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EAST WENATCHEE — Wenatchee-based Selland Construction Inc. was hired for the $4.2 million Pangborn Memorial Airport project — that includes an 800-by-500-foot extension to Taxiway B, new roadway access and eight development-ready hangar pad sites.
WATERVILLE — Inside the Douglas County Museum’s rock and gem collection, museum director Dr. Earl Cater dimmed the lights and aimed a UV flashlight at a glass case filled with rocks glowing green, orange, purple, and yellow.
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WITHROW/MANSFIELD — The Jorgensen Brothers Joint Venture Farm has received a Century Farm Plaque from the Foster Creek Conservation District.
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WATERVILLE — It was all or nothing May 9 as the Waterville-Mansfield High School baseball team hosted the Moses Lake Christian Academy Lions in a loser-out district playoff game. The Shockers won. Read moreWaterville-Mansfield’s season ends in district championship game
KETTLE FALLS — Over the course of a single Saturday, the Waterville-Mansfield High School softball team played three games in the District 6/7 Fastpitch Softball Tournament. The team didn’t advance as far as it would have liked, but considering it played half as many games as some of its com… Read moreWaterville-Mansfield softball ends season at districts; baseball holds on
SPOKANE — What makes a loss in the State 1B Girls Basketball Tournament more difficult is one similar to how last year ended. Read more1B State | Waterville-Mansfield falls to Oakesdale, places sixth in state
WENATCHEE — The district title was on the line for Waterville-Mansfield and Moses Lake Christian girls' basketball Feb. 16, which is a familiar position. Read moreWaterville-Mansfield upsets Moses Lake Christian for district title
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The details and history of the Waterville Railway Company are a triumphant testimony to the visionary efforts of the businessmen and people of Waterville. When the Great Northern Railway decided not to build its track through Waterville, they sentenced Waterville to die on the vine of econom… Read moreThe railway depot
Long ago and far away, at a time before screaming obscenities into a microphone was considered music, there was a quieter and gentler time in America. Yes, before cell phones became fully equipped childcare devices, children worked alongside their parents and learned valuable life skills. Th… Read moreTeach history, give children wings
In those golden moments when the state Territorial Legislature split Douglas County off that huge chunk of land called Spokane County, there was little to nothing here. Our Douglas County Courthouse could be found in a tent that sat in the middle of the great Douglas County sagebrush outback. Read moreThe Douglas County Courthouse
In 1921, Dutch historian Johan Huizinga (1872 – 1945) wrote that every generation yearns for a better or more beautiful world than the one in which they live. He reasoned that our confusing present creates a more intense yearning for something better and maybe that includes something differe… Read moreClothing: Then and now
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