News Staff With the continued closure of the City of Moses Lake Museum & Art Center due to the coronavirus outbreak museum staff will be expanding its outreach programming to serve the community by setting up setting up shop at the Moses Lake Farmers Market on August 29. The Market is at McCosh Park and museum personnel … Read more
The Grant County Health District reported nearly 150 additional COVID-19 cases since last Friday bring the running total to nearly 1900. The new cases include residents in Ephrata, Mattawa, Moses Lake, rural Othello, Quincy, Royal City and Soap Lake.. 17 people are hospitalized and 950 have recovered. In Adams County there were 14 new cases … Read more
The state Department of Natural Resources as issued a temporary statewide ban for target-shooting on all DNR-managed lands which includes around 3 million acres. Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz says with hotter and drier conditions wildfire risk increases significantly, and they must take reasonable steps to prevent human-caused fires. Commissioner Franz is also encouraging … Read more
The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information from possible victims of a 25-year-old man who was apprehended on a suspected rape of at least one child. Deputies arrested the suspect on Aug. 9 as the result of an ongoing investigation. He also had a State Department of Corrections arrest warrant. Anyone who believes that … Read more
Federal drug charges are brought against a man from an investigation conducted by Moses Lake Police. Erik Velazquez Gumesindo of Warden is charged with with possession with intent to distribute heroin from the 8-month-long investigation by Moses Lake Police Street Crimes detectives. Velazquez Gumesindo was apprehended Aug. 4 after a search warrant was executed at … Read more
Authorities identify the man whose remains were found at a Quincy home as 29-year-old Abel Vargas. An autopsy determined Vargas died from a single gunshot wound. According to Quincy Police Vargas was last seen at a Rocky Avenue home on Aug. 8 and 3 days later officers were called to that home after the family … Read more
State DOT crews are patching more holes on the Vantage Bridge this week. The work is proceeding in the eastbound direction and is expected to wrap up by Thursday afternoon. The freeway will remain open but lanes will be closed. In July a driver who hit a hole on the Bridge ended up calling a … Read more
A Quincy man is dead from an accident while working on a farm. Police say David Ricardo Armas Sandoval was working Saturday afternoon on an irrigation circle near Dodson Road South and South Frontage Road West when a co-worker found him unconscious and unresponsive. The Grant County Coroner’s Office is conducting an autopsy. Sandoval worked … Read more
A Friday night party at an Ephrata residence turned deadly when a man was found unresponsive. Police say they were called to the 1100 block of state Route 28 west and bystanders were performing CPR when first responders arrived. The mqan identified as 27-year-old David Blackman was first taken to Columbia Basin Hospital in Ephrata … Read more
Moses Lake School District students get an additional week of summer vacation after the school board delayed the first day of class from Sept. 2 to Sept. 9 to allow families and district time to plan for the start of school. The board is continuing to employ three options for resuming classes including a 100% … Read more