News Staff Samaritan Healthcare in Moses Lake is in need of homemade masks to protect patients and staff. Officials say while they are well stocked on other personal protective equipment and supplies masks are their highest need at this time. Masks need to be made of cotton material 9 inches by 6 inches. We have information posted … Read more
A Chicago-based solar energy company is proposing to build a 700-acre generating facility north of Moses Lake. According to the Grant County planning division the company is working with them to obtain permits for land at 5010 Rd. 10 NE which is about a mile northwest of the Grant County International Airport main runway. Once … Read more
Bail is set at $3 million for the suspect accused of killing a man and hiding out from police in Kittitas County for nearly a month. Jorge Alcantara-Gonzalez was arraigned on nearly two dozen charges in connection with the death of Ian Eckles of Kent who was last seen May 16 buying gas in the … Read more
Governor Jay Inslee says he will not hesitate to roll back phases of reopening the state if the coronavirus case counts start to increase in a county. While Grant and Adams Counties remain in phase 2 there are 14 other counties now in phase 3 which among other things increases the size of group gatherings … Read more
An accident Saturday afternoon on state Route 17 near Othello results in three people injured. Police say 74-year-old Felix Rodriguez Martinez was heading east on Cunningham Road when he drove into the SR17 intersection where his car was hit by a southbound pickup truck. Rodriguez Martinez was airlifted to a Spokane hospital while his passenger … Read more
Adams County Sheriff’s K-9 Garrett is called in to apprehend a woman wanted on an outstanding warrant. Deputies found Ventura Ozuna last Friday at a W. Margaret Lane apartment and she refused to come out. It turned out Ozuna was hiding in the attic and that’s when Garrett and his handler moved in. Ozuna ended … Read more
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell is the first state prison where an inmate died from the coronavirus. Officials say 63-year-old Victor Bueno was hospitalized on May 31 where he remained until he died last Wednesday. Bueno was jailed in 2017 after violating a protection order in Kitsap County and his release date was set … Read more
A one-car crash Friday near Ephrata takes the life of the driver. Police say Augustine Gallegos Jr. of Quincy was eastbound on Road 9 Northwest when the car’s left rear tire blew out resulting in Gallegos losing control. The car slid off the rolled and rolled over coming to rest on its roof. Gallegos was … Read more
The Grant County Health District reports 18 more confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday with the total at 405. Friday’s cases come from Ephrata, Mattawa, Moses Lake, Quincy and Royal City. The district continues to investigate how these individuals contracted COVID-19. The health district also released data on the number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 by … Read more
The Grant County Health District reports 20 more confirmed coronavirus cases with the total at 387. Thursday’s cases include residents in Mattawa, Moses Lake, Quincy, Soap Lake and Warden. The district continues to investigate how these individuals contracted COVID-19. In Adams County there were 2 new cases reported on Thursday with the total at 108. … Read more