News Staff The Grant County Health District reported 26 more COVID-19 cases on Tuesday bringing the running total to over 2,350. The new cases include residents in Ephrata, Moses Lake, Quincy area, Royal City, and Warden. 19 are hospitalized and a total of 15 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. In Adams County there was 1 … Read more
The Grant County Health District reported 63 new COVID-19 cases on Monday bringing the running total to nearly 2,340. The new cases include residents in Ephrata, Mattawa area, Moses Lake, rural Othello, Quincy area, Royal City, and Wilson Creek area. 18 are hospitalized and a total of 15 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. … Read more
Divers are continuing to search for a man who went missing Sunday aafternoon in Banks Lake near Coulee City. Police say the man jumped into the water from a stationary boat and did not resurface. The Columbia Basin Dive Rescue team joined the search on Monday. A few weeks ago a man was injured when … Read more
Governor Jay Inslee announced nearly $190 million in federal funding will go to local governments and health districts that did not receive direct distributions under the CARES Act which was passed in March. It includes over $125 million to cities and counties and more than $60 million to local health jurisdictions. Earlier this year $300 … Read more
The State Patrol sent a letter of thanks to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in a traffic stop on Interstate 90 last week where the suspect got into an altercation with a trooper. Adams County Sergeant Ben Buriak, Deputy Hunter Klewin and Deputy Darryl Bames provided vital assistance to Trooper Pierce while … Read more
A fire that consumed over 200 large hay bales near Moses Lake is ruled an arson. According to Grant County Fire Marshal Bruce Gribble said the fire started at 3:20 a.m. on Hiawatha Rd. north of I-90 near Road 3 NE and it was not the result of spontaneous combustion. Damage was estimated at around … Read more
A Moses Lake man faces charged from a domestic violence incident on Saturday that turned into a police standoff. It started when Grant County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the home in the 1200 block of Arnold Drive in the Larson Community when the suspect identified as Braiden Lublin refused to come outside. Deputies obtained a … Read more
A Kittitas woman is revived from an opioid overdose when police administer the drug Narcan. According to the Kittitas County Sheriff’s office it happened Thursday at a N. Pierce St. residence where officers learded the 63-year-old woman was overdosing on pain medications. The victim was found unconscious and unresponsive so officers began CPR and administered … Read more
A federal judge in Yakima rules the Trump administration and the U.S. Postal Service are required to turn over records and information within 10 days about service changes that critics say could undermine mail-in voting in the November election. The Justice Department opposed the request, saying that much of the information the states are seeking … Read more
3 people are dead inm a 2-car crash Friday on Blewett Pass. Police say Marjorie Acevedo of Yakima was traveling northbound of State Route 97 but pulled into the southbound lane as she attempted to pass vehicles when she hit a pickup driven by 19-year-old Majelia Delgado who was killed along with a passenger identified … Read more