News Staff WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chelan, Douglas and Kittitas counties have recieved federal grants to spur growth for small farms and rural businesses. A total of $490,000 in grants was awarded in Washington through the Rural Business Development grant program to help businesses in rural areas. -0-
SPOKANE – Nearly 40 years later, authorities have identified a dismembered body found on the shore of the Spokane River as a woman with ties to Wenatchee. This week, the Spokane Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the mutilated body, found by two fishermen in 1984, belonged to 24-year-old Ruth Belle Waymire. Despite the lengthy investigation, Ruth’s … Read more
MATTAWA – The cost of a makeover at the Port of Mattawa’s Event Center will be covered in the upcoming state budget. State representatives have set aside $361,000 for event center infrastructure improvements in to accommodate the population boom in the southern Grant County area, officials said, and to increase tourism, which will in turn … Read more
More details are trickling in about a massive fire at Basic American Foods in Moses Lake. A spokesman confirmed on Wednesday that one of the plant’s employees received “non-emergency medical attention” during Tuesday night’s fire. An anonymous source with Basic informed Source ONE News that the worker sustained burns. It remains unknown as to when … Read more
SOAP LAKE – The Grant County Sheriff’s Office recognized the heroic acts of a UPS driver who saved a young gir’s life last year. Brian Walters was honored with a Life Saving Award during the Grant County Sheriff’s Office annual all-staff meeting last week [March 24]. The Grand Coulee volunteer firefighter was delivering packages to … Read more
LEAVENWORTH – A nearly 24 hour long stand off at a home near Leavenworth ended with the arrest of the suspect. It all began on Tuesday morning when Chelan County deputies say Abel Wilkes “flipped out” and was shooting a gun at his home on Chumstick Highway, before barricading himself inside. The ordeal ended at … Read more
MOSES LAKE – A man convicted for a domestic assault at Big Bend Community College has learned his fate. Moses Denzel Jones, 24, pleaded guilty Tuesday, stemming from the incident in which he’s accused of threatening a 19 year old student he was dating with a pair of scissors on Jan. 30 and choking her … Read more
GEORGE – A Fall City man man was sentenced Tuesday in connection to a fatal 2021 DUI collision near George. Christopher J. Crisostomo pleaded guilty in Grant County Superior Court to two counts of vehicular homicide, stemming from the wreck on Adams Road Northwest near state Route 283 that left two people dead. A judge … Read more
LEAVENWORTH – Police activity prompted a residential lockdown near Leavenworth Tuesday. A shelter-in-place was issued between Merry Canyon and milepost 11 along Chumstick Highway due to an armed person barricaded inside a home, according to the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office. Residents were urged to lock their doors and stay inside during the investigation. -0-
MOSES LAKE – A massive fire broke out Tuesday night at Basic American Foods, one of the area’s largest processing plants. Grant County Fire District 5’s Bob Horst says the fire started in the center of the Moses Lake facility, located near the I-90/SR 17 interchange. A Basic American Foods employee told Source ONE News … Read more