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'This is where I want to be'
MOSES LAKE — The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Columbia Basin’s new leader has found her happy place, said Jill Smith,…
The music is the draw
GEORGE - Watershed attendees showed their dedication and determination to enjoy the festival this year facing wind, rain and sun in the three-day event. Not on…
Bingo-ing out cancer
MOSES LAKE — The cage spun, the little balls went clack-clack-clack, and a hand reached in to pull one out. “B-9,” Grant County Sheriff Joe Kriete shouted o…
Making connections
MATTAWA — Joao Garcia was interested in all those mysterious things carried by Mattawa Police Department officer Edgar Villa, and Villa explained them all. Gar…
‘Cancer sucks’
MOSES LAKE — “Cancer sucks.” That’s what it says on the new cancer survivor’s ribbon tattoo on Moses Lake Police Chief Kevin Fuhr’s abdomen, which he got recen…
Moses Lake's Carlile takes first runner up in Distinguished Young Women program
PULLMAN — Sydney Ohlemann, a senior at Cle Elum/Roslyn High School, has been selected as Washington’s Distinguished Young Woman for 2024, according to an annou…
Scientific collaboration takes Wildcat Rocketry to NASA competition
ELLENSBURG – Every year, a dedicated team of Central Washington University students assembles a rocket, and launches it 5,000 feet into the air as part of NASA…
Community policing
MOSES LAKE – The Moses Lake Police Department partnered with other city departments and organizations to host National Night Out Tuesday evening in McCosh Park…
Cloudview Farms celebrates summer, sunflowers, and community
EPHRATA – Hundreds of community members came out Saturday to Cloudview Farm for the Second Annual Summer Sunflower Fest, which featured numerous local vendors,…
Proud to serve
MOSES LAKE — Sometimes memory fades, sometimes things that happened a long time ago get overlaid with new experiences. Sometimes the memories remain, though. …
Soap Lake pet rescue gets big help with vet bills
SOAP LAKE — The Rock Bottom Rocker Pet Pantry in Soap Lake got a sizable boost recently from the Moses Lake-Grant County Humane Society. It wasn’t the first…
QPD gets corny with the community at National Night Out
QUINCY — The line was long at the booth where Quincy Police Department officers were serving hot dogs and roasted corn – “Hot corn! Hot corn! Coming through…
Moses Lake temple tour
MOSES LAKE — “Holiness to the Lord,” reads the sign over the door. “The House of the Lord.” Those words are engraved above the front entrance of every templ…
Senior events calendar for August 2023
Below are just a few events that older residents of the Columbia Basin may enjoy. If you have an event you would like listed in the paper, please submit it thr…
Hot, dry spring dries up Eastern Washington
OLYMPIA — Water, water everywhere… or maybe not. The irrigation situation in Eastern Washington has made a turnaround compared to recent years. “We are not …
Swinging into golf
EPHRATA – Summer is the perfect time of year to go out on the green and learn how to golf, but for some, it may not seem like the easiest hobby to get into. Da…