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Calm under pressure
MOSES LAKE — Some Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center students saved a life Sept. 19. “We were there volunte…
Big Bend College to sponsor summer career camp
MOSES LAKE — Registration is open for a program designed to introduce teens to careers in healthcare, criminal justice and mechatronics. “Serious Gaming: Searc…
Molahiette drill team coaches call it a day
MOSES LAKE — When Lori Baker took the microphone, she said she was going to try and not cry.
Moses Lake School District mulling school safety reporting app
MOSES LAKE — In the two weeks since the Moses Lake School District’s SafeSchools Alert web site has gone live, the district has gotten two tips.
ML School Board OKs new science, math curricula
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School Board on Thursday unanimously adopted a new elementary school math curriculum, as well as a new science curriculum for the d…
Groundbreaking for new BBCC building in mid-May
MOSES LAKE — A groundbreaking ceremony for the new workforce education building at Big Bend Community College tentatively is scheduled for the week of May 14. Linda Schoonmaker, BBCC vice president of finance and a…
Learning the moves CB Tech students ready for cop competition
MOSES LAKE — The young man in the gray sweats is struggling to say his well-rehearse line as he leans on the door of his car and points a blue, plastic fake gu…
CB Tech gets $15,000 gift to buy welding simulator
MOSES LAKE — The Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center has received at $15,000 donation to help the school purchase a virtual welding simulator.
School levies, sales tax hike pass handily
MOSES LAKE — It was a clear win across Grant County for school levies and tax increases in Tuesday’s special election.
MLHS soloists prepare for state music competition
MOSES LAKE — A group of Moses Lake High School musicians demonstrated their talents at a recital last Thursday in preparation for a statewide competition this …
Showing they can swing it
MOSES LAKE — Park Orchard Elementary students walked a lot of laps and all that walking paid off. The students dedicated their brand-new swing set, and got to …
Microsoft donates computers, servers, scholarships to BBCC
MOSES LAKE — Microsoft has made a significant donation of computer equipment and scholarships to Big Bend Community College’s computer science program.
Chief Moses Middle School students give back to farmworkers
A group of student leaders from Chief Moses Middle School blew away their local competition during the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Program’s annual long-sleeved shirt drive, collecting 180 shirts for farm…
Slight decline in Big Bend Community College spring enrollment
MOSES LAKE — Enrollment at Big Bend Community College for spring quarter 2018 was lower than enrollment for the same period in 2017. Enrollment was also down in winter quarter.
School district, county mull land transfer
EPHRATA — Grant County has agreed to transfer around 3.7 acres of land to the Moses Lake School District that should have been part of the district’s purchase of fairgrounds land.
Big Bend CC workforce education building bids over estimate
MOSES LAKE — Big Bend Community College officials have an apparent low bidder on the project to build the college’s new workforce education center. But the bid…