Reactions to the decision in the Yakima Valley have been mixed and state lawmakers and Yakima Valley community members are debating the best way to redraw those boundaries and create
MOSES LAKE Kristofer Johnson noticed something a little different about the concerns of the Moses Lake business people who gathered to hear him speak on Wednesday.
“Water. Water percolated here, which hasn’t in a lot of communities, I would say,” said Johnson, president and CEO of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s chamber of commerce. “I think that’s the next big challenge we have as a state, for communities, for industrial land development, for residential land development, it’s about water.” .