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December Basketball Gallery, 2025
COLUMBIA BASIN – The local high school athletes have been working hard at the start of their basketball seasons. W…
Wahluke Warriors baseball season in review
MATTAWA – The Wahluke Warriors baseball team finished their 2025 season with an overall record of 4-15. “I was really proud of the guys,” said Warriors hea…
Adopt a sweet girl who loves to play
MOSES LAKE – Is your couch missing that furry magic? Do your decorative pillows just not shed enough? Well, we have the perfect solution, adopt Stitches. She i…
Moses Lake Library cultivates the arts
MOSES LAKE — When Moses Lake was recognized as a creative district in 2022, it was the result of work by multiple agencies and organizations: The Moses Lake Mu…
BASIN EVENTS: June 6-14
COLUMBIA BASIN — Live music, festivals in the sun and more await this week in the Columbia Basin. Here are a few things going on:
Yard sales by the book
MOSES LAKE — Yard sale, garage sale, rummage sale – whatever you call them, they’re a chance for some people to get rid of unwanted stuff and other people to g…
Knights 2025 soccer in review
ROYAL CITY – The 2025 chapter has closed on the Knights boy's soccer season. They ended their season with a 16-4 record and continued to maintain a winning cul…
ROAD REPORT: Bids opening July 2 for Adams Co. Schoonover Road project
OTHELLO — Bids will be opened July 2 for the first phase of the rebuilding of Schoonover Road, with construction tentatively scheduled for early August. The fi…
3 new student representatives join MLSD board
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District announced the appointment of three new Student Board Representatives for the 2025-26 school year at the regular sch…
Study may lead to redesign of Quincy fieldhouse project
QUINCY — Quincy Valley Regional Parks District officials may have to review the preliminary design following a feasibility study for the Quincy fieldhouse, cal…
Teen survives high-speed chase Othello vehicle theft
OTHELLO – A 14-year-old boy was involved in a high-speed pursuit Sunday, following the theft of a vehicle in Othello, according to a statement from the Othello…
Mavericks’ Valdez signs with Oregon Community College
MOSES LAKE – Thursday was a special day for Jaciel Valdez as he signed his letter of intent with Southwest Oregon Community College and will join their cross-c…
Basin baseball represented in all-star game
RICHLAND – Players from Moses Lake and Othello joined their peers from Yakima at the Columbia Basin Series All-Star Game Wednesday in Richland. “It was rea…
Wildfire near Quincy, evacuations in place
QUINCY – A fire started around 3 a.m. Thursday near Road 13 Northwest east of Adams Road, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. According to Watch Du…
Alabama looking for a ‘sweet home’
MOSES LAKE – Meet Alabama, the purr-fect Southern belle ready to cat-apult into your heart. At just 1 year, 7 months, and 18 days old, she’s all spayed and vac…
Local youth honored at upcoming Chief for a Day event
EPHRATA – What happens when Grant County children, who are battling significant medical challenges, are promised a day of fun and recognition? They become hono…