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Soap Lake moves forward the 2027 preliminary budget draft
SOAP LAKE — During the Oct. 7 Soap Lake City Council meeting, council members had a number of new business items t…
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.
Ibarra Valencia pleads guilty to Royal City murder
EPHRATA — A Royal City man entered guilty pleas on Monday in connection with a 2015 shooting at a Royal City business that left one dead and another injured.
Man shot in Moses Lake Saturday
MOSES LAKE — A man who was shot in Moses Lake early Saturday morning is reportedly refusing to cooperate with police as officers investigate the incident.
AeroTEC celebrates hangar opening
MOSES LAKE — It may very well be the highest disco ball in the state of Washington.
Moses Lake man charged with vehicle theft, attempting to elude
MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake man is facing charges in connection with a vehicle theft and high speed pursuit that started in Moses Lake and ended in Adams County.
Local photographer has first MAC show
MOSES LAKE — You could be forgiven for thinking the photographer whose work was on display Friday evening in the Moses Lake Museum and Art Center was internati…
Samaritan commissioners review 2018 budget
MOSES LAKE — Samaritan Healthcare is projected to generate about $240 million in gross patient revenue for 2018, an increase of about 7.3 percent over the projections for 2017. That includes Samaritan Hospital inpa…