GALLERY: June 2026 in review
STAFF REPORT | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 months AGO
Grant County Fire District 8 Chief for a Day Rubi Garcia Renbolar blows a kiss to the crowd June 11.
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From left: incoming FFA Vice President Valentina Solero, incoming FFA president Trinidy Dugrenier and FFA Advisor Michalla Maupin address the Soap Lake City Council June 3.
Quade Gonzalez of Othello, playing for Team Yakima, slings a pitch during the All-Star game in Richland June 3.
The play is fast and furious in the 3-on-3 basketball tournament at Sage-N-Sun in Ephrata June 12.
U.S. national team fans line up to see the World Cup game in Seattle. June 20.
A little girl checks out the new pool in Quincy June 17.
Participants in the Flock Walk cancer fundraiser exchange high-fives June 27.
MOSES LAKE — The sun was bright, the weather was hot and the Columbia Basin had a lot going on in June. Here are a few looks back at the last month.
From left: incoming FFA Vice President Valentina Solero, incoming FFA president Trinidy Dugrenier and FFA Advisor Michalla Maupin address the Soap Lake City Council June 3.
Quade Gonzalez of Othello, playing for Team Yakima, slings a pitch during the All-Star game in Richland June 3.
The play is fast and furious in the 3-on-3 basketball tournament at Sage-N-Sun in Ephrata June 12.
U.S. national team fans line up to see the World Cup game in Seattle. June 20.
A little girl checks out the new pool in Quincy June 17.
Participants in the Flock Walk cancer fundraiser exchange high-fives June 27.ARTICLES BY STAFF REPORT
Othello man taken into custody in connection with Connell assault
OTHELLO — An Othello man was taken into custody Sunday morning following an alleged assault in Connell.
Othello man injured in crash that kills one, possible charges pending
WALLA WALLA — Possible charges are pending against an Othello man in connection with a crash early Sunday morning that killed a Umatilla, Oregon woman.
Okanagan Specialty Fruits names new head of enterprise strategy
SUMMERLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Okanagan Specialty Fruits has appointed Paul Carter as head of enterprise strategy, according to an announcement from OSF. In the new role, Paul Carter will work across OSF on enterprise strategy, investment decisions, long-range planning and major cross-functional initiatives, according to the announcement. The move follows OSF founder Neal Carter’s return to ownership of the company in June. Based in Summerland, British Columbia, Okanagan Specialty Fruits operates a packaging plant in Moses Lake and an orchard in the Frenchman Hills near Othello. “Paul brings a valuable combination of agricultural experience, strategic thinking and more than a decade helping organizations improve complex investment and resource-allocation decisions,” Neal Carter wrote in the announcement. “I’m very pleased to have him bring that experience to OSF as we build the next phase of the company.”