Moose on the loose in the Columbia Basin this month

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Senior events for December 2025

COLUMBIA BASIN — The weather outside may be frightful, but the holiday events this month make the chill in the air a little more bearable. Here are some opportunities to get out and about in December:

MLBA street tree lighting this weekend

MOSES LAKE - The public is invited to the Moses Lake Business Association's annual holiday street tree lighting in downtown Moses Lake from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday.

Greece to boost military amid tension with neighbor Turkey

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece will be bolstering its military with new armament programs, a boost to military personnel and the development of the country’s defense industry, the government spokesman said Monday, as a tense stand-off with neighboring Turkey has led to concerns of open conflict between the two NATO allies.

BBCC students receive state academic honors

Named to All-Washington Academic Team

MOSES LAKE - Big Bend Community College students Cynthia Beatty, of Moses Lake, and Jordan Brzezny, of Ephrata, were among 65 community and technical college students named to the All-Washington Academic Team. The honorees were recognized in a ceremony in Olympia recently.

Ginkgo State Park adds new renovations

VANTAGE — Just past the bridge crossing the Columbia River near Vantage, the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park sits just a few miles away, holding remnants of an area carved into the landscape during the Ice Age thousands of years ago.

CBTech students make fake injuries

MOSES LAKE — “I'm going to create a boil on your face. A great big pimple.”

College student wanted in 2 Connecticut slayings is captured

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A college student sought by police as a suspect in a crime spree including two slayings in Connecticut has been captured in Maryland, police

College student wanted in 2 Connecticut slayings is captured

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A college student sought by police as a suspect in a crime spree including two slayings in Connecticut has been captured in Maryland, police

Don't let the cat out of the house

People think I am strange because I take my two Siamese cats, Sasha and Anya, for walks in the park.

'Real life consequences' of substance abuse

MOSES LAKE - A Big Bend Community College student had a question for Barbie Maier, a first responder and veteran of a number of crashes involving people driving under the influence of intoxicants.

Mike finds hot fishing at Banks Lake, salmon slows

From Anton Jones of Darrel & Dad’s Family Guide Service:

Grace Larimore (Sprinkle) McAfee

Grace Larimore (Sprinkle) McAfee, 91, of Ephrata, passed away on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at Columbia Basin Hospital in Ephrata.

Lowe's Donates $2,500 to Grant County Fairgrounds

EPHRATA — Lowe’s is donating $2,500 to the Grant County Fairgrounds as part of its Lowe’s Heroes program.

RHS art teacher featured at The Old Hotel Art Gallery

OTHELLO — In high school, Hanah Allen found she liked to draw and would make animations and cartoons to go with her stories, and those creations eventually led to her career.

Open for therapy

MOSES LAKE - Physical Therapist Steve Roylance cuts the ribbon at Columbia Physical Therapy’s new location, surrounded by staff and Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce members. Staff, from left: Lead Aide Emily Pruneda, Office Assistant Yaslyn Gonzales (partially obscured behind Pruneda), Office Manager Lindsey Anderson, Physical Therapist Assistant Christena Reed, Roylance, Physical Therapist David Jensen, Office Aide Crystal Egia and Clinic Aide Jazlyn Wortham (behind Egia). Columbia Physical Therapy will hold its grand opening and open house Friday from 3 to 7 p.m.

Sometimes a story jumps out at you

ROYAL CITY — I stopped by Judy’s wine tasting and produce last week to see how Larry and Norm Myrick were doing in their hunt for someone to revive the cafe, and I happened to make the acquaintance of sisters Joanne and Claudia (maiden name) Krom.

Neoma Loraine Fudge Geer

November 15, 1959 – November 1, 2016

Mom gets 30 years for killing baby and leaving body in trash

EDGEFIELD, S.C. (AP) — A Florida woman who killed her 6-month-old son in South Carolina because she was angry when the child's father wouldn't answer her texts or phone calls was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday.

Raising funds to help local Habitat for Humanity

$30,000 raised at 11th annual Festival of Trees