Tiny house is a big win for family who won it and students who built it

Laurie Welch
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020
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Tiny house winner — Ariella Lara, 3, climbs down the stairs of the bunk room Tuesday while her great aunt Knekia Rathe-Rivera supervises from the door and talks about the tiny house she and her husband won in a raffle.
DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS

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Laurie Welch

RUPERT — It’s a good thing Knekia Rathe-Rivera is used to living a simple lifestyle.

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