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Basin sports see cancellations from rain
COLUMBIA BASIN — The heavy rainfall that moved across the state had a direct effect on spring sports Wednesday as …
National Night Out
COLUMBIA BASIN — Police cars and fire trucks, stickers and snow cones, games and lots of information will be among the attractions at National Night Out events…
MLHS’s Blackman, Perkins to compete at Junior Olympics
EUGENE, Ore. – Two Moses Lake athletes are heading to Eugene, Oregon for the USA Track & Field Junior Olympics beginning on Monday, with senior Paige Perkins a…
Weather for Monday, July 24, 2023
Monday Increasing clouds, with a high near 89. Breezy, with a southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high…
STUDIO BASIN: Quincy Police Chief Ryan Green
MOSES LAKE — On this episode of the Studio Basin podcast, Senior Reporter Cheryl Schweizer sits down with Quincy Chief of Police Ryan Green, where the two disc…
REC Silicon takes out loan to fund restart of Moses Lake facility
MOSES LAKE — REC Silicon Inc. announced Thursday that it has entered into a loan agreement for a $100 million term loan from KEB Hana Bank for the purpose of supporting the capital needs of the company. Accordin…
Bonding on and off the mat
WARDEN — Featuring instruction from former collegiate wrestlers and WIAA state champions, the Warden Wrestling Camp brought in more than 30 Warden wrestlers fr…
Science and myth
MOSES LAKE — They’re all real. That’s the premise of a series of novels by Moses Lake writer Tony Dean Yetter, whose works serve a dual purpose: to tell a g…
'Your Road Home'
MOSES LAKE — Home loan specialist Terrilynn Martin, certified public accountant Kim Eldred and real estate broker Connie Suehiro have teamed up since April to …
New Moses Lake city park dedicated
MOSES LAKE — Boys and Girls Club of the Columbia Basin Executive Director Kim Pope said one of her club members had what she considered the best reaction of th…
George awarded state funding for well renovations
GEORGE — The city of George’s engineering consultants informed the George City Council during Tuesday’s regular meeting that the city had successfully secured …
Soap Lake City Council discusses storm drain maintenance
SOAP LAKE — Wednesday’s Soap Lake City Council meeting saw discussion between city council members and the public regarding storm drains not being cleaned freq…
Ephrata approves changes to new fire truck order
EPHRATA — Ephrata’s new fire truck is seeing a bit of a delay and will cost about $74,000 more than initially anticipated due to multiple factors, Ephrata Fire…
Fire updates for July 21, 2023
MARYSVILLE — The Mountain Loop fire in Snohomish County was up to 14 acres Thursday, but it’s completely lined and fire crews are taking advantage of lower tem…
News bites for July 21, 2023
COULEE CITY – Emergency repair work to a three-mile stretch of U.S. 2 west of Coulee City began Thursday morning, according to a statement from the Washington …
Moses Lake volleyball hosts Lil Mav camp
MOSES LAKE — More than 60 volleyball players gathered in the Moses Lake High School gymnasium for the Lil Mav volleyball camp, learning from current Maverick p…