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CBH closed on July 4
The Columbia Basin Herald will be closed on Monday, July 4 and no Monday edition will be issued so that our staf...
Quincy School District superintendent contract extended
QUINCY — Quincy School Board members have extended the contract of Superintendent Nic Bergman through June 2025. Board members approved the new contract unan...
MLPD to get new bodycams, plate readers
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake police officers are going to get new body cameras as older models begin to wear out. “We got these body cameras in 2016, they are ...
ML student makes Wheaton College dean’s list
WHEATON, ILL. — Moses Lake High School graduate Zach Henninger made the Spring 2022 Wheaton College dean’s list, according to a college press release. To earn a spot on the Wheat College dean’s list, an underg...
Quincy student graduates from the University of Findlay
<strong>FINDLAY, OHIO</strong> - Kaitlyn Coleman, of Quincy, has graduated from the University of Findlay. Coleman received her Bachelor of Science in Echocardiography and graduated from the university with the a...
Basin students make UW dean’s list
COLUMBIA BASIN - More than 20 students from the Columbia Basin have been named to the dean's list at the University of Washington for Autumn 2021 Quarter. To qualify, a student must have completed at least 12 ...
Story Corps comes to Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — Basin residents have a chance this month to tell their stories for posterity.
Fires banned at Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Hanford Reach
OTHELLO — All activities likely to start a fire have been banned on national wildlife refuges in the Mid-Columbia region, effective through Sept. 30. The reg...
Hope for Hanford
MATTAWA- The second annual Hanford Journey was held June 24 at the Vernita Boat Launch. The event familiarizes people with the area, educates them on the his...
Inmate, deputy injured in AC jail fight
RITZVILLE — An Adams County Jail inmate and an Adams County Sheriff’s Office corrections deputy were both injured in a fight at the Adams County Jail early Tuesday, according to an ACSO press release posted on th...
Rectenwald appointed as interim Grant County Sheriff
EPHRATA — Grant County Undersheriff Ryan Rectenwald has been appointed as the interim Grant County Sheriff. Grant County Commissioners approved the appointme...
CWU basketball camp brings in high schools
ELLENSBURG — The courts at the Central Washington University recreation center were full of the sounds of cheers and squeaking shoes this weekend, as the Wil...
Fire near Soap Lake prompts evacuation order
SOAP LAKE — A major fire east of Soap Lake on Tuesday prompted Grant County Emergency Management to issue a Level 3 evacuation order for residents living alo...
Wineries to hold ribbon cutting in Kennewick
KENNEWICK — The Port of Kennewick, along with the city of Kennewick, Benton County and the Hanford Area Economic Investment Fund Advisory Committee, is inviting the public to come and celebrate the completion of ...
Fire ban implemented at Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Hanford Reach
OTHELLO — All activities likely to start a fire have been banned on national wildlife refuges in the Mid-Columbia region, effective through Sept. 30. The region includes the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near...
Nominations open for state diversity award
OLYMPIA — Nominations are open through Aug. 25 for the Governor’s Employer awards, sponsored by the Governor’s Committee on Disability Issues and Employment.