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Basin sports schedule Mar. 1-7

COLUMBIA BASIN – It’s the final week of the winter sports season here in the Basin, as five local boys and girls basketball teams chase their dreams of achieving a state title in their respective brackets...

Basin Sports Schedule: Nov. 12-15, 2025

COLUMBIA BASIN – District tournaments have concluded and now a few local teams remain who will be competing at the state level. See where our local teams will be playing this week.

WA college sports schedule: Oct. 17-24, 2025

MOSES LAKE – College athletes continue to battle through the season as the weather gets colder and the games get hotter. Check out where your favorite college team will be playing this week.

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COLLEGE SPORTS SCHEDULE: Sept. 4-11, 2025

MOSES LAKE – Colleges throughout Washington are starting their first few games of the season. See where your favorite collegiate teams are heading this week.

SOAP LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT POS. 5 Q&A: Leavell vs. Novik

SOAP LAKE – There are two candidates running for the Soap Lake School District Director position 5 role. The candidates are Rebecca Leavell and Mark Novick. Both candidates were given the questions below and given identical deadlines and word count restrictions for their answers.

COLLEGIATE SPORTS SCHEDULE: Sept. 25 - Oct. 1

MOSES LAKE – Collegiate athletes continue to compete and strive for greatness throughout the state. See where your favorite college team will be heading this week.

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WA College Sports Schedule: Oct. 24-31, 2025

MOSES LAKE – Collegiate athletes enter the final weeks of the regular season for some sports and the start of the season for others. Check out where your favorite team will be headed this week.

WA Collegiate Sports Schedule: Oct. 31 – Nov. 7

MOSES LAKE – Collegiate Athletes head into another competitive week as their teams head into the final stretch of the regular season. See where your favorite team will be headed this week.

Soap Lake girls pass big test

Girls basketball recaps

Moses Lake sweeps Pasco to stay in first place

Prep recaps

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Chiefs girls softball team cruised past the visiting Pasco Bulldogs in their doubleheader Friday afternoon to stay atop the Columbia Basin Big Nine’s Columbia Division.

QUINCY MAYORAL RACE Q&A: Worley vs. Rodriguez

QUINCY – The Quincy Mayoral Race consists of candidates, incumbent Paul Worley and Manny Rodriguez. Both candidates were given questions with a word count limit for responses and matching deadlines to respond.

Jackrabbits power past Toppenish

Boys basketball recaps

Hunting prospects continued

The Fish and Wildlife hunting prospects will continue in this column, as we did last week, first with the rest of District 6 and then on to District 7. Remember District 6 is Okanogan County and includes Game Management Units: 203 (Pasayten), 204 (Okanogan East), 209 (Wannacut), 215 (Sinlahekin), 218 (Chewuch), 224 (Perrygin), 231 (Gardner), 233 (Pogue), 239 (Chiliwist), 242 (Alta). Read on.

RECAP: Basin diamond action

ACH Baseball, Warden softball remain undefeated.

COLUMBIA BASIN – Competition on baseball and softball diamonds across the Basin is heating up as teams enter the final month of the regular season. See below for an update on how local baseball and softball teams fared in last week’s games. All scores are according to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association...

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Q&A with Grant County Sheriff candidates

GRANT COUNTY - With the general election a week away, the Columbia Basin Herald submitted some follow-up questions to candidates running for office in Grant and Adams counties. Grant County Sheriff’s Office candidates Joey Kriete and Joe Harris each received the same questions. Harris and Kriete are running to replace Tom Jones, who resigned as sheriff in July. Their answers are below and have been slightly edited for clarity and to fit the available space. The Herald appreciates the candidates’ taking the time to answer the questions...