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MLSD, MLEA address school day, finances during final meeting of 2025
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District Board of Directors held its final meeting of 2025 Thursday. During the…
Thursday bomb threat temporarily closes LRHS
RITZVILLE — A bomb threat closed down Lind-Ritzville High School Thursday, according to a statement from the Ritzville Police Department...
Q&A: Othello School Board Pos. 1 candidates
OTHELLO – Incumbent Kelli Camp is facing Aaron Gerber for Othello School Board Director Position 1. The Columbia Basin Herald asked each candidate the quest…
MLHS senior honored for academic excellence
MOSES LAKE – The Moses Lake School District announced Sept. 28 that Damien Paluch has been recognized as a Commended Student in the 2024 National Merit Scholar…
Q&A: Moses Lake School District director candidates
MOSES LAKE — First-term incumbent Shannon Hintz is being challenged by Amy Breitenstein for one of three open positions on the Moses Lake School Board...
Ephrata cuts the ribbon for Columbia Ridge
EPHRATA – Community members and Ephrata School District officials stepped into Columbia Ridge Elementary’s newly renovated gym for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on…
Othello Homecoming royalty announced
OTHELLO — Seniors Marlen Sosa and Kakyzz Gonzalez were named the queen and king of Homecoming at Othello High School Friday night. Othello students also pick …
Frito-Lay opens Community Builders Scholarship
PLANO, Texas – Frito-Lay announced Tuesday applications are open for the Frito-Lay Community Builders Scholarship, which will award four students $25,000 each to help further their higher education goals. The appli…
$4M capital levy request before Wahluke voters
MATTAWA —Wahluke School District voters will be asked to accept or reject a four-year, $4 million capital improvement levy in the November general election...
Familiar figure assumes permanent role as dean of CWU Libraries
ELLENSBURG - After an extensive national search, Sydney Thompson has been chosen as the new dean of Central Washington University Libraries...
State Board awards high-demand program funds
OLYMPIA — Eleven community colleges, three of them in eastern Washington, will receive $2 million to support programs that train students for high-demand careers, according to an announcement from the Washington St…
New mascot statue unveiled at Moses Lake High School
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake High School Athletic Director Loren Sandhop said the new statue outside MLHS was a continuation of school traditions. “You’re all a …
Elk hoof disease likely causes systemic changes according to WSU research
PULLMAN — Elk treponeme-associated hoof disease, previously thought to be limited to deformations in elks’ hooves, appears to create molecular changes througho…
Q&A with Ephrata trustee candidates Mike Fleurkens and Jordan Hansen
EPHRATA – Two candidates are vying for a seat on the Ephrata School Board. Mike Fleurkens and Jordan Hansen made it past the primary over the summer...
State awarded grant for community colleges
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges announced Monday that it and the Washington Student Achievement Council were awarded a one-year $50,000 Accelerated Study in Associate Progr…
Trucking students
OTHELLO — The Othello School District has instituted a commercial driver's license program that will be offered for the spring semester at Othello High School,…