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By Ray Bilderback Alice had dusted the living room twice that morning and was giving up. Her husband, hoping to catch the predicted rain, was planting winter wheat in the…
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Business ownership. Entrepreneurship. Economic Development. Intergenerational accumulation of wealth. Public libraries. The relationships between these may be apparent for some items on the list, less so for others.
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At 13, Gabe was granted his dream trip through Make-A-Wish. Gabe and his family went to Austin, Texas for the Formula 1 Grand Prix. “I got to meet all of the drivers, who were like superheroes to me. It was amazing! On the plane home, I told my parents I wanted to be a race-car driver.”
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by Ivy Rose Excerpt from The Old River Road, a brand new novel documenting the lives of the author’s great-great-grandparents, who travelled from Chicago to Spokane. Join us now…
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by Carey Guhlke-Falk We live in an area abundant with recreation, restaurants, events, entertainment, and shopping. For some, these things occur in the same town and for others it…
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by Kathleen Kiefer The full story has finally emerged, and who thought it would tie the first president of the United States with a small house in Ephrata Washington with…
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by Kathleen Kiefer There’s nothing like new asphalt and concrete on Main Street to bolster prospects for a small rural town. The main drag that defines primary business locations in…
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