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East Adams Rural Health expects emergency rural hospital approval soon
RITZVILLE — East Adams Rural Healthcare could be converted to an “emergency rural hospital” as early as this summe…
Othello golf girls take second at own tourney recently
OTHELLO — The Othello High Huskie girls golf team finished second at the Othello Invitational March 16 at the Othello Golf Club.
Bold business owners sought for Asian trade
MATTAWA — Alan Peterson and Vern Jenkins stopped by Ginkgo Forest Winery recently on a tour of Grant County aimed at finding business owners who might like to …
Roberta Louann Goyne May 6, 1952 - March 16, 2017
Roberta Louann (Middleton) Goyne, 64, resident of Warden and formerly of Royal City and George, Wash., passed away on March 16, 2017 at Samaritan Hospital in M…
Patricia Lynn McCullough February 27, 1969 - March 13, 2017
Patricia Lynn McCullough joined her father for a play-date with every dog she’d ever said goodbye to on Monday, March 13, 2017. She was one of those people who…
Lou Ella Prickett March 1, 1927 - February 24, 2017
Lou Ella Prickett joined the heavenly father on February 24, 2017. She was born in Gering, Neb. in 1927. In 1942 she married the love of her life Lewis Pricket…
Othello to celebrate 20th Sandhill Crane Festival
OTHELLO — The community of Othello and people from all over the state and far away places will gather here this weekend, Friday and Saturday, for the 20th annu…
Hugh Byron Coffelt Jr. September 1, 1931 - March 11, 2017
Hugh Byron Coffelt Jr., 85, left this world for heaven on March 11, 2017 at his home in Othello, Wash. He was born in Decatur, Ark. on Sept. 1, 1931 to parents…
Sandhill Crane Festival to go on without familiar face
OTHELLO — The activities and speakers are set for the 20th Othello Sandhill Crane Festival the weekend of March 24-26, but missing will be the familiar face of…
$56,000 grant would help finish Old Hotel remodel
OTHELLO — A $56,000 grant the Old Hotel Art Gallery is seeking from Washington state’s Heritage Capital Projects fund would allow the gallery to finish a remodel that began five years ago, according to Old Hotel ma…
We wouldn't have done this as kids
I’ll be taking a few days off in the next couple of weeks, leaving March 28 for a wedding in Florida, and I expect to be back on April 10.
Othello sports roundup
OTHELLO — It doesn't get much stranger than scoring 35 runs in a high school varsity baseball game, but maybe it was all the pent up anger over the wrestling s…
Livestock indemnity benefits available to Grant producers
EPHRATA — Grant County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Greg Anderson had announced that producers who suffered qualifying livestock losses due to natural disasters, including extreme cold winter …
County approves new pot rules
EPHRATA — After a public hearing that lasted less than 10 minutes last week, the Grant County Commission unanimously approved new regulations for marijuana growers and processors.
Columbia Basin Health Association welcomes Nicole 'Nikki' Tomblin, DDS
Dr. Tomblin grew up in Southern California around the Torrence area. “I didn’t grow up around snow, so being here and experiencing it is exciting,” she replied…
Legals March 22, 2017
SUMMARY PUBLICATION AN ORDINANCE AMENDING OTHELLO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 5.08.190 OF CHAPTER 5.08 ENTITLED "SOLID WASTE AND REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL" In accordance with RCW 35A.12.160, the following is a summ…