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Wahluke advances in the 1A state tourney
MATTAWA — The Wahluke Warriors (11-5-1) defeated Eastside Preparatory 2-0 in the opening round of the 1A state tou…
Alleged mail thief in trouble... again
MOSES LAKE — Less than a week after she was arrested in connection with a string of mail thefts, a Moses Lake woman is back in jail for allegedly attempting to…
Moses Lake Cyclery moves downtown
MOSES LAKE — It’s typical for a bike shop to see some down time in winter.
Re-sentencing yields identical sentence for ML woman
EPHRATA — A Moses Lake woman whose case was remanded back to Grant County for re-sentencing by the Washington Supreme Court received an identical sentence in h…
Dent receives award for child mental health efforts
MOSES LAKE — Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, recently won an award for his longstanding effort to push child mental health legislation
Quincy names new police chief, ups health district contribution
QUINCY — A Grant County sheriff’s deputy is going to be Quincy’s next police chief.
Family feast
MOSES LAKE — It was a Thanksgiving meal, complete with all the fixings — turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, candied yams.
Firefighters hand out coats to kids in need
MOSES LAKE — Grey and rainy skies blanketed the Columbia Basin on Tuesday. The need for a good, warm winter coat was evident from the moment you stepped out in…
Orchard worker housing project underway in Mattawa
MATTAWA — The first of three phases of the Washington Growers League housing project for Starr Ranch Custom Orchards being built on a 5-acre plat on Pat Chee D…
MLPD awarded grant to hire officers
MOSES LAKE — In the near future Moses Lake residents will be seeing two new officers patrolling the city, as the Moses Lake Police Department received a federal grant that will allow the department to hire two addi…
CBH closed for Thanksgiving
MOSES LAKE — The Columbia Basin Herald’s Moses Lake office is closed Thursday, Nov. 23 for Thanksgiving. There will be no Thursday paper. Publication resumes Friday, Nov. 24.
Man struck by vehicle in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — A man was seriously injured in Moses Lake Sunday night after he exited his vehicle to retrieve a bag of trash and was struck by a vehicle.
MLHS names Students of the Quarter
MOSES LAKE — Administrators and teachers at Moses Lake High School consider the Student of the Quarter announcement to be pretty important. No list in the bull…
Spareribs: sticky, saucy and scrumptious
I’ve addressed pork spareribs in the past, but wanted to give them a bit more focus. I’ve heard them calling my name from the freezer, so it was time to let th…
Volunteers share food, goodwill
MOSES LAKE — It was a rainy, soggy, cloudy Monday morning, but the volunteers manning the Thanksgiving basket drive-through at the Moses Lake Food Bank didn’t …
The frustrating work of counting ballots
MOSES LAKE — One hundred and fourteen.