Principal Dennis Adams welcomed the school board and administrators to the McFarland Junior High library where the school board meeting was held Monday evening, Jan. 11. Adams said, “Welcome everyone to this beautiful building. Thank you for building it.”
Eighth Grade Language Arts and U.S. History Teacher Shane Provost and Instructional Coach Denise Colley presented on [...]
“They got ‘ropered’ in.” That’s what George Roper says about many of the people he has encouraged to join Rainbow Ringers, Othello’s own handbell choir.
Stan and Leona Field began ringing in 1987 and played with the bell choir for about ten years. They were some of the first group that Roper recruited when he started [...]
One of the entries in the Festival of Lights parade on Saturday, Dec. 12 was the Lomax’s wagon pulled by their Belgian horses Dick and Doc. In the wagon are, left to right: Jim Lomax, Karen Schell and Kathy Lomax.
The Port of Othello commissioners held their first December bi-monthly meeting on December 8, 2009. Commissioners Terry Thompson and Gary Weaver were present and Mike Beardsley, director of the Port of Othello, was also present.
After the minutes were approved from the previous meeting, the commissioners reviewed various accounts receivable and approved accounts payable vouchers for [...]
Nov. 26
Cornelio I. Maltos, 29, Othello was stopped for a moving violation in the 500 block of South First Avenue. Maltos was cited for third degree driving while license suspended. The vehicle was released to the registered owner.
Nov. 29
Police were called to a theft call that occurred a Pik-a-Pop on South First Avenue. It was [...]
Othello’s city council heard plans for the upcoming SR24 overpass project at a workshop held Monday night. Citizens were invited to attend the Washington State Department of Transportation presentation about the plans for the improvements to the intersection of Highway 26 and Highway 24.
The improvements will be done in two phases, according to WSDOT project [...]
Lock it or lose it.
That should be a mantra repeated by everyone in Othello this holiday season, according to Othello Police Chief Dave Dunnagan.
Although the department has been busy handling more serious cases like the recent drive-by shooting in the Wal-Mart parking lot in November, and an armed robbery that occurred at Los Palmas grocery [...]
Community residents are invited to the annual turkey dinner on Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Othello Nazarene Church Gathering Place, 835 E. Ash. The event is sponsored by McDonald’s of Othello and the local KFC to provide a holiday meal for those who can’t afford a Thanksgiving dinner or have no [...]
This week’s city council meeting was a night of public hearings and many motions made and passed.
The majority of the meeting on Nov. 23 was spent in discussing the different budget items and financial ordinances required each year in order for the City of Othello to operate properly. The proposals for Tourism Funding requests were [...]
