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Four hurt in SR 17 crash
MOSES LAKE — A suspected DUI collision injured four people and closed state Route 17 near Big Bend Community Colle…
Remembering Fran's Aquarium:
Where a person could shop for aquariums and aquatic plants, located at 113 E. Broadway. The ad appeared in a cookbook published by the Moses Lake Woman's Club. We will feature recipes and ads from the book in futur…
From the front page of the Columbia Basin Herald on July 6, 1950
"New elementary school plan: This is the plan for a new 16-classroom elementary school for the Moses Lake district, as drawn by Harold A. Hovind and associates…
Wheat ranching of the past
Wheat ranchers across the Columbia Basin are beginning to harvest their golden grain. Here we take a look into wheat ranching of the past.
Laura L. Bean
Laura L. Bean, 87, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at SunBridge Care and Rehabilitation Center in Moses Lake.
Edith Oline Golly
Edith Oline Golly left this world on July 10, 2004 to be with her beloved husband, John Edwin Golly, who passed away in October 2002.
Linda Jean LaPlante
Linda Jean LaPlante, 52, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2004 at her home in Ephrata, following a valiant battle with cancer.
Teresa Ann Faurote
Teresa Ann Faurote, 57, Moses Lake resident passed away Friday, July 9, 2004 at her home.
Where did America go?
I have this friend named Tim. We have been best friends since my freshman year in college. And yet sometimes we can't agree on whether the sun is hot.
Claudine Ann Storwick
Claudine Ann Storwick, devoted wife and mother, entered into the arms of our Lord on July 3, 2004.
Phillip T. Raya
Phillip T. Raya, 53, of Toppenish, Wash., passed away Thursday, July 8, 2004.
Central Life Assurance Company
Central Life Assurance Co.: In Moses Lake it was Jim Melville for your Central Life insurance needs, according to an ad in the 1965 telephone book yellow pages…
Remembering Smitty's Pancake House
Where "the pancake is king," but they also offered steaks and prawns. Smitty's was located in "west Moses Lake by the freeway." What is located in the same spo…
Moose team wins
Back some 48 years ago, Little League baseball was a big deal in the Columbia Basin, just as it is today. Read on about a game between the Braves and the Lions.
Renee Burnett Earl
Renee Burnett Earl , 74, passed away Monday, July 5, 2004 at Samaritan Hospital. She was born in Ogden, Utah on January 1, 1930, the eldest child of Harvey Burnett and Martha Child.
Hubert L. Vogt
Hubert L. Vogt, 81, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Monday, July 5, 2004 at Samaritan Hospital. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 10, 2004 at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church wi…