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Selah schools superintendent gets state honor
Selah School District Superintendent Steve Chestnut is the new Washington State Superintendent of the Year.
Beetles welcome: Kennewick man's first Volkswagen purchase in 1969 kicked off collection
Manuel Martinez began collecting cars in 1998. It's an obsession that took nearly three decades to develop.
Odds stacked up against Grant county gang task force
Grant County's Gang Task Force has been on the job for four months and is trying to tackle a huge gang problem.
Moses Lake WA-two officer to deal with 1,000 gang members
The City of Moses Lake like everywhere in America is short handed when it comes to police officers.
Moses Lake woman hopes people learn from swine flu tragedy
A month-and-a-half ago Jimmy Fraser went from a healthy husband and father to a man on his death-bed from pneumonia in just two weeks.
Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle
Nov. 17: Hartline woman dies in crash
Alcohol and speed caused the death of a 45-year-old Hartline woman Nov. 16. Kathleen R. Springer was eastbound on U.S. Highway 2 around 7:08 p.m. when her car failed to negotiate a curve to the left, the Washington State Patrol said.
High school students build boat for teacher
SARAH KEHOE High school students build boat for teacher MOSES LAKE, Wash. - MOSES LAKE, Wash.
Dense fog advisory for Central and Eastern Washington
A dense fog advisory is in effect for portions of Central and Eastern Washington.
CRIME: Moses Lake men allegedly involved in theft ring from big box stores
Five Moses Lake men are working their way through three court systems after being caught in a theft ring that stole big-ticket electronics from big-box stores.
State may require companies to track greenhouse gases
The state's largest industrial manufacturers and owners of large fleets of vehicles will have to calculate and report the greenhouse gases they emit, under a new state proposal.
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
Hydrogen caused silicon plant fire
Hydrogen in a sump exploded, causing the fire at the REC Silicon company in Moses Lake.
Fire burns at chemical plant in Moses Lake
Grant County firefighters are on the scene of a business fire just outside of Moses Lake.
Bellingham leaders propose delay of red-light, school-zone cameras
Mayor Dan Pike's administration wants to hold off installing red-light and speed-zone cameras until lawsuits challenging other cities' programs are settled.
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- The 4A Big 9 Playoffs start this Friday with crossover games.
Boeing's flight-test group to see cuts
Though Boeing is gearing up for two demanding commercial-jet, flight-test programs next year, it plans to lay off 200 to 300 people out of more than 4,000 working flight test in the Puget Sound region.
After 125 years, Morse Steel relies on experience of its employees
While his surname is synonymous with longevity in the Bellingham business community, Mike Morse chuckles when asked how he runs a 125-year-old company.
Cleanup, liquor crackdown in downtown Ellensburg
The hot topic in downtown Ellensburg for the past six months has been vomit, public urination, over service, DUIs, loud noise and sidewalks littered with food wrappers, bottles and cigarette butts.
...enatchee Powers Their ...ay To 6-0
The Wenatchee Panthers are on a roll midway through the '09 football campaign. They are currently ranked 6th in the Washington Preps.com 4A poll with a 6-0 record.
Benton County jail inmate also faces escape charges
A Benton County jail inmate was being pulled off a work crew for rule violations and is now facing more charges for escape and resisting arrest after she reportedly tried to run out of the jail lobby.
Employee allegedly charged customers for goods he took
A 48-year-old Kennewick man was arrested after he allegedly got a new air conditioner and fencing material for his new house by billing it to someone else's contract.

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