News Staff A pair of Grant County car thefts and 2 high-speed chases land a duo of suspects in jail. Police say it started in George early Sunday morning wyhen the two suspects were spotted pushing what was later identified as a car stolen from Moses Lake. The suspects then took a car from George and that’s … Read more
The Northern Columbia Basin Rail Project gets the go-ahead from federal administrators after a three-year-long environmental review. The project creates rail access to land designated and zoned for industrial use along Wheeler Road and the Grant County International Airport. State funding was awarded in 2015 and 2016 so with the federal approval those funds can … Read more
A Moses Lake police officer responding to a fight call collided with a private vehicle on Monday at the five corners intersection along South Pioneer Way. According to investigators the officer had the lights and siren activated and slowed to let traffic clear but a driver on Pioneer Way failed to yield. The officer was … Read more
A 74-year-old man injured earlier this month in a two-car crash near Othello has died. Police say Felix Rodriguez-Martinez was heading easbound on Cunningham Road when he failed to stop at the intersection wth State Route 17 resulting in his car being hit by a southbound pickup truck that was towing a trailer. Rodriguez-Martinez was … Read more
Get ready for delays on Stratford Road starting a week from today as a resurfacing project will take place between Broadway Avenue to state Route 17. The nearly $1.7 million project includes widening on the east side of the road to add an additional traffic lane through the West Valley Road intersection. Traffic signals will … Read more
A driver is injured in a head-on collision on Highway 2 Thursday afternoon near Orondo. Police say Patrick Brighton, of Chelan Falls was heading eastbound when hecrossed the centerline and struck a westboundpickup truck with both vehicles blocking the westbound lane. Brighton was taken to Confluence Health-Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee. The pickup’s driver wasn’t … Read more
Ritzville Police issued an alert for a missing person believed to be in danger. 40-year-old JoAnn Day disappeared Friday night in a 2016 silver Dodge Dart with Washington license plate BDT8901. No one has heard from her since and she did not take her phone, money, dentures or medications. Day is white, five-three and around … Read more
The Grant County Health District reports toxic blue-green algae is back in Moses Lake. Samples collected on Tuesday near Blue Heron park and Connelly Park tested well above state recreational guidelines and officials say it is reasonable to assume the toxic algae is present in all parts of the lake. Warning signs have been posted … Read more
The Grant County Health District reports 15 additional confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday with the total now at 544. Friday’s cases are from Ephrata, Mattawa, Moses Lake, rural Othello, Quincy, Royal City and Warden. Two cases confirmed on Thursday were removed from the totals due to the patients not being from Grant County. 10 people … Read more
Governor Jay Inslee announce a pause on counties moving to Phase 4 of the economic reopening due to the rising number of coronavirus cases. Eight counties had been eligible to move from Phase 3 to Phase 4 which is essentially no restrictions. Inslee says it is an evolving situation and they will continue to make … Read more