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Overdraft is ready to merge assets with you
MOSES LAKE — This holiday season, diversify your portfolio with purrs. Overdraft is a big, lovable cat who is full…
Cloudview Kitchen’s evolving local flavor, community focus
SOAP LAKE — Cloudview Kitchen was founded a little more than a decade ago by Jim Baird and Theresa Sergneri. Since then, the idea for the restaurant-slash-bake…
Precautions will prevent plumbing headaches caused by winter weather
MOSES LAKE — It’s going to be cold outside for the next few days - like, single-digit cold - and that can mean bad things for water pipes. And bad things for w…
Five decades of muscle
MOSES LAKE — The first car for Dave Robins was a 1947 Frazer. Robins and his twin brother were about 14 years old, he said, and were mowing lawns that summe…
Sweetheart deal
MOSES LAKE — The Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation’s Country Sweethearts dinner and auction has leveled up this year. In years past the benefit was held in t…
The game's afoot
MOSES LAKE – The Central Basin Community Concert Association will be hosting its first-ever fundraiser, called Dancing with the Moses Lake Stars, Jan. 19 at 7 …
Living small
EPHRATA — Revised regulations for building accessory dwelling units in the unincorporated areas of Grant County are available for review and comment through Ja…
Basin Farmworks and Ironworks land $10,000 composting grant
OTHELLO — Erika Rattray is ringing in the new year with a plan for a brand-new composting process for her two businesses, Basin Farmworks and Ironworks Cafe an…
Events for January 2024
The holidays are over, but there are still things to do in the Columbia Basin to have fun, support good causes and learn. Here is just a sample of those events…
December in the rear-view mirror
COLUMBIA BASIN — Communities in the Columbia Basin closed out the year with sports victories, Christmas giveaways and holiday festivities. Here are a few memor…
Ice cream truck provides marketable skills, educates community, owner says
EPHRATA — The Street Sweets Ice Cream and More truck is a good place to get a cold snack on a hot day, but co-owner Tiffany Mullings said it’s about more than …
Celebrating FRESH NEWS: MarDon’s Fisher offers support to anglers
OTHELLO – Each week I get an email from Pete Fisher at MarDon Resort with a column letting readers know what fish are biting on, the depth they’re biting at an…
Grant County eyes updating short-term rental rules
EPHRATA — Revised ordinances governing short-term rentals in Grant County will be available for review and challenge through Jan. 20.
ACPR gets involved with Othello schools
OTHELLO – Adams County Pet Rescue board member and Othello resident Kim Bailey do what they can to help the ACPR, and one of the ways they do this is by volunt…
More than 1,700 acres added to conservation lands inventory
OLYMPIA – Washington added 1,726 acres of land for conservation through ten land acquisitions in 2023, according to an announcement from the Washington Departm…
GCSO urges caution while celebrating at bars
EPHRATA – The Grant County Sheriff’s Office has issued a statement warning area residents to be cautious when out at bars regarding Rohypnol, also known as roo…