MOSES LAKE The new Moses Lake elementary school scheduled for construction in Mae Valley should go to bid in late fall. Moses Lake School Board members approved a design for the building at the regular meeting Thursday.
“The goal (is) to bid the project this year, before Christmas and the holidays,” said Matt Whitish of Design West, the lead architect on the project. “The construction schedule hasn’t changed. We’re looking to have a contractor on board at the very early start of 2024, and (to) still have construction completed in time for the school year in 2025.” .
MOSES LAKE Moses Lake Police Chief Kevin Fuhr is asking the city council to consider adding up to $1 million to the police department’s annual budget to hire as many as six new officers, citing the department’s workload.
“We run six officers per shift per crew and any given time, but with education and training, simply we average between four and five officers at any given that are working,” Fuhr told members of the Moses Lake city council on Tuesday.
“Unfortunately, we are busy enough that four or five officers just doesn’t cut it anymore,” added the chief, who is also interim city manager.
MOSES LAKE - The increasing call volume seemingly caused by the city s homeless population is intensifying the staffing dilemma at the Moses Lake Police Department, as indicated by interim City
WASHINGTON D.C. – Washington’s 4th District Congressman, Dan Newhouse, has appointed to local law enforcement leaders to be on his newly formed Central Washington Fentanyl Task Force.
At least 101 people have died of fentanyl overdoses in Yakima County in the past two years — a problem Rep. Dan Newhouse hopes to address with his newly-created Central