The Grant County Health District reported 22 additional confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday with the total case count at 1,223. The new cases are residents in Ephrata, Mattawa, Moses Lake, Rural Othello, Quincy, Royal City, Warden, and Wilson Creek. 9 patients remain hospitalized and just over 580 are listed as recovered. There have been 10 … Read more
A natural cover fire destroyed a home in rural Franklin County near Palouse Falls on Thursday. According to the Southeast Washington Interagency Incident Management Team multiple fire agencies from Adams, Columbia, and Franklin Counties responded to the the area of Highway 261 and Palouse Falls Rd. Firefighters got the blaze under control within a couple … Read more
Renters in Washington State who can’t make their monthly payment may soon be able to get help from a new program funded by the federal CARES act signed into law in March. The program administered by the state Department of Commerce received $100 million from the federal government and comes as Governor Jay Inslee extended … Read more
Firefighters from several jurisdictions, including the Bureau of Land Management are at a blaze north of Rimrock Meadows on Moses Coulee Road. The Central Washington Interagency Communication Center says the fire is traveling southwest. The blaze is torching brush and grass in what’s being called unaccessible terrain. Around 50 acres were reported consumed as of … Read more
Grant PUD officials are reporting the growth in the utility’s high speed fiber internet service is accelerating at rates never seen before. The reason is because more people are working from home and schools are providing distance learning. Officials the subscriber increase through June is almost at the goal for all of 2020. Expansion plans … Read more
Quincy Police apprehend a man wanted in domestic violence incident on July 8. 49-year-old Avel Beltran Leon was wanted for felony harassment and a search at his last known addresscame up empty. He was taken into custody Wednesday night with the assistance of law enforcement partners from Douglas County. Investigators say family and friends continued … Read more
The Grant County Health District reported 24 additional confirmed coronavirus cases with the total case count at just over 1200. The new cases are residents in Mattawa, Moses Lake, Quincy and Royal City. 9 patients remain hospitalized and just over 580 are listed as recovered. Adams County reported 9 new coronavirus cases since on Wednesday … Read more
Moses Lake officials are holding an online open house to go over transportation improvements and plans for a Love’s Travel Stop fuel station at Pritchard Road and Sage Road along the eastbound lanes of I-90 at exit 174. The meeting is on Thursday, Aug. 13 from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. and participants will be … Read more
Firefighters have the upper hand on a brush fire near Waterville in Douglas County. It broke out Tuesday in the area of Highway 2 at Milepost 151 and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reports all evacuation orders and road closures have been lifted. Over 1,500 acres were consumed. No one was hurt and no buildings … Read more
What started out as a domestic disturbance call in Soap Lake on Tuesday turned into a tense situation where an officer stopped a man from taking his own life. According to Chief Ryan Cox the officer who had joined the department less than 2 weeks after graduating from the academy convinced the man to let … Read more