After losing everything in the fire, 90-year-old Malden man moves into donated home

by admin | Mar 10, 2022 | Stories

This article first appeared in The Spokesman Review on March 10, 2022, By Emma Epperly .   Sun poured through the windows of a nearly empty house as 90-year-old Jim Jacobs, tears in his eyes, looked around in awe. He finally had a home. It had been 548 days since...

Full Circle: Malden mother and daughter give back to community after losing home in fire

by admin | Nov 1, 2021 | Stories

This article first appeared in The Spokesman Review on October 31, 2021. Written by Emma Epperly . emmae@spokesman.com(509) 459-5122 The road leading into main street in Malden, Washington, looks almost normal at first glance, with a row of old weathered homes with...

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 –...