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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…
Columbia Basin events calendar for September 2024
COLUMBIA BASIN — Fairs, festivals, live music and art mark the end of summer in the Basin. Here are some things to do this month:
Mavs aim to return high-scoring offense in 2024
MOSES LAKE -- Coming off an 8-2 season where the Mavericks finished one game shy of reaching the 4A State Football Tournament, Moses Lake is looking to field y…
Soap Lake aims to build on last year’s wins
SOAP LAKE -- The Soap Lake Eagles will be fun to watch this season, head coach Garrett Devine said. Devine says that they have a lot of the same players return…
Man arrested for damaging, stealing canal liners
MOSES LAKE – A 57-year-old Moses Lake resident, Ivan Puyu, was arrested Aug. 17 after allegedly damaging and stealing two canal liners near the recent irrigati…
“If it sounds too good to be true, it is.”
MOSES LAKE – Police departments across the country, including those in Grant County, have reported a rising incidence of scam calls targeting vulnerable indivi…
GALLERY: Football flashback 2023
COLUMBIA BASIN – As the new school year starts, so does football season. Here is a look back at last year’s season as we begin our coverage of the 2024 season …
‘Making state isn’t enough’
COULEE CITY -- Two years removed from hoisting a state championship trophy, the Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors return an experienced roster hoping to make ano…
Playing some good old Ephrata football
EPHRATA – The Ephrata Tigers will start the season with strong senior leadership and up and coming players according to head coach Patrick Mitchell. Last year …
Broncos place emphasis on health in 2024
RITZVILLE -- One of the challenges the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos encountered in the 2023 season was staying healthy, with several key players missing time…
Huskie football team looking to return to state playoffs
OTHELLO — The Othello Huskies started the 2023 football season with a team dominated by sophomores and a lot of unknowns; they finished with a 7-3 record and a…
MLCA/CCS looks to build off success in inaugural season
MOSES LAKE -- Fresh off a 7-2 season in its inaugural year, the Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian School football team is looking to recapture th…
Quincy football coach thinks players can meet challenges of new league
QUINCY — It’s not only a new season but a whole new league for the Quincy football team. Coach Russ Elliott said the Jackrabbits’ success or failure might be m…
‘They’re definitely capable of doing some really good things this year’
ROYAL CITY -- Deep playoff runs are nothing new for the Royal Knights, who have finished atop the 1A classification in seven of the previous eight state tourna…
Quincy housing market evening out but still tough on first-time buyers
QUINCY — The real estate market is evening out in Quincy, according to real estate agent Tom Parrish, but it’s still an uphill battle to get into a first home.
FIRE REPORT: 1,600 acres burned in Adams Co.
RITZVILLE – The Schrag Road Fire began at around 12:19 p.m. on Tuesday. The fire burned 1,600 acres according to NIFC. It also leveled two older unopposed buil…