Gloria Castillo

Sept. 3, 1943 — Nov. 2, 2023

Gloria Reyna Castillo, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away on Nov. 2, 2023, at the age of 80. Gloria was born to Pablo P. Reyna and Santos B. Reyna on Sept. 3, 1943, in La Feria, Texas. In 1965 she settled in Moses Lake, Washington, where she has lived ever since. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1977. Gloria was a homemaker who loved to bake, sew, crochet and garden.

Barbara J. Pedersen

Longtime Othello resident Barbara Pedersen passed away peacefully on June 24 at Riverview Terrace in Spokane.

Guillermina Serrano

Guillermina Serrano, 92, passed away at home Aug. 17, 2021, in Moses Lake, Washington, with family.

Mesan Felix Ekoue-Totou

Mesan Felix Ekoue-Totou was born in 1996 in Boston, Massachusetts and tragically passed away in Moses Lake June 10, 2022.

Rayda Marie Akins

Sunday morning July 3rd, Rayda Marie Akins, loving Mother of three children and Grandmother of many, peacefully passed away at the age of 87.

Michael Lee Brown

Michael Lee Brown passed away in his home on Oct. 2, 2021, at the age of 78.

AP PHOTOS: A week of images from the coronavirus pandemic

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David Driskell, prominent authority on black art, dies at 88

FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — David Driskell, one of the nation's most influential African American artists and a leading authority on black art, has died. He was 88.

David Driskell, prominent authority on black art, dies at 88

FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — David Driskell, one of the nation's most influential African American artists and a leading authority on black art, has died. He was 88.

David Driskell, prominent authority on black art, dies at 88

FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — David Driskell, one of the nation's most influential African American artists and a leading authority on black art, has died. He was 88.

Militant Hamas criticizes Saudi trials of members, backers

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Murder trial begins for man accused of poisoning wife

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Housing project where Freddie Gray lived being torn down

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Steve H. Smith

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3 former presidents mourn John Lewis at funeral in Atlanta

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