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Updated 7 hours, 46 minutes ago

Basin girls basketball roundup, Jan. 13 – 19

MOSES LAKE — Girls hoops has wrapped another week of competition as we surpass the halfway mark of the regular sea…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
African Children’s Choir tour coming to Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — The African Children’s Choir will perform free Sept. 17 at Moses Lake Christian Church, located at 200 E. Yonezawa Blvd, according to the choir’s …

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Chow line

ROYAL CITY - Students, teachers and even Chief of Police Rey Rodriguez stand in line at Royal Intermediate School’s open house breakfast on the first day of sc…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Race for Life series raises nearly $18K

MOSES LAKE – More than 100 BMX riders traveled to Moses Lake for the first night of the Eastern Washington Race for Life Series, part of a four-track series in…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Marshals apprehend 26 violent offenders in eastern Washington

SPOKANE — On Aug. 25, the United States Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force in eastern Washington completed a two-week warrant sweep titled, “Operation Centennial Trail,” according to a p…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Schools welcome back students

COLUMBIA BASIN — Students all over the Columbia Basin will head back to school this week and next. Schools in Grant, Adams and Lincoln counties all open betwee…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
News bites for Aug. 29, 2023

EPHRATA — With school about to resume, it’s important for residents to know the rules of the road regarding school buses, according to a statement from the Gra…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Ribbon cutting for new Almira school Thursday

ALMIRA — The new Almira Elementary School and Almira-Coulee/Hartline Middle School will be the center of attention at a ribbon-cutting and open house scheduled…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Radio-controlled aircraft show could be part of Moses Lake Airshow 2024

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Airshow may add a separate event for radio-controlled aircraft in 2024. That’s one possibility discussed by Port of Moses Lake comm…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Local sports schedule Aug. 29 - Sept. 5

COLUMBIA BASIN – Local high school sports begin games this week, with all 11 football teams kicking off their respective seasons on Friday and Saturday.

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Back to the gridiron

COLUMBIA BASIN — Football season in the Columbia Basin begins on Friday, and the Columbia Basin Herald is bringing full preview coverage of the upcoming season…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
GCFD 7 gets firefighting grant; small fires dot SW WA Cascades

SOAP LAKE — Grant County Fire District 7, based in Soap Lake, announced Friday it had been awarded a $590,400 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agenc…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Welcome back message from MLSD Superintendent Monty Sabin

Dear MLSD Families, I am excited to welcome you all back to the start of another school year. It is an exciting time to see and feel the energy generated by…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Warden High institutes Work Based Learning program

WARDEN – The Warden School Board approved the credit offerings for a new state mandated Work Based Learning program, to be instituted at the Warden High School…

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Weather for Monday, Aug. 28, 2023

Weather for Monday, Aug. 28, 2023

Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
News Bites for Aug. 28, 2023

SOAP LAKE – With the help of the Soap Lake Police Department, Grant County Sheriff’s Department found a man who had become separated from his companions on a hike near the Lake Lenore Caves Tuesday. Sheriff’s deput…