Commerce awards $11.4 million for vital infrastructure projects in 20 rural communities

by admin | Sep 18, 2021 | Stories

Community Development Block Grants fund wide range of high-priority local projects, including public water, sewer, emergency and fire protection systems, streets, housing, food pantries and more. OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State Department of Commerce today...

House panel rejects GOP effort to include ‘MALDEN Act’ in Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending package

by admin | Sep 16, 2021 | Stories

This article first appeared in the Spokesman-Review. Article by Orion Donovan-Smith . Photos by Jess Tinsley. WASHINGTON – Late Tuesday night, House Democrats rejected a Republican effort to add legislation inspired by the fire that destroyed the Eastern Washington...

Leaving Malden and looking to the future, young couple gets married and saves for home to start a new life

by admin | Sep 14, 2021 | Stories

This article first appeared in the Spokesman-Review on September 12, 2021. Article by Emma Epperly Photos by Jesse Tinsley. Music drifted over a Spokane Valley backyard as Sage Butler walked down the stairs in a gown, smiling at her fiancé, Jason Hoover, who tearfully...

Marquis of Whitman County: Malden leaders have big dreams for future

by admin | Sep 13, 2021 | Stories

This article first appeared in the Spokesman-Review on September 11, 2021. Article by Emma Epperly, Photos by Jesse Tinsley. Children play among lush green pine trees as hikers come off the John Wayne Trail to pick up lunch and a U.S. Postal Service truck rumbles by –...

Preventing fires from destroying entire towns will take communities learning to live with fire

by admin | Sep 10, 2021 | Stories

This article first appeared in the Spokesman-Review on September 10, 2021. Article by Laurel Demkovich.  Photos by Jesse Tinsley. In recent years, small towns, like Malden, Washington, have become victim to catastrophic fires that burned around them. As more people...