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- Published 12/16/2009
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Chris Thorn
Editor
Selah Independent
(509) 698-3632
chris@selahnews.com
You can contact us directly by E-mailing chris@selahnews.com or office@selahnews.com
Also, please subscribe to our print newspaper as we offer only partial coverage in our online edition.
To subscribe by credit card call us at (509) 698-3632. Subscriptions are $36 for a year, $27 for seniors, $18 for students, $20 for six months or $50 for out of county.
Thank you for reading,
Chris Thorn
Editor
Selah Independent
(509) 698-3632
chris@selahnews.com
Featured Articles
Painter making her mark on local businesses for 26 years
- By Denise Keller
- Published 03/4/2010
- Front Page
- Unrated
When Tina Marie Lasha saw someone painting the windows of a Yakima business almost 30 years ago, she commented to her husband how that looked like something she could do. Soon after, she got her own paints, brushes and half a dozen customers. Business took off from there.
Local team wins Selah Fitness Express Weight Loss Challenge
- By Chris Thorn
- Published 03/4/2010
- Front Page
- Unrated
“Thin to Win” receives their $3,200 check for winning the Selah Fitness Express 2009 Weight Loss Challenge.
In it’s third year Selah Fitness Express’ Weight Loss Challenge is as
popular as ever. This year, 77 teams entered the challenge and 50 teams
finished with an accumulative weight loss of 2,330 pounds.
Cashing in on $100,000
- By Chris Thorn
- Published 02/25/2010
- Front Page
- Unrated
The walls at the gymnasium of Robert Lince Elementary School trembled when Kim Sebastian, director of sales for U.S. Cellular in Washington, told Lince students and faculty that they were one of the 10 champions in U.S. Cellular’s Calling All Communities campaign and recipients of $100,000.
Price paid for graffiti
- By Selah Staff
- Published 02/25/2010
- Front Page
- Unrated
On a cold evening Nov. 24, 2008, three teenagers were caught by Troy
and Brad Helms tagging their newly constructed Helms True Value
Hardware store. Two were sentenced to community service and jail time
in the Wapato City Jail.
Recent Articles
More than just a best friend
- By Shawnee Olson
- Published 03/4/2010
- Commentary
- Unrated
I am super excited for this Friday. Why? Because my best friend is
coming here from Olalla. Usually I travel over there so that makes it
all the more special. You can’t have it both ways
- By Chris Thorn
- Published 03/4/2010
- Commentary
- Unrated
Throughout the course of human history, as a people, we have confronted
many different racial, sexist or just flat out hurtful words or phrases
and scratched them from our vocabularies. However, many people still
use some of those certain words in comedy in an effort to take away
their power and I applaud them for it most of the time.
Bad puns and even worse economic decisions
- By Richard Burger
- Published 03/4/2010
- Commentary
- Unrated
I got another one of those nice emails from one of the Washington
senators, the one who is up for re-election this year, Patty Murray.
She wanted to share the good news that our state will receive $590
million from the stimulus slush fund for “investment” in high-speed
rail upgrades between the northern and southern borders in the Cascade
corridor.
