Livestock identification bill signed into law

OLYMPIA – Thursday, a bill sponsored by Sen. Judy Warnick (R-Moses Lake) was signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee, coincidentally on Beef Day at the Capitol. The bill was coincidentally signed into law during Beef Day at the Capitol, which Inslee mentioned, Warnick said. “It was almost like somebody planned that,” said Warnick...

Steve H. Smith

On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, Steve H. Smith was called home at the age of 82.

Talk of stock water lawsuit, biodiesel balk

GUEST EDITORIAL

GUEST EDITORIAL

Results of fair is part of Grant County history

The 2011 Grant County Fair has one more day and then it will be history, recounted in the pages of the Columbia Basin Herald and other Columbia Basin newspapers. The winners of the various competitions will be listed, with others vowing to do better next year.

First telephone line from Coulee City to Waterville built in 1901

Richardson got out of horse business and into cattle business, first telephone line built in 1901 or 1902, my my, the greater Columbia Basin was certainly busy in the early 1900s. Read on.

Roy J. (Buck) Wheat Jr.

Roy J. (Buck) Wheat Jr., at the age of 94, peacefully took off from this life and flew his last flight to the big airfield and hangar in heaven on Feb. 25 at home in Moses Lake, Washington.

Walker Lake group to take water suit back to federal court

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Lawyers representing Mineral County and the Walker Lake Working Group announced this week they intend to take a water rights case with broad implications back to federal appeals court to ask whether Nevada can adjust already allocated water rights to sustain rivers and lakes long-term.

Walker Lake group to take water suit back to federal court

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Lawyers representing Mineral County and the Walker Lake Working Group announced this week they intend to take a water rights case with broad implications back to federal appeals court to ask whether Nevada can adjust already allocated water rights to sustain rivers and lakes long-term.

Walker Lake group to take water suit back to federal court

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Lawyers representing Mineral County and the Walker Lake Working Group announced this week they intend to take a water rights case with broad implications back to federal appeals court to ask whether Nevada can adjust already allocated water rights to sustain rivers and lakes long-term.

Wolf Advisory Group seeking members

Here is a chance for cattle ranchers and other interested persons to assist with the wolf situation.

Good competition, food at Adams County Fair

OTHELLO — Recipe for a good county fair:

Reeta Ramona Sutton

Reeta Ramona Sutton of Moses Lake, passed away on Jan. 20, 2008, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. She was 77.

One year after mad cow scare, meat business good in Basin

COLUMBIA BASIN — Darrell Oldridge remembers getting a call at home during the holidays last year. A customer had taken a prime rib bought at Oldridge's meat packing plant to the east coast for Christmas.

Dorothy Helen (Steelman) Groff

Dorothy Helen (Steelman) Groff went to her Heavenly reward on February 16th at Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake. Dorothy was born January 15, 1925, in Richland, Oregon, to Conrad Jefferson (C.J.) and Erna (Decker) Steelman. She was the youngest of three children. She attended school in Richland and found the man of her life, Morris Groff, there. They were married August 18, 1939, in Weiser, Idaho, and spent the first few years of their married life in Richland. All three of their children were born there. They moved to Unity, Oregon, to live on a cattle ranch for a short time, then Dorothy’s father purchased raw farm land in the Block 40 area of Moses Lake and they all moved there in the fall of 1951. Before long, many other family members moved to the Moses Lake area to farm, also. It was a hard life of picking up rocks, grubbing sagebrush and killing rattle snakes, but the families soon had green fields. It was while they lived there that Mom worked for a short time at the IGA grocery store, then started driving school bus, which lasted for 35 years! Dad decided he wanted his own land after about three years so he bought a farm in Block 42 and farmed there for several years before buying a farm in the Lind Coulee area. Mom continued driving school bus in Block 42. They moved from there to Potato Hill Road when Dad retired and lived there until 1988, when Mom moved to Cascade Valley. By this time Dad was in a nursing home. Mom sold that home in 2006 because of declining health and lived in various homes after that.

Practice matters when getting ready for fair

Kelsey Kane works to make impression in the show ring

WILSON CREEK - On the surface it's something of a conundrum. How does a 10-year-old, or for that matter a teenager, control a 1,500-pound steer in the show ring at the Grant County Fair?

After long wait, ranchers find relief from USDA

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gary Cammack wondered if his state's ranching community could recover.

County fair indicator hunting season close at hand

The Grant County Fair is an enjoyable time for me. Citizens from across the county converge on this one spot for five days. This is a time to show sheep, cattle, horses, canned goods, welding ability, woodworking skills, sewing expertise, garden flowers and much, much more.

Fish and Wildlife uses lethal force on cattle-killing wolves

The question was, will they really kill a wolf if necessary? Indeed they will and now they have. Fish and Wildlife officers have killed a wolf from a pack in northeast Washington.

Cleo Armin Thaemert

January 4, 1928 – October 4, 2017

South Asia counts losses from devastating monsoon floods

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — When the Dharala River burst its banks in early July, Kamal Hossain left his home with five members of his family to take shelter in a school in northern Bangladesh, carrying their most prized belongings: cattle, a few sacks of rice and clothes.