may add a separate event for radio-controlled aircraft in 2024. That’s one possibility discussed by Port of Moses Lake comm…
Local sports schedule Aug. 29 - Sept. 5
COLUMBIA BASIN – Local high school sports begin games this week, with all 11 football teams kicking off their respective seasons on Friday and Saturday.
Back to the gridiron
COLUMBIA BASIN — Football season in the Columbia Basin begins on Friday, and the Columbia Basin Herald is bringing full preview coverage of the upcoming season…
GCFD 7 gets firefighting grant; small fires dot SW WA Cascades
SOAP LAKE — Grant County Fire District 7, based in Soap Lake, announced Friday it had been awarded a $590,400 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agenc…
Welcome back message from MLSD Superintendent Monty Sabin
Dear MLSD Families, I am excited to welcome you all back to the start of another school year. It is an exciting time to see and feel the energy generated by…
Warden High institutes Work Based Learning program
WARDEN – The Warden School Board approved the credit offerings for a new state mandated Work Based Learning program, to be instituted at the Warden High School…
Weather for Monday, Aug. 28, 2023
Weather for Monday, Aug. 28, 2023
News Bites for Aug. 28, 2023
SOAP LAKE – With the help of the Soap Lake Police Department, Grant County Sheriff’s Department found a man who had become separated from his companions on a hike near the Lake Lenore Caves Tuesday. Sheriff’s deput…