Man sentenced for threatening grandfather

EPHRATA - A Desert Aire man was sentenced to about a year and a half in jail for threatening to kill his grandfather and choking his grandfather's wife.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

13th District reps react to budget

OLYMPIA - The Washington state legislature approved a bipartisan budget March 13, supplementing the two-year budget passed last session, but some Central Washington lawmakers were critical of it.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Newly passed law makes local renewable power generation possible

OLYMPIA - With recently-passed legislation, irrigation districts will be able to generate renewable energy from the power of the water moving through their canals.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Tribal, archaeological sites receive protection

OLYMPIA - A bill protecting the locations of tribal burial grounds and other archaeological sites has been signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Rep. Judy Warnick to run for WA state Senate

OLYMPIA - Thirteenth District State Rep. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, plans to run for the 13th District state senate seat currently held by Janéa Holmquist Newbry.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Trains could start moving through Royal Slope

ROYAL CITY - Jobs and industry growth could be just around the corner in Royal City. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) expects the Royal Slope Railroad (RSRR) to start running in May.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

More than 900 calls but no murders

MATTAWA - There were 953 calls for service performed by the Mattawa Police Department in 2013, and not a single one involved murder.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Royal City manufacturing plant big player on stone veneer stage

ROYAL CITY – When former Royal Slope residents William and John Bennett, father and son, were launching Eldorado Stone in the 1960s, they had no idea how big their dream was. Turns out, it was big.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Royal moves into playoff position with 41-0 win over Wahluke

ROYAL CITY - The Royal Knights steadied the ship at home and sank the hopes of the Wahluke Warriors with a 41-0 SCAC East prep football victory last Friday night.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Royal falls to Riverview, 48-13

ROYAL CITY - The Royal Knights went on the road for the second straight week against a state-ranked opponent last Friday and fell to the Riverview Panthers, 48-13, in prep football.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

No rest for the Knights this Friday night

ROYAL CITY - If it appeared to you last Friday night that Zillah was trying to make up for past football defeats at the hands Royal High School, your impression was probably correct.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Royal top 1A team at XC meet

ROYAL CITY - The Royal High cross country team opened the season with the top 1A finish at the Moses Lake Invitational at Blue Heron Park.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

No. 1-ranked Zillah awaits Royal Friday

ROYAL CITY - It will be a top 5 game Friday when Royal visits Zillah in high school football, but Royal will not be ranked No. 1.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

An amazing example of charity

There is the American Red Cross. There is the Salvation Army. And there are thousands of churches. Charitable organizations all.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Whooping cough continues to rise in Grant County

EPHRATA - Reporting to the June meeting of the Grant County Board of Health, Health Officer Alexander Brzezny announced that the number of cases in Pertussis has increased dramatically in Grant County, especially in the Soap Lake area.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Slag Callahan

ROYAL CITY - Most people who know Slag Callahan think of him as a man who manages a hay production and sales operation known as Agri-Pac.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Dog catching fees likely to go up

MATTAWA - Mattawa Public works would like to increase kennel fees, and the city attorney will make the necessary changes to the dog ordinance for the city council's approval.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

SummerFest Golf Scramble this Saturday

ROYAL CITY - There were still berths available on Monday in the Royal City Summerfest Scramble Golf Tournament this Saturday, July 6, and teams will still be taken on Saturday if there are spots available.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

SummerFest Golf Scramble this Saturday

ROYAL CITY - There were still berths available on Monday in the Royal City Summerfest Scramble Golf Tournament this Saturday, July 6, and teams will still be taken on Saturday if there are spots available.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Royal soccer stuns league champ Highland

ROYAL CITY - Defensive-minded Royal High School forced Highland into a shootout Thursday and won the district A soccer title at Highland, 1-0.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Royal drives toward playoff bye

ROYAL CITY - The Knights started their big push toward a bye round in the soccer playoffs with three key victories last week.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Knights, Cougars split doubleheader

ROYAL CITY - Royal High School and Warden High School split a South Central A Conference East baseball doubleheader at Royal Saturday, and both teams remain in the race for the top.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Royal baseball off to a good start

ROYAL CITY - The Royal High School baseball team is young this year, but it appears to be headed toward a good season in the South Central Athletic East Conference.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Royal qualifies four boys for state wrestling

CONNELL - Royal's Emilio Bustos (160) and Alex Myrick (170) captured regional titles against the top two programs at the 1A Region 3 Regional Wrestling Tournament at Connell High School Saturday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Royal boys hoops win

ROYAL CITY - Good things may be on the horizon for Royal High School boys basketball this season if Saturday's opener was any indication of how the team will play.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Royal Knights wallop Cascade Kodiaks, 70-14

ROYAL CITY - Royal came back from a surprising early 7-0 deficit Friday to smash Cascade, 70-14, in the first round of the state 1A prep football playoffs and remain unbeaten.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO

Royal football beats down Goldendale, 69-7

ROYAL CITY - Royal High's Knights will open the state 1A football playoffs at home this Friday, and their task will be focus. A 69-7 win over Goldendale last Friday could lend to complacency.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO

Royal tops Ki-Be, readies for postseason

ROYAL CITY - The Royal High School Knights completed the South Central A Conference season Friday with a 56-0 victory over Kiona-Benton, and their first league title since 2008.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO

Royal Kinghts shut out Columbia Burbank

ROYAL CITY - The Royal High football team seems to be coming together as coach Wiley Allred had envisioned, just as the post-season approaches,

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO

Connell suffers Royal smack-down

ROYAL CITY - The Knights of Royal High School are deep in football talent and experience, which is enough for an opponent to confront on any Friday night.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Royal rolls again, tramples River View, 39-7

ROYAL CITY - Mixing brute force and finesse, Royal High School crushed River View on Friday night, 39-7, in what was expected to be shootout of 1A football unbeaten.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Royal scores early, often in 44-7 win over Zillah

ROYAL CITY - The showdown of unbeatens last Friday at Royal High School lasted all of one play.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

MLHS grad wins third in beauty contest

NEW YORK CITY - Moses Lake High School 2006 graduate Karol Scott Tracy finished third in a recent national search for Our Latin Beauty and missed out on $250,000 and a TV reporting contract.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Seven Knights on All-League team

ROYAL CITY - Highland may have won the South Central A Conference high school title, but Royal, which went on to the final 4, was the equal of the Scotties in all-league selections.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Royal tennis down in 2012

ROYAL CITY - This year's Royal High School tennis season was filled with the normal ups and downs, and the uncooperative weather made it seem longer than normal.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Royal soccer on to final 4

ROYAL CITY - Knocking off Seattle Christian (SC), 3-1, Saturday, Royal advanced to this weekend's class 1A state high school soccer final four in Sumner.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Knights fall twice in district softball

ROYAL CITY - It's tough going two-and-out at a district softball tournament, unless you have the viewpoint of the Royal Knights.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Royal baseball falls to Cashmere

ROYAL CITY - The Royal Knights fell, 4-3, to Cashmere Saturday in their first appearance in the 1A state tournament in years.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Moses Lake grad nears Latina beauty title

MOSES LAKE - Karol Scott-Tracy, the 2006 Moses Lake High School graduate, has made it to the final four in a nationwide search for Nuestra Belleza Latina (Our Latin Beauty).

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Royal baseball gains berth in state tournament

ROYAL CITY - After a long week of baseball, Royal High School has qualified for the state tournament, which starts Saturday at 10 a.m. in Wenatchee against Cashmere.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Royal tennis returns to action

ROYAL CITY - It's been a tough year so far for Royal High School tennis. Playing time has been cut and victories have been few.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Royal splits twin bill with Highland

ROYAL CITY - After blowing a lead to drop the first game, Royal took the second, 5-2, to split a non-league prep baseball doubleheader at Highland last week.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Royal nips Wahluke in SCAC soccer

ROYAL CITY - Royal rebounded from a loss to Highland a week earlier to upend defending state champ Wahluke, 2-1, on Saturday in South Central A Conference soccer at Royal.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Royal splits games with LaSalle

ROYAL CITY - Royal won the second game, 6-1, to split a non-league doubleheader at LaSalle Saturday and record its first prep baseball victory of the year.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Knights roll, sweep LaSalle in twin bill action

ROYAL CITY - Taking advantage of LaSalle's youthfulness, Royal High swept a non-league fastpitch doubleheader, 20-5 and 13-7, at LaSalle on Saturday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Moses Lake grad in contest for Latina title

MOSES LAKE - Karol Scott-Tracy, a 2006 Moses Lake High School graduate, has made it to the final 24 in a nationwide search for Nuestra Belleza Latina (Our Latin Beauty).

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Ramirez boots Royal soccer to 4-0 victory

ROYAL CITY - Forward Alex Ramírez booted two goals and set up another to lead a second-half surge and give Royal High School a season opening 4-0 win over Granger on Saturday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Truax, Jepson take March 3 men's day

DESERT AIRE - Tom Truax and Doug Jepson combined their talents to win the March 3 men's day play at Desert Aire Golf Course.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Desert Aire ladies set for start of season

DESERT AIRE - The Desert Aire Ladies Club will have its kick-off scramble on April 9 with a 9 a.m. start.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Knights come up short for state playoffs

ROYAL CITY - Royal High School came up one game short of the state class 1A basketball tournament, falling to Granger, 57-28, for the South Central A Conference's third berth last Saturday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mattawa residents upset over murder

MATTAWA - Mattawa residents gathered at a city council meeting to ask about emergency services handling of the murder of Esperanza Vicenté-Mestizo and her unborn son on Feb. 11.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Royal Knights win two titles at regionals

ROYAL CITY - Alex Myrick and Damien DeLaRosa won individual titles at 160 and 182 pounds to lead Royal High School to fourth place at the South Central 1A Regional Wrestling Tournament at Zillah on Saturday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Royal boys makes district hoops

ROYAL CITY - Royal High School will host Granger Thursday night in its first boys basketball district tournament game in seven years.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Royal Knights finish second at district meet

ROYAL CITY - Royal High School scored the largest number of titles at the South Central A Conference East District Wrestling Tournament at Connell Saturday but didn't have the manpower for the team title.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Wahluke boys upset Royal in hoops

MATTAWA - It's been a tough year for Wahluke's boys in South Central A Conference East basketball.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Four Royal wrestlers place at SunDome meet

ROYAL CITY - The team finished way down the list, but four Royal High wrestlers placed at their weights at the SunDome Mat Classic in Yakima on Saturday.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Royal boys top Warden, 55-38

ROYAL CITY - The Royal boys bested Warden, 55-38, to highlight prep basketball last week, but the South Central A Conference East season got off to a rocky start with a 49-39 loss to Kiona-Benton.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Royal boys fall to Granger, Zillah

ROYAL CITY - The Royal High School boys basketball team learned there's still a way to go in catching up with Granger and Zillah last weekend.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Royal girls hoops drops two games

ROYAL CITY - Once again, the missing ingredient for the Royal High girls basketball team was effective shooting in games against Granger and Zillah last week.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Growth at the PUD

The sparkling new buildings you see at the Wanapum Dam site while traveling along Highway 243 make up an $11 million Grant County PUD construction project that was launched in October of 2010 and will be concluded in February of 2012.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Royal football wins, back in final 8

ROYAL CITY - Royal scored last to win a class 1A high school football playoff game, 38-35, at Colville Saturday afternoon and get back to the final 8 for the first time since 2008.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Royal defense creates 14-7 victory

ROYAL CITY - Goldendale proved to be tougher than expected in last Friday's state play-in prep football game at Royal, but the Knight defense ignited a rally in the fourth period with a key stop, and Royal won, 14-7.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO

Police shooting inquiry continues

ROYAL CITY - The investigation of the police shooting of a domestic violence suspect in Royal City on Oct. 24 could be completed and in the hands of the county prosecutor by Nov. 18.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO

Prisoners picking Royal City, Quincy fruit

ROYAL CITY - In a deal struck with the Washington State Department of Corrections, an apple grower with orchards in Royal City and Quincy is receiving harvest help from state prisoners.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO

Late injury opens door for Connell

ROYAL CITY - Connell took advantage of a defense weakened by injury late in the game to blow open an epic battle and pull away for a 49-28 win.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO

Big versus quick when Connell visits Royal

ROYAL CITY - It will be "big on quick," says Connell coach Wayne Riner, when his Eagles visit Royal this Friday for the two schools' annual football showdown.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 13 YEARS AGO

Wahluke girls win one, lose two

MATTAWA - Wahluke's girls defeated Kiona-Benton, 15-50, but lost to Zillah, 15-42, in South Central A Conference high school cross country.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

DeLaRosa explosion for Royal victory

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Royal soccer loses to Connell, beat Goldendale

ROYAL CITY - It can't get much tougher in soccer than it was for the Royal girls last week. They dropped a 1-0 contest to Connell in two overtimes and came back to beat Goldendale, 1-0, in a 17-person shootout.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Royal Knights roll over Wahluke

ROYAL CITY - It was a football fan's game for a half when Wahluke visited Royal for a South Central A Conference East high school football game last Friday and Royal led 21-12.

COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO