Profile of a killer: Unraveling the deadly new coronavirus

NEW YORK (AP) — What is this enemy?

EU urges Poland, Hungary to sign up to big money budget

BRUSSELS (AP) — With the European Union on the verge of an embarrassing crisis, EU officials and a large majority of member states urged Poland and Hungary on Tuesday to lift their veto of a huge budget and coronavirus recovery package, saying it threatens to derail the bloc's efforts to recover from the pandemic.

BBCC aviation maintenance program to expand

College receives $20 million grant

MOSES LAKE - It's a rocky economy and a nasty job market out there. Just ask Chris James - he left the Navy and spent six months looking for a job, and finally went back to college, he said. It's a nasty job market out there, but not everywhere and not for everybody. After graduating from the aviation mechanics technology program at Big Bend Community College, James got a job in three weeks, and will start at Boeing sometime this summer.

Lady mechanic “wanted to impress” her husband

MATTAWA – Cherie Kielian wanted to make an impression on her mechanic husband. So she showed up his shop and went to work.

Golden State Killer admits to dozens of rapes, 13 murders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former police officer who terrorized California as a serial burglar and rapist and went on to kill more than a dozen people while evading capture for decades pleaded guilty Monday to murders attributed to the Golden State Killer.

Golden State Killer admits murders, rapes for life in prison

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gay Hardwick stood arm-in-arm with her husband to face a criminal dubbed the Golden State Killer and couldn't recognize the elderly man hunched in a wheelchair as the sadistic rapist who had terrorized them 42 years earlier.

Golden State Killer admits to dozens of rapes, 13 murders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former police officer who terrorized California as a serial burglar and rapist and went on to kill more than a dozen people while evading capture for decades pleaded guilty Monday to murders attributed to the Golden State Killer.

Golden State Killer admits murders, rapes for life in prison

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gay Hardwick stood arm-in-arm with her husband to face a criminal dubbed the Golden State Killer and couldn't recognize the elderly man hunched in a wheelchair as the sadistic rapist who had terrorized them 42 years earlier.

Curtis W. Kulm

Curtis W. Kulm, 57, was born December 12, 1951 to Fred J. and Betty Kulm (Oylear). He attended Lind schools and graduated in 1970. He completed a degree in Diesel Mechanics at the Community Colleges of Spokane, then returned to Lind and worked as a diesel mechanic. In 1981 he began a farming partnership with his brother; which continued to the present. He was a member of Good Hope Lutheran Church in Lind. Curtis is survived by his mother Betty Kulm (Oylear) of Lind, his sisters: Connie Meilke (Karl) of Guelph, Ontario, Canada and Debbie Rausch (Leonard) of Spokane, his brother Fred Kulm of Lind, 7 nieces and nephews, 10 great-nieces and nephews, friend Jacque Laird and sons Derrick and Bryden. Visitation will be Sunday December 13, 2009 from 1 PM to 5 PM at the funeral home. A Memorial Service will be Monday December 14, 2009 at 11:00 AM at Good Hope Lutheran Church in Lind. Interment will be at Lind Cemetery. Danekas Funeral Home and Crematory is entrusted with arrangements. Memorials are suggested to Good Hope Lutheran Church in Lind or Lind EMT.

Estonia won its war on fentanyl, then things got worse

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Igor Smirnov was introduced to opiates the day his first son was born, when he got celebratory drunk and a neighbor injected him with an intoxicating extract of opium poppies.

Meier appears in court for murder charges

EPHRATA - Accused killer Michael Meier appeared in Grant County Superior Court on Monday after prosecutors stated they had "new discovery" in his case.

AP PHOTOS: Masks, disinfectant the new normal for commuters

Even in normal times, public transportation is an easy place to get sick: Commuters jostle each other, breathe the same air in packed subways, grasp the same straps for support and grab the same escalator handrails.

Ballots for Royal school construction proposal in mail tomorrow

ROYAL CITY — Royal School District voters will be asked to accept or reject a $16.58 million construction bond proposal in a special election Feb. 12. Ballots will be mailed tomorrow, according to officials with the Grant County Auditor’s Office.

Invasive species cropping up again in Washington

SPOKANE — The boating season is officially underway in Washington state. To keep lakes, rivers, and other water bodies clean and beautiful, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking the public to take a few simple steps when launching boats or other vessels this season, according to a press release from the department...

Bids open for new Big Bend workforce building April 3

MOSES LAKE — Construction bids for the new workforce education building at Big Bend Community College will be opened at 1:05 p.m. April 3 in the ATEC building.

Edward R. Cruver

Edward R. Cruver, Pullman, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Whitman Senior Living. He was 94. A Memorial Service will be planned for later this spring at St. Martins Episcopal Church in Moses Lake. Edward was born November 30, 1918 in Moscow, Idaho. He graduated from Central Valley High School in Spokane and went to work for The Crescent Department Store there. He met his future wife, Virginia Aucutt, while both were attending a church youth group function. They married and made their home in Seattle. Virginia was an elementary school teacher in Washougal and Edward worked as an aircraft mechanic for the U.S. Navy Ship Yard and also at Boeing. Through his years of hard work and dedicated service Edward rose to the level of inspector and would check the work of the other mechanics. They lived in Alameda, Calif. for a few years before moving to Moses Lake, Wash. in the mid-1950s. She continued to teach and Edward worked on the planes at Larson Air Force Base. Following retirement from his mechanics work, he was the warehouse manager for the Moses Lake School District for nearly twenty years. He was an excellent golfer and loved to golf whenever he could. He and Virginia were also members of the Moses Lake Sandy Sam's Club and took their Airstream camper on many camp-outs and as "snowbirds" for many winters to Desert Hot Springs, California for over twenty years. Edward's pride and joy was his yard at their home along Moses Lake. Virginia died in 2001 and in 2011 Edward moved to Pullman, Wash. to be closer to family. He is survived by a son Patrick and his wife Christiana of Pullman; daughter Cherie and her husband Paul Zehm of Oakesdale, WA.; 4 grandchildren, Emmett Cruver, Pullman, Micah Cruver, Portland, OR., Steven Zehm, Yakima, WA. and Jessica Parks, Alaska; one great-grandson, Alex Parks; and his former daughter-in-law, Jacqueline Cruver, Pullman. In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by a grandson Tye Cruver in 2007, 2 brothers and 1 sister. The family suggests memorial gifts be made to St. Martins Episcopal Church in Moses Lake. On-line guest book is at www.kimballfh.com. Kimball Funeral Home, Pullman, is in charge of the arrangements.

Coal magnate Robert Murray dead at 80, days after retiring

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Coal magnate Robert Murray died at his home in Ohio less than a week after announcing his retirement as board chairman of a major U.S. coal operator.

Coal magnate Robert Murray dead at 80, days after retiring

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Coal magnate Robert Murray died at his home in Ohio less than a week after announcing his retirement as board chairman of a major U.S. coal operator.

Vehicles to have lower emissions

Ecology gives grants for school buses

Richard Winter

Richard Winter, 83, longtime Moses Lake resident, died in his home on Sunday, April 5, 2009, from lung cancer.