Warden will host its annual Community Days to celebrate Labor Day weekend Sept. 2 to 7. Friday features a hometown football game at 7:30 p.m. against Mabton. The Warden Slam Fest 3-on-3 youth and open basketball tournament takes place Saturday at the grade school. The FFA Duck Race and Great Lind Coulee Raft Race is [...]
Columbia Basin Pheasants Forever will meet Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 6:30 p.m. at Bob’s Cafe in Moses Lake. Drawing for the February cruise raffle (last chance to buy tickets) and guest speaker Mikal Moore, WDFW state waterfowl biologist, are on the agenda. Everyone is welcome; come early for dinner if you like. All funds raised stay here locally [...]
What should we do with a dog in the grocery? Nothing. A dog isn’t supposed to be in the grocery. That’s true in most places, anyway, and the Oregon Department of Agriculture plans to remind the dog owners. Other states should do the same. Some folks think dogs are fine in the grocery, but they [...]
There are far more questions than answers at the beginning of the 2009 football season in the Central Washington Athletic Conference. Will the Huskies be as successful replacing the 19 graduating seniors as they were in 2008 when they had to replace 22 seniors? Or will this be a rebuilding year? In 2008, Othello also [...]
Registration is open for the 58th annual Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference Oct. 7 and 8 at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center. The conference is one of the largest of its kind in the nation and draws thousands of workers, employers and safety and health professionals. This year’s theme is “Safety and [...]
West Nile virus, a potentially fatal disease in equines, has been confirmed in two horses in Grant County. These are the first cases in the county for 2009, according to a report released from to the Washington State Department of Agriculture Aug. 18. A 14-year-old quarter horse gelding from Ephrata has been euthanized. Also euthanized [...]
For the sixth straight year, Washington state students scored far above the national average on the ACT exam. Students in the Class of 2009 tied for seventh with Rhode Island, finishing behind students in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont on the ACT, which measures college readiness. ACT does not release school [...]
Services for Donna Moore were held Friday, Aug. 21, at West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 8470 Oleson Road, Portland, Ore. Donna was a 1982 graduate of Othello High School. She died last week of leukemia. She is survived by her sister Kelly Moore Fenell (OHS class of 1979) and her four children, ages 25, 18, [...]
Wednesday, Aug. 19 Dorio Pineda Pineda, 32, Othello, fourth degree assault, domestic violence, 365 days given, 360 days suspended, five days to serve, $1,270. Domingo C. Dia, 23, Pasco, driving while license suspended, third degree, negligent driving, first degree, 90 days given, 89 days suspended, one day served, $1,116. Tuesday, Aug.18 Etelcenia Hernandez-Garcia, 24, Othello, [...]
Summer is a popular vacation time and many people will be staying in a hotel or motel. However, this does not mean you should forget about fire and life safety. “Fires can happen in any building,” State Fire Marshal Mike Matlick said. “When traveling, it is important to take the time to become familiar with [...]
Monday, Aug. 24 12:21 a.m., Othello Police were dispatched to the 1200 block of East Main Street on a business alarm. A business had been broken into and an empty cash register valued at $500 had been taken. A glass door valued at $500 was also damaged. Sunday, Aug. 23 12:25 a.m., a traffic stop [...]
