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Applicants sought for Moses Lake School Board seat
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School District is accepting applications to fill a vacant seat on the school board fo…
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,…
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…