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BASIN SPORTS SCHEDULE: Dec. 22-29, 2025
COLUMBIA BASIN — Local athletes head into winter break and begin to slow competition, but will still be working ha…
The last queen of the skies
MOSES LAKE — The last 747 touched down briefly at the Grant County International Airport Tuesday afternoon as part of its final check before being delivered to…
GCSO ends contracts in Desert Aire, Coulee City
EPHRATA — The governing board in Desert Aire is requesting proposals for security services following the end of a contract for law enforcement services between…
Local talent
MOSES LAKE — Oil portraits. Photos. Welded sculptures. Intricately painted feathers. Virtually anything a local artist can create is on display at the Moses La…
Volunteers sought for Solid Waste Advisory Committee
EPHRATA — Grant County officials are looking for a volunteer to serve on the county’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee...
MLK celebration coming Monday
MOSES LAKE — The life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. will be the focus of a celebration march Monday, Jan. 16 in Moses Lake, according to a statement fro…
Mattawa examines CAD Homes development
MATTAWA — The nuts and bolts of government - development regulations, comprehensive land use, housing density, traffic impacts and control - was the subject of…
Local wrestlers compete at tournaments across the state
Jeremiah Schmunk Invitational At the Jeremiah Schmunk Invitational, three local teams finished in the top three spots of the tournament, with Othello placin…
CWU men earn first GNAC win, women fall to Simon Fraser
MOSES LAKE — Both the Central Washington men’s and women’s basketball teams concluded their home stand in Moses Lake on Saturday, with the men’s team surviving…
Locally proposed bills for 2023 Wash. legislative session
OLYMPIA - Representative Tom Dent (R–Moses Lake) and Senator Judy Warnick (R–Moses Lake) both have multiple bills proceeding through the Washington Legislature…
New Fatima Center opens
MOSES LAKE — Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for its new Fatima Center on Sunday at 210 N. Dale Road in Moses …
Pets of the Basin – Round 2
COLUMBIA BASIN — A request for pet pictures in mid-December brought an avalanche of responses, more than 200 in fact. The Columbia Basin Herald pictured some o…
Weather for Monday, Jan, 9, 2023
Monday: A chance of rain and snow before 10 a.m., then rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Northeast wind around 6 miles per hour and a 70% chance…
STUDIO BASIN: Cop talk with Chief Fuhr, wrestling, hosting the Wildcats
On this week's episode of the Studio Basin podcast, Moses Lake Police Department Chief Kevin Fuhr joins the program to discuss MLPD's new community services ce…
Soap Lake standoff ends without incident
SOAP LAKE — A felony suspect is in custody after a standoff with police in Soap Lake Friday afternoon. The suspect, who had a felony warrant, fled on foot fro…
Love keeps the streets plowed in Wilson Creek
WILSON CREEK — It takes a lot of love and a lot of donated labor to make life in a small town like Wilson Creek work, according to the Clerk/Treasurer Kaci And…