Grant PUD is offering up three proposed locations to route its new transmission line in the Royal Slope area. Detailed maps of the potential routes are being shown during two public workshops on Jan. 29 and Feb. 5. Both workshops will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Port of Royal Slope … Read more
Police are looking for the suspects who not only stole construction equiipment from a site in George but also poisoned a guard dog. The theft happened early Sunday morning at a Frenchman Hill Road location and the business owner says the theives got in to the facility by first killing the dog. Authorities say the … Read more
A man who fired on police in a 2018 Soap Lake incident takes a plea deal. Prosecutors say Alejandro Rodriguez pleaded guilty to reduced charges on Monday and they are recommending a nearly 35-year jail sentence. Police say Rodriguez opened fire on officers as they attempted to apprehend him on outstanding warrants. The plea bargain … Read more
Five people are named as finalists to become Big Bend Community College’s next president. Terry Leas, the college’s current president, announced last August he would retire at the end of the 2019-20 academic year. The college’s Presidential Search Committee began reviewing applications last December and submitted the five finalists to the Board of Trustees last … Read more
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is looking for tips to find the driver who collided with an Eastmont school bus on North Nile Avenue Friday afternoon. An investigation determined the driver of a silver colored two-door hatchback car pulled out of a driveway without stopping and hit the bus’ front bumper. The bus driver told … Read more
First degree murder charges are being brought against a 70-year-old Cashmere woman in the death of her 96-year-old mother early Saturday morning. Police say Anita Jones called 9-1-1 to report she killed her mother and officers responded to the Pioneer Avenue residence where Jones was taken into custody without incident. The cause of death and … Read more
Moses Lake’s Mick Hansen is helping the less fortunate after lack of funding resulted in the shuttering of the city’s warming center in 2019. Hansen is temporarily lending his property across from the Moses Lake Food bank that was once home to a lumber mill to be used as a makeshift shelter. The former contractor … Read more
An investigation into a moped and ATV theft in Moses Lakes turns into a teenager and two adults facing charges. Police say the owner told them their 17-year-old granddaughter took the two vehicles and officers found the girl traded the vehicles with two adults for marijuana and alcohol. The juvenile is charged with motor vehicle … Read more
The search is one for a driver who crashed a pickup truck in Quincy then left the vehicle behind. Police say it happened early Friday morning and the truck was found at the corner of C Street Southeast and 1st Avenue Southeast crashed into a wrought iton fence. It had sustained heavy damage with its … Read more
State lawmakers return to Olympia today to kick off the 2020 session and on the agenda is a series of bills that Attorney General Bob Ferguson says will combat mass shootings in Washintgon state. The legislation calls for increasing background checks including for those purchasing ammunition along with a complete ban on assault weapons plus … Read more