The North Central Educational Services District (NCESD) is giving away free bicycles to scores of fifth grade students in North Central Washington.
The "Earn-a-Bike" grant is part of a statewide bicycle and pedestrian education program called "Let's GO" which is aimed at students in grades three through eight.
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One person is dead following a single-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 97 Thursday morning.
Washington State Patrol Trooper Jeremy Weber says the crash occurred around 3:30 a.m. just north of Orondo.
"The vehicle that was involved was traveling southbound when it left the roadway and struck a tree...