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  • Keep Student Loan Rates From Doubling

    Rep. Cathy Mcmorris Rodgers (r-wa), Special To The Times|Jul 4, 2013

    I t's not every day you meet a college sopho- more who serves burg- ers at the local McDonald's drive-thru just to put herself through college and graduate with a degree in quantitative economics. But in light of recent tuition hikes and the threat of some student loan rates doubling in less than a week, that's exactly what 18-year-old Hayley Hohman -- an Eastern Washington native and Washington State University "Cougar" -- is doing to fund her final years of college. I know what it's like to...

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    Jul 4, 2013

  • Dayton Mayor to Lead Cities Group

    Ken Graham, The Times|Jul 4, 2013

    DAYTON - Dayton May- or Craig George was elected President of the Association of Washington Cities last week during their Annual Conference in Kennewick. He will serve a one-year term. The AWC is a non-profit group that represents all of Washington's 281 cities and towns. It is currently in its 80th year. During the past two years, George has served as secretary/treasurer and then vice president of the group's board of direc- tors. George says that the AWC provides many impor- tant services for...

  • Wait’s Mill Project Moves Forward

    Dena Wood, The Times|Jul 4, 2013

    WAITSBURG - Two new steps have been taken on the path to memorialize the site of the former Wait's Mill, which was de- stroyed by fire in September 2009. At Waitsburg's June 19 City Council meeting, city administrator Randy Hinchliffe noted that debris from the W. 7th Street Project was being transferred to the mill site and that a contractor had been selected to build an informational kiosk at the mill. Opp & Seibold has con- tracted to build an informa- tional kiosk, incorporating the brick...