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Browse stunning photo galleries captured by our local staff photographers, featuring vibrant community events, breathtaking landscapes, and authentic regional life.

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago

Highlights from summer 2026

MOSES LAKE — Local athletes have been keeping the summer exciting as they test their skills under the hot sun. Here are some highlights from June 2026.

The Ephrata Tigers party together in the dugout as they spend the evening celebrating their lone senior Dakota Durfee in later in the spring season.
Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
GALLERY: Basin spring sports highlights
The Othello Huskies’ Luis Farias (14) gets loose before their game against the Quincy Jacks earlier this season.
Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
GALLERY: Spring sports highlights
The Moravida Festival commemorates departed loved ones with family altars and displays Nov. 1.
Updated 7 months, 2 weeks ago
GALLERY: November 2025 in review

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Mavs quarterback Brady Jay, left, listens to his coach Brett Jay, right, as they begin their first practice of the 2025 season. Brady is the Mavericks starting quarterback and will be attending Montana State starting in the fall of 2026.
Updated 10 months, 4 weeks ago
GALLERY: Basin gridiron action coming soon
Jay McAllister goes for eight in bareback competition at the Moses Lake Roundup Rodeo.
Updated 10 months, 4 weeks ago
GALLERY: Grant County Fair 2025
Back, from left: Ethan Jeremiah Farr II, called EJ, 18 months, in the arms of his father Ethan Farr of Ephrata; Roman Snyder, 6 months, held by his mother Danissa Farr Snyder of Puyallup; the babies’ great-grandmother Cheryl Nelson Bishop of Wenatchee; and grandmother Joy Bishop Churchill of Puyallup holding Alisha Farr, 6 month-old daughter of Ethan Farr. Seated is great-great-grandfather Ed Nelson of Moses Lake, who will turn 99 in September.
Updated 1 year ago
Family graduations bring five generations together
Briseida Galvez, 120 from Othello wrestles against Petra Sheppard of Chief Sealth. Galvez won the bout with a pin in 3:57. She placed sixth in the tournament with 17 team points.
Updated 1 year, 4 months ago
GALLERY: Mat Classic 2025
Saddle bronc rider Brody Wells keeps his balance atop the horse at the August 15 performance of the Moses Lake Roundup.
Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
GALLERY: Moses Lake Roundup 2024
Children pop oversized bubbles created by the Bubbler at the Grant County Fair on Aug. 14.
Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
GALLERY: A week at the fair
Moses Lake senior Ashley Naranjo holds up three fingers in each of her hands after winning her third straight state championship at the 3A/4A Girls Mat Classic in Tacoma.
Updated 2 years, 4 months ago
GALLERY: 2024 Mat Classic
Moses Lake remains at 4-0 after Friday night’s 44-28 win on the road against Central Valley.
Updated 2 years, 9 months ago
GALLERY: Basin football Week 4
Ephrata players hold their helmets in the air at the end of a Tiger practice on Aug. 24. The Tigers open the season on the road against Moses Lake on Friday.
Updated 2 years, 10 months ago
Back to the gridiron
Barrel racer Deanna Davis races home after making the final turn in Thursday’s barrel racing competition.
Updated 2 years, 10 months ago
GALLERY: Agri-Service Demolition Derby and Moses Lake Roundup
Jenna Zemke and Hayden Kline stop for a photo with their feathered entries in the poultry barn at the Grant County Fair Tuesday morning. Both are participants in Moses Lake Future Farmers of America.
Updated 2 years, 11 months ago
GALLERY: Barn views
The 18U Columbia Basin River Dogs ended their summer season with a 21-14-2 mark, playing their final tournament of the year at the 18U Babe Ruth Pacific Northwest Regionals in Calgary, Alberta.
Updated 2 years, 11 months ago
GALLERY: Basin summer sports
Melvin Cherry’s 1929 street rod gets a look from the crowd at the 2023 Spring Festival car show.
Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
‘Beautiful cars’
Moses Lake senior Katelyn Kriete swings at a pitch during the Mavs’ doubleheader against West Valley (Yakima) last week. Kriete and the Mavericks host Eastmont for a doubleheader on Friday to decide the winner of the Columbia Basin Big-Nine. First pitch is at 4 p.m.
Updated 3 years, 2 months ago
GALLERY: Basin soccer, softball and baseball
Warden senior Quinn Erdmann, in white, shoots a three-pointer in the second half against La Conner in the 2B state quarterfinals in the Spokane Arena on Thursday.
Updated 3 years, 4 months ago
Scenes from the state basketball tournament
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ament, dry land wheat farmers who survived in the Columbia Basin. Washington, Grant County, three miles south of Quincy. Taken Aug. 1939.
Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
A flash from the past