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Basin nonprofit CEO appointed to WA Board of Education
OLYMPIA — Sue Kane, CEO of the NCW Tech Alliance, has been appointed to the Washington State Board of Education, P…
Voters file for Moses Lake school bond recount
MOSES LAKE — A group of Moses Lake voters has demanded a recount of last month’s closely-run school construction bond.
ML student gets experience in state Senate
OLYMPIA — Mikayla Cooper, a ninth-grade homeschooled student from Moses Lake, recently spent a week at the Capitol working as a page for the Washington State S…
Moses Lake school bond passes... barely
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake is going to get a new high school and a new elementary school.
Republican plan could increase school funding
OLYMPIA — Under the Senate Republicans’ new plan to fund education, many school districts will see their overall funding per student increase, but administrato…
Donation expands capacity of Viking Food Pantry
MOSES LAKE — The Big Bend Community College Foundation and its partners recently expanded the capacity of the on-campus food bank with the addition of two bran…
Board to rerun school construction bond
MOSES LAKE — The Moses School Board is set to rerun its $137 million school construction bond in April if the measure fails to secure a few more votes by Frida…
Job and Career Fair next week at Big Bend
MOSES LAKE — More than 60 exhibitors are scheduled to have booths at the annual Big Bend Community College Job and Career Fair, scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. …
Board games part of Peninsula 'Power Up Parent Night'
MOSES LAKE — Parents and kids spent the evening connecting the dots and making words, rolling the dice and getting into "Trouble" – the board game kind – at th…
Moses Lake school bond still 4 votes short of win
MOSES LAKE — Four votes.
Bond too close to call now
MOSES LAKE — The fate of a $135.3 million bond proposal to build a new, second high school and a new elementary school in Moses Lake is losing by the slimmest …
Language bills would help break down barriers
OLYMPIA — A bipartisan bill to create a grant for a dual-language program for K-12 students and train and recruit bilingual teachers was heard in Senate Commit…
Moses Lake construction bond vote narrows
MOSES LAKE — A $135.3 million bond proposal for new construction in the Moses Lake School District is losing by a whisker.
Othello School Board discusses capital levy
OTHELLO — Participants on a community committee recommended the Othello School District go ahead with a study of a possible capital levy. A capital levy would …
Othello voters approve M&O levy
OTHELLO — Millions of dollars will be dedicated to maintenance and operations in the Othello School District (OSD) over the next few years. Voters overwhelmingly approved the OSD’s maintenance and operations levy d…
Too close to call Moses Lake construction bond up in the air
MOSES LAKE — With ballots still left to count, a $135.3 million proposal to build a second high school in Moses Lake and a new elementary school is within a wh…