State budget includes funds for Odessa aquifer, Big Bend, Boys and Girls Club

OLYMPIA - A state budget of more than $103 million was signed Monday in Olympia. These funds will be directed to projects within the 13th District, with additional money going toward the Odessa Subarea Aquifer project and the Yakima River Basin Integrated Plan. Rep. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, serves as the ranking Republican on the House Capital Budget Committee and spent a great deal of time in Olympia negotiating the final details both across the aisle and with the Senate, according to a prepared statement by the Washington State House Republicans.

Grant County will receive about $13 million for "bricks and mortar" projects, which focus on building and repair, and provide low-interest loans to local governments for critical community projects. More than $1.5 million of this money will go to Big Bend Community College, and the Boys and Girls Club of the Columbia Basin will receive $300,000 for their new community clubhouse.

Adams County will receive more than $5.5 million.

For more information read tomorrow's CBH.

-Staff report