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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…
Nethercutt visit promotes citizenship contest
MOSES LAKE - One of the fourth graders at Lakeview Terrace Elementary asked former U.S. Representative George Nethercutt if it was true what he heard, that the…
Some law enforcement support expanded pre-school
EPHRATA - Joined by students at a local Head Start Center, three of Grant County's law enforcement leaders discussed a new report showing a state-federal early…
Student mock election starts Monday
OLYMPIA - As the 2013 general election nears, students in grades K-12 will have a chance to vote in the Washington State Mock Election starting Monday.
Charter schools rules still being written in 2013
OLYMPIA - No Columbia Basin school districts met the deadline for applications to host charter schools approved by Washington voters in 2012.
Final meeting on school crowding to be held Thursday
MOSES LAKE - Moses Lake School District patrons are being invited to the last of four meetings to discuss overcrowding at the high school and middle schools on…
School safety, construction bill passes in state Senate
OLYMPIA - The state Senate's passing of a $475 million school-construction bill Monday includes $10 million for school-security improvements in Washington's pu…
Manweller offers bill to reduce school construction costs
OLYMPIA - Rep. Matt Manweller introduced a bill to reduce the costs of school construction Wednesday in Olympia.
Lawmakers work for tax break on textbooks
MOSES LAKE - Rep. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, re-introduced a bill that would give college students a break on the high cost of textbooks.
State holds mock election for student 'voters'
OLYMPIA - While last-minute voters are still filling in ovals, stuffing envelopes and getting to the ballot box or post office, students in Washington already …
REC chemical spill update: I-90 open
Lawmakers grapple with education ruling
OLYMPIA - As state legislators scramble to find a budget consensus prior to the end of the session Thursday, they do so in the shadow of McCleary versus Washin…
Votes are due today
MOSES LAKE - Seven school districts in the Columbia Basin are running an election for voters to approve maintenance and operation levies and bonds.
Forum held on bond, levy
MOSES LAKE - The need for new schools in Moses Lake was one topic on the minds of people at the Moses Lake Civic Center Tuesday night.
School's $115 million bond on next ballot
MOSES LAKE - The Moses Lake School Board passed a resolution Thursday placing a $115 million bond on the ballot Feb. 14.
Moses Lake school levy amount set
MOSES LAKE - The Moses Lake School District set the amount of a three-year replacement levy.