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Othello School Board to consider capital levy request
OTHELLO — The Othello School Board will consider a recommendation at its Oct. 28 meeting about a possible capital …
Voters OK Warden levy
WARDEN -- Warden voters easily approved a two-year M&O levy request, 248 yes votes and 165 no votes, 60 percent approving. The levy will generate $1.3 million …
Ritzville levy approved
RITZVILLE -- Ritzville School District patrons approved a two-year levy Tuesday, which will generate $983,000 per year. They cast 474 yes votes and 223 no vote…
Lind M&O levy and bond passing
LIND - District patrons in the Lind School District approved a maintenance and operations levy and a bond for repairs and upgrades in a special election last n…
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.