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StoryCorps Is Coming To Moses Lake

By Lauren Gallup June 22, 2022

StoryCorps has a simple, but powerful mission. “Basically what we wanted to do was provide a space for people to have meaningful conversations, meaningful recorded conversations with people that they care about, and have access to those conversations,” says Danielle Andersen, director of the StoryCorps mobile tour. Read More

Big Factory For Electric Car Battery Materials Coming To Moses Lake, Washington

By Tom Banse May 4, 2022

Rendering by Sila Nanotechnologies of what its battery materials plant in Moses Lake could look like.

San Francisco Bay area company Sila Nanotechnologies purchased a vacant factory in Moses Lake, Washington, and announced plans Tuesday to open a big operation there to produce advanced battery materials to power electric cars. Continue Read More

Some Washington School Districts Are Depending On Federal Relief Money To Pay For Reopening

By NWPB News March 19, 2021

Without emergency hires, the Moses Lake School District would not have the staffing necessary to comply with the Washington State Department of Health’s reopening guidelines, according to district Superintendent Dr. Joshua Meek. They are essential to the district's reopening, he said. Read More

What It Takes To Open Washington Schools During The Pandemic

By NWPB News January 15, 2021

Paraeducators Jerilie Biery, left, and Nadia Ulyanchuk, right, administer required health check-ins with students before school starts at Chief Moses Middle School on Jan. 11, 2020. CREDIT: Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut

As school districts across the state scramble to transition their classrooms safely from the online world back to the real world, they may benefit from the advice of the dozens of Washington districts that welcomed students back into their halls this past fall. Read More

Across Washington, People Show Up Big In Smaller Cities And Towns To Support Black Lives Matter

By NWPB News June 21, 2020

Fran Cuhtahlatah stands in protest at the corner of North Main Street and West Fifth Avenue in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, June 14, 2020. While other local residents have protested recently, Cuhtahlatah has been out quietly protesting in the community for the past three years. CREDIT: Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut

Small, mostly white rural towns across Washington are standing up in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests. Although dwarfed by comparison with the thousands protesting in places like Seattle and Portland, the people standing up against racism in smaller numbers do not think their message should be dismissed or watered down because they aren’t big enough to make Read More

Seattle BLM Protest Turns Violent As Man Drives Into Crowd, Shoots; Spokane Sees Big Event Again

By NWPB News June 8, 2020

A man drives into the crowd at 11th and Pike, injuring at least one person, before exiting the car and brandishing an apparent firearm, Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Seattle, during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The man reaching into the car to stop it was injured. CREDIT: Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP

At least one person was injured Sunday as a car drove into a crowd during a peaceful protest in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The Seattle Fire Department said the victim was a 27-year-old male who was shot and taken to a hospital in stable condition. Read More

All-Electric Commuter Plane Begins Flight Testing In Moses Lake

By Tom Banse June 1, 2020

A modified Cessna Grand Caravan takes off from Moses Lake, Washington, on its inaugural flight using fully-electric propulsion on Thursday.

A Cessna commuter plane retrofitted in Washington state has taken the crown of biggest all-electric airplane now flying. Redmond, Washington-based electric motor maker MagniX teamed up with flight testing contractor AeroTEC to convert a 10-passenger, single engine Cessna 208B Grand Caravan to fly on battery power. Read More

Former Central Washington Judge, Business Owner Fined For Violating Campaign Finance Laws

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa March 11, 2020

The Grant County Courthouse in Ephrata, pictured in November 2019, where federal immigration authorities have been spotted arresting undocumented people going to court since 2017. In front of the courthouse steps, Brenda Rodriguez with the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network takes a phone call while a volunteer hands out “Know Your Rights” pamphlets. CREDIT: Enrique Pérez de la Rosa/NWPB

Investigators found out former Grant County Superior Court Judge Jerry Moberg and Moses Lake business owner Ken Greene had financed the mailers but concealed it from state officials overseeing campaign finance. Continue Read More

Moses Lake Airport Close To Maxing Out On Boeing 737 Storage As Planes Stay Grounded

By Tom Banse January 7, 2020

Grounded Gol Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max aircraft at Boeing facilities in Moses Lake, Wash. CREDIT: Lindsey Wasson/Reuters

Boeing is close to maxing out the storage space it has leased at the Moses Lake, Washington, airport for its grounded 737 Max airliners. The plane maker plans to deploy a fresh wave of mechanics across the mountains to maintain the large fleet until those planes can fly again. Read More

StoryCorps Is Coming To Moses Lake

Big Factory For Electric Car Battery Materials Coming To Moses Lake, Washington

Some Washington School Districts Are Depending On Federal Relief Money To Pay For Reopening

What It Takes To Open Washington Schools During The Pandemic

Across Washington, People Show Up Big In Smaller Cities And Towns To Support Black Lives Matter

Seattle BLM Protest Turns Violent As Man Drives Into Crowd, Shoots; Spokane Sees Big Event Again

All-Electric Commuter Plane Begins Flight Testing In Moses Lake

Former Central Washington Judge, Business Owner Fined For Violating Campaign Finance Laws

Moses Lake Airport Close To Maxing Out On Boeing 737 Storage As Planes Stay Grounded

Supersonics – The Fast Jets, Not The Basketball Team – Could Return To Washington Skies Soon

‘Queen Of The Skies’ 747 Returns To Central Washington To Become Flying Testbed

Experts Criticize Boeing And FAA For 737 Max Design, As Grounded Jets Stack Up In Moses Lake

Undeliverable Boeing 737 Max Planes Now Being Stored At Central Washington Airport