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Good harvests for for potatoes, apples, wheat and raspberries in 2025
MOSES LAKE – With Fall in full swing, growers around the area are either completing their harvests or are on the v…
40 Under 40: Adriana Morris
Adriana Morris, owner-operator of Morris Insurance & Taxes, isn’t just a number cruncher. She works hard to be involved in her community and ensure that people…
40 Under 40: Kim Neher
A graduate of Smith College and a master’s graduate of the University of Washington, Kim Neher serves as North Central Washington Libraries deputy director ove…
Apple sales to India rebounding after tariffs lifted
MATTAWA — The end of tariffs on Washington apples sold to India has resulted in a significant rebound of sales in that country. The announcement that tariffs w…
40 Under 40: Brittney Ketterer
Brittney Ketterer is involved in a wide variety of community activities and operates her own Mary Kay beauty consulting business in Moses Lake. Ketterer ta…
40 Under 40: Kevin Moran
Kevin Moran is a Community Development Officer at STCU in the Tri-Cities area, where he’s worked for nearly six years now. He also serves on the board of direc…
40 Under 40: Ian Bivona
For the last two years, the Columbia Basin Herald and Basin Business Journal have benefited greatly from the addition of Ian Bivona to our team. Covering 11…
40 Under 40: Eric Salgado
Eric Salgado is working to make a difference, and nominator Nestor Heredia says he’s done that for her. Heredia began working with Salgado through Just Right C…
40 Under 40: Luis Jimenez
Luis Jimenez has been a deputy with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office for years and is working with his third K-9 officer, K-9 Uno, as a dog handler for GCSO. …
40 Under 40: Jacob Barth
If you go to enough auctions in the Columbia Basin, chances are you’ll end up hearing one of the auctioneers from Chuck Yarbro Auctioneers rattling off prices.…
Export market causing reduced hay prices, despite high quality
MOSES LAKE — The quality of Washington hay is pretty good in 2024, but the price – well, not so much. Mark Anderson, president and CEO of Anderson Hay and G…