Saturday, September 12, 2026
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Grant County communities plan 9/11 remembrance events for 25th anniversary

GRANT COUNTY — Communities across Grant County will pause Friday to remember the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and honor the first responders who risked and gave their lives in the aftermath as the nation marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 1 DAY, 9 HOURS AGO

Seattle man booked on vehicular homicide charges

EPHRATA — A Seattle man was booked into the Grant County Jail Thursday on two counts of vehicular homicide in connection with a head-on collision Aug. 8 near George, where he was allegedly driving the wrong way on Interstate 90.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 1 DAY, 18 HOURS AGO

Body found, believed to be missing Moses Lake man

STRATFORD — A body believed to be that of a Moses Lake man missing since Sept. 5 was found in an irrigation canal near Stratford Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 1 DAY, 20 HOURS AGO

Othello man killed in crash near George

GEORGE — An Othello man died when he ran a stop sign and hit an embankment at the intersection of Beverly Burke Road and Road 5 Southwest Tuesday evening.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 2 DAYS, 4 HOURS AGO

Public's help sought in finding missing Moses Lake man

SOAP LAKE — The Grant County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding a missing Moses Lake man who may have drowned Saturday in an irrigation canal on Pinto Ridge Road Northeast.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 DAYS, 20 HOURS AGO

Conservation deal protects Lake Creek, 700 acres of forest

Nearly 9,000 feet of Lake Creek and 700 acres of family-owned forest and farmland in North Idaho and eastern Washington are permanently protected, the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy announced.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 DAYS, 11 HOURS AGO

Ring the bell: Fire department helps with first day of school

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 DAYS, 11 HOURS AGO

Two men arrested after Adams County chase

OTHELLO — Two Florida men were booked on charges relating to an alleged attempt to run from Adams County Sheriff’s deputies after a pursuit Thursday afternoon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 1 DAY AGO

An American West author

Motherhood, identity, grief, faith and the body. Idaho author Stacy Boe Miller will explore these existential themes in her new poetry collection, Ready to Answer with Hunger, during an upcoming reading and discussion at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 2 DAYS AGO

Coeur d'Alene authorities seek help in arson investigation

Coeur d'Alene police and firefighters are seeking the public's help as they investigate two fires they believe were intentionally set during the early hours of Aug. 15.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 2 DAYS AGO

Three arrested after drug investigation

Local and state law enforcement arrested three men and seized "nearly a quarter pound of methamphetamine" last week after a lengthy investigation, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 4 DAYS AGO

Stampa-Palooza at ML Museum Saturday

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Museum & Art Center will host Stampa-Palooza this weekend as the September Free Family Saturday. “We will have a variety of stamps, ink pads, and cardstock available to create custom projects,” Museum Communications Coordinator Natalya Zuyeva wrote in an email to the Columbia Basin …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 5 DAYS AGO

Ritzville Rodeo & Wheat Land Communities’ Fair set for Labor Day weekend 2026

RITZVILLE — The Wheat Land Communities’ Fair and Ritzville Rodeo will return to Ritzville over Labor Day weekend, Sept. 3-6, 2026, bringing together residents and visitors for one of Eastern Washington’s longest-running celebrations of agriculture, community and Western heritage. The fair will take place at the Wheat Land Fairgrounds in …
BASINBUSINESSJOURNAL | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 1 DAY AGO

Moses Lake man dies in Royal City collision

ROYAL CITY — A Moses Lake man was killed when a car crossed the centerline and hit his car near Royal City Tuesday afternoon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 2 DAYS AGO

Dodson Road closed due to fatal traffic collision

ROYAL CITY — A section of Dodson Road South has been closed while Grant County Sheriff’s deputies investigate a fatality traffic collision.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 2 WEEKS, 3 DAYS AGO

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