News Staff The body recovered Thursday south of Ephrata has been identified as 39-year-old Benjamin Buckles from Soap Lake. His body was located in a canalnear Road J Northwest and state Route 28, south of Ephrata. An autopsy will be conducted this week by the King County Medical Examiner to determine Buckles’ cause of death. Anyone with … Read more
The Grant County Coroner’s Office identified the man killed in Thursday’s dog attack in Moses Lake. Deputies were called to the home of 27-year-old Zachary Willis for a report of an animal attack inside the residence. First responders tried to resuscitate Willis but he was pronounced dead. The dog is currently with a veterinarian but … Read more
A one-car accident on I-90 in Kittitas County results in one person critically injured. Police say it happened Friday in the eastbound lanes near mile marker 85 when the right rear tire of the car driven by a Lake Forest Park man blew out. The car left the roadway to the left, rolled through the … Read more
A man is killed and a woman injured in a dog attack Thursday morning near Moses Lake. Police say the two were attacked by their own dog in their home at the Harvest Manor mobile home park off Airway Drive Northeast. The woman was taken by ambulance to Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake. The man … Read more
The Grant County Health District reported 24 new coronavirus cases on Thursday with the total now 3,239. Cases are residents of Grand Coulee, Mattawa, Moses Lake, rural Othello, Quincy and Royal City.. 11 people remain hospitalized. There are a total of 21 COVID-19 related deaths with 4 death certificates pending review. Adams County reported 2 … Read more
Movie theaters in Grant County can reopen now that Governor Jay Inslee reduced restrictions on the businesses by allowing counties in Phase 2 to reopen at 25% capacity. Fairchild Cinema owner Jeff Fairchild says they will reopen the Moses Lake location at the end of October but an exact date has yet to be determined. … Read more
The Othello School District board of education okays a plan to move the district to a hybrid learning model from an all-remote learning program, The plan calls for students to be in the classroom about 50 percent of the time each week with the rest remote learning. Kindergarten through third grade will be the first … Read more
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an individual whose body was found Thursday near Ephrata. Very few details were made available including the individual’s identity and gender. The body was found in a canal along Road J Northwest just west of State Route 28. Anyone with information on this incident should … Read more
This week Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake announced an expansion of its agricultural program. Beginning in the winter quarter students can enroll in an agricultural mechanic training certificate and degree program. Officials say ag program grads are in high demand and local career opportunities are plentiful with jobs in the sector accounting for … Read more
Governor Jay Inslee and his Republican challenger Loren Culp mixed it up during an hour long debate in Wednesday. Culp started out by saying the state is in a leadership conference while the two-term Democrat questioned why voters should trust a police chief from a town of 1100 should be trusted to run the state. … Read more