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BASIN SPORTS SCHEDULE: Oct. 12-19, 2026
MOSES LAKE — Competition is getting fierce in the month of October as local athletes get through the final weeks o…
Judge to let prosecutor's office handle Nickels retrial
EPHRATA — Grant County Prosecutor Garth Dano and Chief Deputy Prosecutor Alan White will not be allowed to interfere with or have input on any aspect of the Da…
Rodeo queen visits Sage Point
MOSES LAKE — “So what do you all want to be when you are older?” 2017 Miss Moses Lake Roundup Emma Gunderson asked a classroom of second-graders at Sage Point …
Graduations take center stage this weekend
COLUMBIA BASIN — Caps and gowns, “Pomp and Circumstance,” speeches, tears, pictures, students showing off that brand-new diploma – it’s graduation season.
MLHS honors perfect attendance, students of the year
MOSES LAKE — Keelie Waters knew exactly what she wanted to do with her time once the school year ends.
Conference on connecting careers at CB Tech
MOSES LAKE — Lacy Johnson said her class in criminal justice at Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center helped her decide law enforcement would be a good career…
Governor signs Dent's Beef Commission bill
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Beef Commission will soon be improving the transparency of its financial operation and gaining a clearer picture on its overall …
Former Moses Lake resident releases first novel
MOSES LAKE — The name Alisa Weis might ring a bell for Columbia Basin residents. The former freelancer for the Columbia Basin Herald has always had a passion f…
Oregon man injured in motorhome crash on I-90
MOSES LAKE — A man from Oregon was seriously injured in a Memorial Day collision on Interstate 90.
Othello SD asked to change bookkeeping procedures
OTHELLO — The Othello School District will change procedures for bidding school meal program supplies and tracking students who transfer from Othello High School following the results of the district’s 2015-16 scho…
Oliver Morales receives UW scholarship
OTHELLO — Oliver Morales said Othello High School was kind of scary at first, so scary he wanted to try homeschooling instead.
Othello residents named as victims in fatal George collision
GEORGE — Grant County Coroner Craig Morrison has identified the three individuals who passed away in a two-vehicle collision near George last week.
Faircloth gets 6.5 years for stabbing, killing son
MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake man who stabbed and killed his son during an altercation in Moses Lake in January will be spending six and a half years in prison.
Man dies in glider crash near Ephrata
EPHRATA — A man from Richland died on Friday after his glider reportedly crashed about eight miles west of Ephrata.
81 file for office in Adams County
RITZVILLE — Adams County residents will have a fairly easy time filling out their ballots in August, as the majority of the 81 candidates who have filed will be running unopposed.
Site picked for new elementary school
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake’s next elementary school will be built on the south side of the city, along Yonezawa Boulevard, right next to the Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center (CB Tech).