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Basin nonprofit CEO appointed to WA Board of Education
OLYMPIA — Sue Kane, CEO of the NCW Tech Alliance, has been appointed to the Washington State Board of Education, P…
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,…
WARRIOR ROYALTY
MATTAWA — Wahluke High School seniors Christopher Gallardo, left, and Andrea Corrales, right, reigned as the Homecoming king and queen at the WHS homecoming ga…
Historical science
MOSES LAKE – Big Bend Community College Chemistry Instructor Lindsay Groce recently returned from her sabbatical in Europe. Drawing on experiences from her tra…
CWU selects new executive director of Institutional Effectiveness
ELLENSBURG - Jason Jones will be joining the Wildcat family on October 16, coming to CWU from the Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, where…
Bites 2 Go
OTHELLO — Qualifying elementary students in the Othello School District will be getting food to tide them over the weekends with the help of a partnership betw…
Ribbon cutting Sept. 27 at Columbia Ridge Elementary
EPHRATA — Students and teachers at Grant Elementary and Ephrata School District officials will be cutting the ribbon on the completed remodel of the building i…
Grant Elementary upgrades on hold
EPHRATA — The Ephrata School District is putting planned upgrades to Grant Elementary on hold, citing greatly increased costs of construction. An October publi…
COLUMN: Inslee right to support individual tutoring to help students make up for COVID learning loss
Earlier this year Senator John Braun (R-Centralia) introduced SB 5248 to provide funding for individual tutoring to help students recover from the learning los…
WSU becoming a destination for Latine students
PULLMAN - The number of students of Hispanic and Latino origin attending Washington State University has grown substantially in the last decade — up 75% to mor…
WSU regents advance capital projects, endorse strategic plans
PULLMAN - More than a dozen action items before the WSU Board of Regents – ranging from design and budget approvals for capital projects to President Kirk Schu…
CWU music professor’s latest composition earning worldwide acclaim
ELLENSBURG - Dr. Jiyoun Chung, who holds a doctorate in musical composition from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, felt like she was on to something big …
WSU sees largest new first-year student class since 2019
PULLMAN — This fall, Washington State University welcomed its largest cohort of new first-year students since the fall of 2019. WSU saw a 6.5% increase in n…
Community Foundation of NCW awards $1.3 million in scholarships
WENATCHEE — The Community Foundation of North Central Washington announced Monday it had awarded $1.3 million in scholarships to 214 students across North Central Washington, the largest amount awarded to date, acc…
CWU Board of Trustees elects new chairperson for 2023-24
ELLENSBURG - The Central Washington University Board of Trustees elected executive committee member Erin Black as its new chairperson during a July meeting. Sh…
Student to teacher
EPHRATA — Tristyn Eldredge has come full circle in her journeys around Columbia Ridge Elementary School in Ephrata. She started there as a student, then came b…