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Updated 2 hours, 17 minutes ago

WEATHER: May 5-11

Tuesday: Sunny, high near 81 and northeast winds 10 to 14 miles per hour, gusts to 26 mph. Mostly clear, with a lo…

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Soap Lake’s Suds N’ Sun brings all the fun

SOAP LAKE - The City of Soap Lake was bustling with Fourth of July fun over the weekend....

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Food, fireworks and music

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake marked America’s founding over the weekend with Freedom Fest, a three-day celebration held in McCosh Park. The crowd wasn’t as big a…

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Casey sworn in as SLSD superintendent

SOAP LAKE - Kim Casey is sworn in as the new Superintendent of Soap Lake School District on Friday. She comes to the Soap Lake School District from Grandview, …

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Local BMX track brings in riders from around state

MOSES LAKE - With a newly-installed track, the Moses Lake BMX Association has begun hosting races twice a week, taking place on Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m…

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
MLFD saves pets from Marina Dr. fire

MOSES LAKE — Firefighters responding to a fire at a trailer house on Marina Drive last Thursday rescued and resuscitated some pets that had been trapped in the burning house, according to a press release from the M…

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Shawna Kluge: Rescuing goes both ways

A Soap Lake woman is making a difference through rescuing animals in Grant County, and they are making a difference in her life as well.

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Cari Cortez: Managing the moving pieces of the housing shortage

Cari Cortez’s official title with the City of Moses Lake is housing and grants coordinator. It sounds simple, but there’s more involved than people may realize.

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Multi-Agency Communications Center: Emergency dispatch requires ‘a special kind of person’

It takes a special kind of person to be a 911 dispatcher, says Dispatch Supervisor Jennifer Pitt, who has worked at the Multi-Agency Communications Center for …

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
CBH closed on July 4

The Columbia Basin Herald will be closed on Monday, July 4 and no Monday edition will be issued so that our staff may spend the holiday with their loved ones. …

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
July 4 fun in the Columbia Basin

COLUMBIA BASIN - The Columbia Basin has several different events over the Fourth of July weekend for people of all ages to enjoy.

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Battle of the Badge to return to Larson Playfield

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Police Department and Grant County Sheriff's Office will be hosting their Battle of the Badge community outreach softball game on J…

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
The little things

MOSES LAKE — It’s not a very big job you’ve got in front of you. A fence with a few holes, a door to replace, something like that.

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Big Bass Tournament Trail makes way to Othello

OTHELLO — A Big Bass Tournament Trail event will be making its way to Potholes State Park next weekend, hosted by Limit Out Performance Marine. The Shootout…

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
WSP seeks witnesses to Mattawa hit and run

GRANT COUNTY — The Washington State Patrol is seeking witnesses or anyone who might have information about a hit and run accident south of Mattawa early Wednesday. ...

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Moses Lake man booked in association with Okanogan Co. burglary

OKANOGAN — A Moses Lake man has been booked into the Okanogan County Jail in connection with a burglary near Oroville where more than $20,000 in cash was stole…