News Staff KITTITAS COUNTY – A search is underway for a Seattle Fire Department deputy chief who has been reported missing while on a hunting trip in Kittitas [ki·tuh·tas] County. According to the sheriff’s office, Jay Schreckengost was in the Cliffdale area of Kittitas County, north of state Route 410 where his family said he went elk … Read more
MOSES LAKE – The Moses Lake Ice Rink is tentatively scheduled to reopen for the season on Nov. 19. The rink was initially set to open Nov. 12 but the date was pushed back due to warm weather. Public skating sessions will be similar to last season. -0-
MOSES LAKE – A teen boy accused of fatally shooting a man in Moses Lake has been charged as an adult. Dominick D. Kultgen [kul gin], 17, is charged in Grant County Superior Court with first-degree murder, in connection to the Sept. 8, at Montlake Park where the body of 21-year-old Brandon Dick was found … Read more
MOSES LAKE – With a commanding lead over Rachel Gallacci [gal lack sigh], Moses Lake Police Chief Kevin Fuhr will soon become one of several to preside over Moses Lake School District affairs heading into the new year. Moses Lake School Board Candidate Kevin Fuhr leads Gallacci with 55.54% of the vote which equates to … Read more
SOAP LAKE – The Soap Lake School District says students will be let out earlier than normal for the Thanksgiving holiday due to ‘intensified student behavior’ at schools in the district. “Student behavior has been more disruptive,” Superintendent Sunshine Pray told iFIBER ONE News, adding, that both teachers and students are “overwhelmed.” On Wednesday, Pray … Read more
MOSES LAKE – Samaritan Healthcare and other health organizations are again teaming up for the annual community turkey drive. Donations of canned food and other non-perishable items can be dropped off in collection boxes at the healthcare organizations in Moses Lake until Nov. 19. Samaritan Healthcare will also be taking donations of any perishable food … Read more
Department of Veterans Affairs’ Deputy Secretary Donald Remy is under scrutiny after complaints about patient care issues at VA hospitals across eastern Washington, the Spokesman-Review reports. Remy is responsible for the rollout of a new health records system that caused delayed care at Spokane’s Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, which also has an outpatient clinic in … Read more
OTHELLO – A 41-year-old Othello man injured in a two vehicle crash has been blamed for causing the wreck. Washington State Troopers say Nicholas Johnson’s pickup truck was following too close when he ran into the back of a construction vehicle on SR 260 Monday night. Johnson was taken to an area hospital for treatment. … Read more
A Moses Lake man is facing more time in jail in connection to a 2015 shooting. A state appeals court reinstated a 10 year sentence handed down to Olajide Fletcher who was charged with first-degree assault with a firearm after shooting a man five times in the legs. Fletcher had been given a 10 year … Read more
WENATCHEE – A video has been released in a seven year old case involving Chelan [cha lan] County Sheriff’s Office deputies accused of shooting off a gun at a pool party in Wenatchee. The never-seen-before video has been circulating on social media and shows what led to the deputy discharging his gun. Both officers were … Read more