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Moses Lake meeting part of state initiative to address water availability
MOSES LAKE — Officials from Columbia Basin cities sat down with the director of the Washington Department of Ecolo…
Basin sports schedule Dec. 13-19
COLUMBIA BASIN – Check out this week’s sports schedule, featuring local basketball, swim and dive and wrestling events.
'It’s the brotherhood we have'
ROYAL CITY – While the Knight offense lit up scoreboards this fall, it was the play of Royal’s defense that stomped out the dreams of opposing teams looking to…
GALLERY: Knights capture 2023 state title
ROYAL CITY – The Royal Knights ended the 2023 season with a perfect 13-0 record, defeating Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 49-7 in the 1A state championship game at…
Soap Lake receives $2.15M streets grant
SOAP LAKE — The city of Soap Lake will be doing some work on its streets in 2024 with the help of a $2.15 million grant from the Washington Transportation Impr…
Suspect sought in Moses Lake armed robbery
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Police Department is looking for a man who committed an armed robbery at a Moses Lake business early Tuesday morning.
Adams Co. residents urged to get respiratory vaccines
RITZVILLE — Adams County health officials are urging people to get vaccinations for respiratory illnesses as the rate of those diseases increases in the county.
Mattawa considers new NCW Libraries contract
MATTAWA – The Mattawa City Council and NCW Libraries Executive Director Barbara Walters, attending via video conference, discussed renewing the city’s contract…
Grant PUD approves interim rate-setting resolution
EPHRATA — Grant County PUD commissioners have approved a new resolution on rate setting policy, which Commissioner Larry Schaapman said was a temporary fix whi…
ACPR declines Othello contract offer
OTHELLO — Othello Mayor Shawn Logan announced during Monday evening’s city council meeting that the city of Othello had made an offer in its re-negotiations fo…
Moses Lake BMX looking at continued growth
MOSES LAKE – Over the past few years Moses Lake BMX has been upgrading its track and building on turnouts of BMX riders from across the state; now the track is…
Mattawa Council hears report on H-2A workers, approves 2024 budget
MATTAWA — Representatives of Seattle University and Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla attended Thursday’s regular Mattawa City Council meeting via video confer…
Royal music students strike holiday note
ROYAL CITY — Holiday music both traditional and contemporary was in the air as the Royal Middle School and Royal High School bands and choir performed Wednesda…
Opportunities for holiday kindness
MOSES LAKE — The Christmas season is traditionally a time of charity, and there are still opportunities out there to donate to charities for people in need.
Cougars, Huskies and Knights host wrestling tournaments
COLUMBIA BASIN — It was a busy Saturday on wrestling mats across the Columbia Basin, with the Othello boys, Warden girls and Royal girls all hosting wrestling …
Ephrata schools celebrating holiday season this week
EPHRATA – The Ephrata School District is celebrating the holidays with their traditional lineup of winter performances.