GALLERY: Saturday graduations
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Valedictorian Aimee Willis addresses the Wilson Creek High School graduating class of 2023 at the school’s annual graduation ceremony on Saturday. Left to right, graduating seniors are Hank Sutton, Joselyn Maurer, Ben Reitz, Jordan Meyer, Kayla Rhoads and Dominic Armstrong. According to data available from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 125 students were reported enrolled in the Wilson Creek School District in 2022-23, 56 of them in the high school.
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A Wilson Creek grad smiles at the camera during Saturday’s graduation ceremony. While the school may be small, the smiles were huge throughout the occasion which drew the community together to celebrate the successes of this year’s graduating class.
Salutatorian Raegan Snider addresses her classmates at Lind-Ritzville High School’s graduation Saturday.
New Lind-Ritzville graduate Myra Miller, left, hugs her friend Madison Cameron.
Victor Tadema was among this year’s graduating class at Moses Lake Christian Academy. The ceremony was held at The Den, the school’s new gym complex. Tadema has signed with a talent agency and will pursue a career in entertainment.
Moses Lake Christian Academy students stand and listen to speakers during their graduation ceremony on Saturday. Among this year’s class at MLCA are aspiring actors, nurses and those eying many other professions.
COLUMBIA BASIN – Graduations continued over the weekend with students walking stages across the Columbia Basin on Saturday at Wilson Creek, Lind-Ritzville and Covenant Christian School. Below are some photo highlights of those graduations. Full coverage of area graduations will be printed in a keepsake edition of the paper on June 14 so that area students can have something with themselves and their friends from throughout the region in one collective regional “yearbook” of sorts. The staff at the Columbia Basin Herald applaud this year’s graduates and wish them the best of luck in their academic and professional lives as they move forward.
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Connell woman killed in Booker Road crash
CONNELL — Charges are pending against a Kennewick man following a collision about 12 miles south of Othello that killed a Connell woman and injured three other people Tuesday evening. A Washington State Patrol press memo said intoxicating substances were a factor. Jessica Zarate, 37, Connell, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near the intersection of SR 17 and South Booker Road, the WSP memo said. She was driving south on Booker Road approaching the intersection when her car was hit by a pickup driven by John Reiss, 62, Kennewick. Edgar Garcia Quirino, 28, Othello, was driving north on SR 17 and ran into Zarate's car, the WSP memo said. The crash occurred at about 6:40 p.m.
Wheeler Road closed because of traffic collision
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Doors opening: The Currents will provide homeownership for more local workers
About 104 homes are planned at the former Atlas sawmill site
Teachers, nurses, firefighters and other workers who keep Coeur d’Alene running will soon have more places to buy a home in the community where they work. About 104 homes are being planned to be built at Atlas Waterfront, on roughly 10 acres that are part of a swath of land that was once home to the Atlas sawmill and is being redeveloped. Ignite CDA, the city of Coeur d’Alene’s urban renewal agency, is leading this effort.