Due to unforeseen circumstances, I have to find a new apartment. Apartment hunting and moving are my least favorite things. It can get really stressful and I get grumpy. Surprisingly enough, I’m no fun to be around when I’m a big grumpy pants.
Wilkeson’s annual National Handcar Races – and everything that goes with the yearly event – will energize the small, foothills town this Saturday, July 16. The 41st annual festival is sponsored by the Wilkeson Booster Club.
Richard Elfers’ last column maintained the mantras the liberals chant about the terrible rich 1 percent and their ways. Of course his laser focus pinpointed Donald Trump and his supposed inheritance of $100 million to $300 million, a figure disputed by Trump and his siblings.
Americans are generally ignorant of how our geography has shaped our thinking and our nation. In our history, we have only had one major invasion – the War of 1812. We have weak neighbors to our north and south and vast oceans that buffer us from foreigners to our east and west.
Recently, I have been captivated by an Old Testament story about the Ark of the Covenant.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3070 is reaching out to the Sumner and Bonney Lake communities for something special and often overlooked: memories. The VFW post and the Sumner Historical Society are working in tandem to collect war memorabilia, whether it be photos, medals, uniforms or even weapons, to display them at the VFW Hall on Willow Street.
Yesterday Prosecutor Mark Lindquist charged Jose Jonael Ayala Reyes, 24, with murder in the first degree for the stabbing of Samuel Cruces Vasquez in April of this year. Bail was set at $2,000,000 at the arraignment.
Officers observed a car leaving Office Depot with the driver smoking what appeared to be a joint. Officers also saw kids in the back seats. Officers stopped the car and the male driver was unable to show officers a valid drivers license.
Officers were called by Cowgirls Espresso about a woman prowling around cars and going through the business’ dumpster.
On June 30, officers observed a car swerve over the center traffic line several times while going over the speed limit. Officers stopped the car and observed a case of beer in the passenger seat and smelled intoxicants.
Officers were contacted in the department lobby about a hit and run on June 29. The reporting driver told officers he was driving the speed limit on Veterans Memorial Drive when the car behind him attempted to pass him by going into the shared center lane.
Since the construction of Grand Coulee and Bonneville dams, Washington has enjoyed an abundance of low cost, reliable hydropower. It has been one-key competitive advantage for energy intensive industries and now it is vital to our state burgeoning “clean tech industries.”
Eastern Washington University has released its dean’s list for the spring 2016 quarter.
