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Wahluke students solve problem, create language app

MATTAWA – Competing in the First Lego League regional challenge in Spokane on Dec. 7, students from Wahluke Junior High School developed an app that will take voice, text, or graphics communications and translate them to speech or text of a different language.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

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Ping pong drop an adventure

ROYAL CITY – The annual SummerFest ping pong ball drop, which Royal Slope kids love, had become sort of ho-hum.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

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Soccer mom arranges soccer camp for her kids and others

ROYAL CITY – When Perla Garcia's daughter McKenzie told her she wanted to be a professional soccer player, she went into action.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

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Rising Stars bring Broadway to SummerFest

ROYAL – Lions Park will be alive with the “Sound of Music” and other Broadway musicals at 2 p.m. today, at Royal City's SummerFest.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

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FrogHollow Band built with varied personalities

ROYAL CITY – There's more than music to the FrogHollow Band, which will command the main stage Friday, July 11, at the annual Royal City SummerFest.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

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Georgettes the key to George's old fashioned Fourth of July

GEORGE – The Georgettes invite you to their old fashioned Independence Day celebration in George, Washington on the Fourth of July.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

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Run Royale participants to run for cancer victims

ROYAL CITY – This year's Royal City SummerFest fun runs, known as Run Royale, will be dedicated to Royal residents Michelle Miller and Justin Weyns, both battling cancer.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

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Former Republican chair still leading county Republicans

COULEE CITY – Coulee City's Dani Bolyard had to give up the chairmanship of the Grant County Republican Party in December of 2012 because of a change of residence, but she was back in political leadership almost immediately.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

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Mattawa schools locked down temporarily

MATTAWA – The Wahluke schools were locked down temporarily last week after a general threat was made to Wahluke High School Thursday morning, reportedly by 9-1-1 call.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

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Creating a landing strip

DESERT AIRE – The nearly million dollar modernization project under way at Desert Aire Airport includes the development of a turf landing strip for sport planes. It was completed on a recent snowy day with the hydro-seeding of the grass.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

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Crescent Bar case to stay with Quackenbush, 9th Circuit rules

CRESCENT BAR – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled on Monday that the lawsuit brought by residents of Crescent Bar two years ago against Grant PUD and the Port of Quincy will stay in U.S. District Judge Justin L. Quackenbush's court.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

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Move to Highway 26 profitable in many ways for Susie Littlewood

ROYAL CITY – The move in May from a downtown Royal City location to the old Judy's location on Highway 26 has been profitable for Deli-sh Café owner Susie Littlewood in more ways than one.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

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Young school district employee aims for a career as a politician

ROYAL CITY – If you have visited the Royal School District administrative office in the last couple of months, it's likely you have met Gina Saldaña.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

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Seahawks have this house in an uproar

I believe this is the first time I will write about the Seattle Seahawks this season. I've thought about it, but every time I think about the Seahawks, my wife comes to mind.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

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Manweller ready for second year, second election

ELLENSBURG - It seems as if the election of 2012 just ended, but State Rep. Matt Manweller of Ellensburg is ready to campaign again, at the same time he prepares for the second year of his first term in the Washington State Legislature.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO