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Groff construction progresses across building
MOSES LAKE — Crews continue to work through a long list of structural and safety issues at Groff Elementary. Distr…
Play dough with the governor
QUINCY — It’s probably not every day the governor of the state of Washington sits at a tiny table surrounded by 5-year-olds and gets lessons on how to make pla…
Solar cars take to the track
MOSES LAKE — The jar was full of colored water, hot water, with a couple of holes in the lid. It was dunked in a jar of cold water, and the fifth-graders watch…
Othello board talks tennis court design
OTHELLO — A proposal for bids to build new tennis courts at Othello High School should go out to contractors in June, possibly as early as the first week in June. Othello School Board members reviewed the plans for…
CB Tech yard sale teaches business skills
MOSES LAKE — The sale in the conference room at the Columbia Basin Technical Skills center looked like just another yard sale, with clothes and dishes, linens …
Playing in the street
Cellarbration raises money for scholarships
MOSES LAKE — Winery tasting room or college building? It was hard to tell in the ATEC building at Big Bend Community College Saturday night, as people througho…
Cellarbration
MOSES LAKE — The Big Bend Community College Foundation will sponsor its annual fundraising dinner, live auction and silent auction Saturday. The reception and …
Reaching for the stars
MOSES LAKE — “Why do we have to study math?”
Of moms and muffins
MOSES LAKE — Peninsula Elementary students honored their moms – and grandmas and aunts and big sisters – with muffins, skits, prizes and gifts Thursday morning.
'Map of the heart'
WILSON CREEK — All the moms and dads and uncles and grandmas and special friends made Megan Walter’s tiny kindergarten class seem even smaller.
The power of pixels CB Tech duo brings home state championship
MOSES LAKE — Grant Bewick and Micah Johnson liked their chances after the first day of state FBLA competition. “Hey, this is ours,” Micah said.
Garden Heights 4th-graders get new bike helmets
MOSES LAKE — Llayleni Fuentes already had a bike helmet.
Warden school bond fails in close election
WARDEN — A proposed $14 million school bond for this tiny school district at the southeastern edge of Grant County failed to obtain the necessary 60 percent for approval.
Othello School Board hires new administrators
OTHELLO — Hiawatha Elementary will have a new principal for the 2017-18 school year. The Othello School Board approved the hiring of Heather Dyson as principal at its regular meeting Monday,
'Swingo de Mayo'
MOSES LAKE — As Duke Ellington said, “it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.” Friday night the Moses Lake High School jazz bands proved the Duke was…