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WEATHER: May 4-9
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 87 and north winds to 11 miles per hour, gusts near 21 mph. Overnight mostly clear…
Motorcycles Run to the Desert in Soap Lake
SOAP LAKE — The sixth annual Run to the Desert, including the second annual John Larson Memorial Poker Run, was held this past weekend in Soap Lake. “We sta…
Othello-area juvenile arrested
OTHELLO — An Othello-area juvenile has been booked into Martin Hall in Cheney on suspicion of possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a stolen vehicle after being arrested by Adams County Sheriff’s deputie…
Royal grad heads to USU
LOGAN, Utah — A Royal High School graduate has been accepted to Utah State University, according to a press release from the university. Avery Andersen, a 202…
Back to the gridiron
COLUMBIA BASIN – The 2022 Gridiron Guide will be arriving on newsstands and at subscribers’ doorsteps on Wednesday with full coverage of the 10 high school foo…
Time of Remembrance golf tournament held in Warden
WARDEN – Golfers gathered at the Sage Hills Golf Club on Saturday morning for the Time of Remembrance Golf Tournament, which raised money for the Time of Remem…
‘What cherry harvest?’
ROYAL CITY — There are short and long crops in the tree fruit business, good and bad years, and then there are those years, those harvests, the ones few grower…
Basin footballers size each other up
ROYAL CITY – The high school football teams of Ephrata, Moses Lake, Quincy and Royal all took the field at Royal High School on Friday evening for a jamboree, …
Othello SD passes 2022-23 budget
OTHELLO — The Othello School District will operate with a $91.87 million budget for the 2022-23 school year. Othello School Board members approved the budget p…
Soap Lake center hosts breakfast fundraiser
SOAP LAKE - The Soap Lake Community and Senior Center saw a successful fundraiser over the weekend. “It’s been very busy,“ said Perry McClellan, president o…
A 'generational' thing
OTHELLO – The scene at Lions Park in Othello this weekend was one of family for the Latino State Championship, a slowpitch-style tournament that brought in mor…
Fire rules tightened in Eastern Washington
SPOKANE — Fire restrictions in Eastern Washington have been expanded, according to a press release from the Bureau of Land Management. Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, including charcoal briquette…
Quincy hospital finances improving
QUINCY — Financially, 2021 was a good year for Quincy Valley Medical Center. Luke Zarecor, of the Spokane Valley accounting firm DZA, said he attended the A…
Cactuses thrive in the Basin’s dry summers
MOSES LAKE — At first glance, a cactus doesn’t seem like the sort of plant most people want to grow. It’s spiky and bare-looking and it stabs you if you touch …
Work to begin Monday on Nelson Road walking path
MOSES LAKE — Work is set to begin Monday on the dedicated path along Nelson Road intended to make it easier for children to walk to and from Groff Elementary S…
Radiation center to break ground Wednesday
MOSES LAKE — A groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction for a new cancer treatment facility is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Aug. 31 at the site, 913 E. Hill Ave. The Radiation Oncology Treatment C…