Columbia Basin Herald

The Columbia Basin Herald is the primary newspaper for the Columbia Basin Plateau region in Central Washington, with its headquarters located in Moses Lake. This publication releases new editions from Monday to Friday, catering to the residents of Grant and Adams counties. It covers various communities, including Moses Lake, Ephrata, Othello, Quincy, Warden, Soap Lake, Coulee City, Ritzville, Lind, and Crescent Bar. Additionally, the Columbia Basin Herald is a member of the Hagadone News Network and Allied Daily Newspapers.

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Space to grow

1 day ago | columbiabasinherald.com | Joel Martin

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake business community got a preview of the future of small business last week when the Chamber of Commerce unveiled its Chamber Catalyst Center downtown. “The first three years of a business are the most critical,” said Chamber Director Debbie Doran-Martinez. “Typically it’s five before you’re really solid.” That’s the hurdle that the Catalyst Center is designed to get past, Doran-Martinez explained, by nurturing startup businesses through those first few years.
Primary races coming for Adams County offices

1 day ago | columbiabasinherald.com | Cheryl Schweizer

RITZVILLE — The job of the Lind mayor and three Lind Town Council seats will be on the primary ballot, and Othello will have at least two new city council members. The filing period for the 2025 election was last week. The Lind mayor and the three town council seats up for election all attracted multiple candidates. Incumbent mayor Paula Bell will be challenged by three people: Glenn Aby, Adam Lyons and Jamie Schmunk.
Playground planned, tentatively, for Othello’s Kiwanis Park

1 day ago | columbiabasinherald.com | Cheryl Schweizer

OTHELLO — A new playground probably will be coming to Othello’s Kiwanis Park, but funding will affect the timeline. It’s the next phase in improvements to the park, some of which are finished, some of which are ongoing. Othello did receive a grant to upgrade the Kiwanis Park basketball courts. A timeline for that project will be announced.
Secondary filing period for office set for midsummer

2 days ago | columbiabasinherald.com | Cheryl Schweizer

EPHRATA — Some elective offices in Grant County did not attract candidates during the filing period last week, so a second chance to file is scheduled for midsummer. Sometimes the filing period is scheduled immediately following the filing week, but Ben Rodwell, Grant County elections deputy, said there were 20-30 offices no one filed, including port districts and parks and recreation districts.
Long journey

2 days ago | columbiabasinherald.com | Joel Martin

MOSES LAKE — Ron Tebow has been a long trail, and it’s a long way from finished. “I’m halfway now,” Tebow said Friday. “Warden is right on half, 120 miles.” Tebow and his horse Olie have been riding the 251-mile Palouse to Cascades Trail, the primitive route that runs from the Washington-Idaho State Line to North Bend on the outskirts of Seattle. It combines the John Wayne Trail east of the Columbia River with the Iron Horse Trail west of the river.
Moses Lake port to open new maintenance facility

2 days ago | columbiabasinherald.com | Cheryl Schweizer

MOSES LAKE — Port of Moses Lake commissioners will cut the ribbon on a new $1.4 million building May 27. The new maintenance building will replace an existing structure, and Commissioner Darrin Jackson said replacement is overdue. “If there was one building that needs to go away, it was that one,” Jackson said of the old facility. “Before it falls over.” The cost was higher than initially estimated; additional electrical work was needed as well as work to meet updated building codes.
Spokane man arrested for impersonating law enforcement

3 days ago | columbiabasinherald.com | Cheryl Schweizer

QUINCY — A Spokane man was booked into the Chelan County Regional Jail on suspicion of second-degree criminal impersonation after he allegedly attempted to stop a car by pretending to be a police officer May 8. Ronald Cowin, 62, was arrested near Quincy by a Washington State Patrol trooper, according to a WSP press release. Cowin allegedly had used red and blue flashing lights in his car to attempt to pull another car over.
Raising a glass

3 days ago | columbiabasinherald.com | Joel Martin

MOSES LAKE — Moore Brewing Company hit a big milestone this week. The brewery and pub opened last May in the building formerly known as Broadway Bar & Grill, the Mighty Quinn, Barney Google’s or the Southshore Restaurant, depending on how far back you remember. Its first birthday celebrations included live music, a ribbon-cutting, crafts and a birthday party for co-owner Chris Moore, wrapping up with two comedy shows by Tanyalee Davis.
Grant Co. primary election ballots set after filing last week

3 days ago | columbiabasinherald.com | Cheryl Schweizer

EPHRATA — All three open seats on the Quincy City Council will be on the primary ballot, along with the Grand Coulee mayor’s job and one seat on the Soap Lake School Board. The mayors of Ephrata and Quincy will also face challengers. Candidate filing for the 2025 election was last week. Three candidates filed for each of the Quincy council seats, meaning the field will be reduced on the primary ballot.
Lake water improvement may not affect housing

6 days ago | columbiabasinherald.com | Joel Martin

MOSES LAKE — Owners of homes along the shore of Moses Lake may see an improvement in the view from their docks after treatment the water received last summer. “Last summer, the lake saw a major breakthrough in water quality and for the first time in recent memory: the Rocky Ford Arm made it through the entire recreational season without a single harmful algae bloom advisory,” representatives of the water treatment company SePRO wrote in an email to the Columbia Basin Herald.