OTHELLO – For Korbi Ashton, Artist of the Month at the Othello Old Hotel and Art Gallery, photography is a much-needed creative outlet amid the hectic schedule of a stay-at-home mom for seven children.
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OTHELLO — Amid the tractors and tillers, over 100 attendees filed into the Othello RDO Equipment Co. building Saturday evening for the Othello Old Hotel Art Gallery’s annual benefit auction.
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On a moonlit night, after driving down a dark, dusty road and through a creaky steel gate, dozens lined up in a dimly lit booth to purchase tickets to the evening’s eery event, the Othello Straw Maze.
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OTHELLO — Former Othello High School girls wrestling coach Jacob Jermain “J.J.” Martinez shared a blanket with a student athlete during a wrestling trip and made deceptive statements about the incident during an investigation into his conduct, according to records from the Othello School District.
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ROYAL CITY — After a fire truck with Grant County Fire District No. 10 rolled over on Road I Northwest last Sunday, Chief Eric Linn’s primary concern was the wellbeing of the firefighter injured in the crash.
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ROYAL CITY — Sunday’s rollover of a fire truck belonging to Grant County Fire District No. 10 occurred because the vehicle was traveling too fast for conditions, according to the Washington State Patrol.
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WARDEN — Grant County detectives are searching for Arthur Valentino Madrigal, 36, of Othello, who went missing Aug. 3 from the Heart Lake area, near Warden.
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OTHELLO — The Othello School District is defending its handling of an investigation into allegations against former Othello girl’s wrestling coach Jacob Jermaine “J.J.” Martinez, after the Adams County Prosecutor found insufficient evidence to file criminal charges against him.
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OTHELLO — Adams County prosecutors have declined to press charges against former Othello High School wrestling coach Jacob Jermaine “J.J.” Martinez, who resigned from that position in March following accusations that he had an inappropriate relationship with a student.
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MOSES LAKE — The last holdouts of Washington’s Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives joined the call to open an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump Sunday, citing “national security and national conscience,”
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MOSES LAKE — Thirteen Grant County residents with alleged ties to the Eastside Familia Norteño street gang were arrested last week in an extensive, regional drug raid, including two men accused of being the leaders of the drug trafficking conspiracy, according to a press release from the Drug Enforcement Agency.
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WASHINGTON D.C. — Fourth District Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Yakima, joined almost all of his Republican colleagues last week in the U.S. House in voting against a resolution titled “Condemning President Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of Congress,” which passed 240-187 along party lines.
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MATTAWA — The scene of the Powerline Fire, which sparked Sunday afternoon near Mattawa and burned 7,800 acres, had largely settled by Monday afternoon, with the majority of the fire’s fuel having burned away overnight.
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