2+ week, 5+ day ago   (177+ words) Columbia Basin Herald Construction of Hansen Road overpass underway; expect slow traffic on I-90 Traffic will be slowed on I-90 as crews construct a new Hansen Road overpass. MOSES LAKE — Construction on the Hansen Road overpass will cause traffic slowdowns on Interstate…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (454+ words) Josh Gilliam, owner of Bug Out Pest and Spray Service, stands in front of his truck. Bug Out has ballooned over the year it’s been in business and has now expanded into sprinkler repair. JOEL MARTIN/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD MOSES…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (489+ words) EPHRATA — The Columbia Basin saw significant decreases in certain types of crimes over the last year, according to data from the FBI National Incident Based Reporting System released Tuesday. The report compared the number of reported instances of different crimes…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (286+ words) Basin Ag Sales Broker Anna Van Diest stands in front of the shuttered SGL Carbon plant in Moses Lake. Proposals to purchase the plant close on Friday. JOEL MARTIN/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD MOSES LAKE — The SGL plant in Moses Lake…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (930+ words) Alicia Chrismore, a public information officer trainee with Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 2. NESPELEM — Firefighters battling the Kaiser Canyon Fire, now the largest wildfire in Washington state, continue to make progress on containment despite persistent hot and dry conditions and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (316+ words) EPHRATA — Three Republicans are running for Grant County auditor: appointed incumbent Shannon Falstad and challengers Andrew Koeppen and Darci Homesley. To help voters evaluate the candidates, each was asked the same question and given an equal opportunity to respond. Homesley…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (938+ words) Former and current students of the Japanese Agricultural Training Program, along with Big Bend instructors and local dignitaries, gathered to celebrate 60 years of the exchange program Monday. JOEL MARTIN/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD Takashi Yoshikawa, executive director of the Japanese Agricultural…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (253+ words) ROYAL CITY — Four members of a Tacoma family were killed and one critically injured when they ran into a truck at around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at the intersection Frenchman Hills Road West and Dodson South, about eight miles north of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (256+ words) EPHRATA — Three Republicans are vying for the Grant County Auditor position: appointed incumbent Shannon Falstad and challengers Andrew Koeppen and Darci Homesley. To help voters evaluate the candidates, each was asked the same question and given an equal opportunity to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (143+ words) WENATCHEE — Confluence Health has selected a new chief medical officer, according to an announcement from Confluence July 23 July 23. Dr. Katie Peterson replaces former CMO Dr. James Murray, who was appointed to Confluence Health’s new chief physician executive position in March,…...