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Updated 9 hours, 14 minutes ago

Othello School Board considers new meeting schedule

OTHELLO — The Othello School Board will consider moving one of its two monthly board meetings to a different time.…

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
A matter of size

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake School District voters will be asked to approve or reject a $135.3 million construction bond in February, which includes money for a ne…

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
New principals at Othello, Desert Oasis high schools

OTHELLO — Othello High School has a new principal, Desert Oasis High School has a new-old principal, and Wahitis Elementary has a new interim principal. Those changes, occurring at the end of the first semester las…

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
Poetry Out Loud winners shine in Ephrata

EPHRATA — Six students participated in the local section of Poetry Out Loud on Jan. 19 at Ephrata High School. This is a national competition that starts at a …

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
Tsunami of kids threatens to inundate ML schools

MOSES LAKE — A tsunami of children is coming. And it is threatening to overwhelm the Moses Lake schools.

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
Campus makeover Registrar, counseling offices remodeled at Big Bend

MOSES LAKE — Big Bend Community College students now have a remodeled – and more welcoming – space when they have questions about financial aid, registration a…

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
Building a culture of good at North Elementary

MOSES LAKE — It was the assembly North Elementary had hoped to have at the beginning of the week.

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
Trout in the classroom, but no kids

MOSES LAKE — There were supposed to have been 60 kids watching while Heather Killinger did her work.

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
Schools seek ways to make up lost days

MOSES LAKE — With all the bad weather this winter, school districts across the Columbia Basin are facing the possibility of extending the school year well into…

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
Eastern Washington University Honor Rolls

CHENEY — The following Basin students earned a 3.5 grade point average for 12 credit-hours or more At Eastern Washington University during Fall Quarter 2016:

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
Bond would fund upgrades to MLHS

MOSES LAKE — The fate of a $135.3 million construction bond proposal will be decided by Moses Lake School District voters in a special election Feb. 14. If approved, the bond would pay for a new, second high school…

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
School closures aim to keep kids safe

MOSES LAKE — It was something of a joke at Thursday evening’s meeting of the Moses Lake School Board, that because of the school days lost so far that district officials would have to find a way to merge graduation…

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
Site selected for proposed second high school

MOSES LAKE — Patrons of the Moses Lake School District will be asked to approve or reject a $135.3 million construction bond in a special election Feb. 14. If …

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
New elementary school would follow set pattern

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake School District patrons will decide the fate of a $135.3 million construction bond in a special election Feb. 14. If approved the money…

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
Owen returns to Larson Heights School

MOSES LAKE — The students at Larson Heights Elementary had hoped to go outdoors to celebrate.

Updated 9 years, 1 month ago
Wenatchee Valley College honor rolls

WENATCHEE — The following Basin students have been named to Wenatchee Valley College’s fall quarter 2016 President’s List for earning a grade point average of 4.00 in 12 or more college-level graded credits: