News Staff WENATCHEE – Former U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson will be in Wenatchee on Friday, May 12. The retired neurosurgeon will be the keynote speaker at a Life Choices of Wenatchee Valley event. Carson was Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, after he lost his 2016 bid to become president. -0-
Ephrata native and Mexican refugee Gavin Seim [sime] is reportedly ‘under fire.’ Seim and his family fled the U.S. in 2017 after he refused to show up for his court hearing for obstruction of an Ephrata officer during a 2017 arrest. In his latest YouTube video, the former 4th congressional district candidate implied that there … Read more
ROCK ISLAND – Washington State Troopers say a Soap Lake man has been cited for causing a wreck that injured two people Friday on SR 28 in Rock Island. State Patrol says 50-year-old Steven Ruiz was speeding when he rear ended a vehicle, pushing it into another car. Two people in the car that Ruiz … Read more
MOSES LAKE – The former Moses Lake police training facility could soon be home to the unhoused. During Tuesday’s Ad Hoc Homeless Committee public meeting members recommended that the municipality convert the former city firing range into a protected living site for people residing in vehicles and RVs, without the risk of being impounded. The … Read more
QUINCY – Construction at the White Trail Rd. roundabout in Quincy has been delayed due to a concrete pouring mistake. On Sunday, Source ONE News learned the construction timeline at SR 28 and White Trail will be pushed back by at least two weeks. The project, that began in mid-April and was supposed to wrap … Read more
DAVENPORT – A Moses Lake man accused of killing his wife last year has accepted a plea deal. 54-year-old Charles Bergman is facing first-degree murder for the death of Theresa Bergman in September 2022. Theresa’s body was discovered in rural Lincoln County, days after she and her husband of 36 years were last seen at … Read more
NESPELEM – The Colville Tribes is mourning the loss of one of its most honorable members who passed away on Tuesday. Colville Business Council Chairman Jarred-Michael Erickson says the death of Pauline Stensgar is “incalculable.” Stensgar was the tribes eldest employee and was the last fully fluent speaker of the Moses-Columbia tribe dialect. She was … Read more
BEVERLY – If you’ve filled up at the Outpost fuel station near Beverly lately, you may have been a victim of a credit card skimmer. On Thursday morning, Sheriff’s deputies received a call from a customer who found the disguised device attached to the credit card reader. It is not known how much financial data … Read more
WILSON CREEK – The Wilson Creek School District will soon upgrade its facilities thanks to a Small Rural Schools Modernization grant. The funds will be spent on improving air quality and ventilation in the district’s main building, according to the district. Construction on the upgrades could begin as early as this summer. -0-
DRYDEN – Fun on the water turned deadly for a Cashmere man who had to be pulled from the Wenatchee River near Dryden Thursday. Authorities received a call about an overturned raft carrying seven people, with one of the occupants reportedly unresponsive. The man was pronounced dead after nearly an hour of CPR. Sheriff’s officials … Read more