News Staff MOSES LAKE – Alcohol played a role, police said, when a teen reportedly drove into a Moses Lake home over the weekend. Moses Lake police responded to North Grape Drive late Saturday night and say the 19-year-old driver crossed the centerline into oncoming traffic before she slammed into a structural pole holding up a second … Read more
More government workers are rolling up their sleeves and getting vaccinated against COVID-19. New state data released Monday shows about 275 more Washington state employees have been verified as having gotten their shots since last week’s Oct. 18 deadline. Gov. Jay Inslee had ordered state and school employees, as well as hundreds of thousands of … Read more
MOSES LAKE – Moses Lake firefighter’s dismissed for refusing to get the COVID shot could be coming back to work after all. During a regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday night, the city council voted 4-3 to accommodate three of four firefighters who are no longer with the department for their failure to comply with the … Read more
EPHRATA – An undercover raid at an Ephrata [ee-FRAY-t?] home early Monday morning netted police one arrest and multiple illicit drugs. Officers found about 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine, a half-pound of heroin and 33 grams of cocaine during the search of a residence on Basin St. SW, according to the sheriff’s office. A vehicle, believed … Read more
BREWSTER – The state’s vaccine mandate aimed at helping prevent the spread of COVID19 could put Three Rivers Hospital in jeopardy of losing workers. Three Rivers Hospital Business Development Coordinator Jennifer Best says the hospital had to let six people go, and even though the losses are not affecting them pso far they are dealing … Read more
MOSES LAKE – A home under construction was damaged in Moses Lake over the weekend after someone set several small fires inside the residence. Police responded to a home on South Madison Street and found significant burn damage along a downstairs door, a bathtub and two upstairs windows. There was also burn marks near the … Read more
AP) – As of Monday proof of vaccination or a negative test for COVID-19 will be required at restaurants, bars, gyms, theaters or entertainment venues in Washington state’s most populous county. King County officials and Seattle’s Mayor announced the new requirements to enter certain indoor and outdoor establishments, citing hospitalizations and deaths because of the … Read more
WENATCHEE – One of the largest clothing retailers in the Pacific Northwest opened its Wenatchee [wuh nachee] location on Monday. Burlington is doing business in the former Rite Aid location on North Miller Street near Winco, and is still hiring with five open employment positions posted on its website. -0-
OLYMPIA – Washington state has recovered nearly $500,000 in stolen unemployment benefits, Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Monday. Ferguson said the state is the first to use its asset forfeiture power to recover the stolen funds, which will be returned to the Washington unemployment insurance trust fund. Identity thieves stole billions of dollars from at … Read more
MOSES LAKE – The victim in a fatal shooting Sunday morning near Moses Lake has been identified. Investigators say, Danuel D. Surface, was killed by a 27-year-old man, as the two argued. Police said they received several 911 calls about screaming coming from the area of Arlington Drive in the Larson housing community, where officers … Read more