Othello Chamber News Today

The Columbia Basin has a great deal to do regardless of age. Here are several that are senior-friendly and provide a chance to socialize with a variety of people.

In February, love is in the air and spring is lurking somewhere around the corner. Here are a few things that are happening around the Basin this month.

OTHELLO — Othello organizations, residents and visitors marched down Main Street during Tuesday’s Fourth of July parade before moving the festivities to Lions Park for the remainder of the Independence Day celebration. Heather Miller, president-elect of the Greater Othello Chamber of Commerce, which organized the Fourth of July celebration, said the number of participants – about 40 entrants – in the parade was larger than in previous years...

OTHELLO — Kelly Carvo said her husband Kevin was skeptical when she told him she wanted to open a drive-thru espresso stand. After all, espresso stands weren’t as popular and widespread in 2001. “We went back and forth for five years. And he kept telling me, ‘It’s a fad, it’s going to go away,’” she said. “I wanted to do it for so long.”