News Staff An employee at a Moses Lake pizza restaurant contracts the coronavirus. According to Chico’s Pizza owner Mitch Zornes the restaurant is closed for a deep cleaning and all employees will undergo testing for coronavirus. The employee who contracted the virus has been asked to self-quarantine for 14 days. Meanwhile Dutch Brothers Coffee in Moses Lake … Read more
A man who Moses Lake Police say is well known to them for stealing vehicles is back behind bars after fleeing from officers in another stolen car. 32-year-old Robert Patterson was found Wednesday driving the stolen car and when he spotted officers Patterson took off then abandoned the car on E. Broadway. He was apprehended … Read more
The Grant County Jail has started a new off-site visitation program while on-site visitation is suspended due to COVID-19. To use the program first log on to homewav.com and register. It does take 24 hours to get approved, so please keep that in mind when registering. You can go to the Sheriff’s website at grantcountywa.gov/SHERIFF … Read more
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal announced details on reopening school buildings and classrooms in the fall, including a range of options from rotating schedules to phased-in start dates supplemented with online learning. The plan calls for classroom learning, but it may include new types of scheduling affecting students attending public schools in 295 … Read more
The Grant County Health District reports 10 additional confirmed coronavirus case on Wednesday with the total at 265. 1 new case is in Mattawa with 5 in Moses Lake, one in rural Othello, two in Quincy and one in Soap Lake. 5 patients remain hospitalized and 124 are listed as recovered. Adams County reported 1 … Read more
The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Columbia Basin begins its free Summer Food Program on Monday. It provides free weekday lunches for children ages 2 to 18 through Aug. 21. Meals must be eaten on site and cannot be shared with anyone over the age of 18. Children do not need to be a … Read more
Grant County PUD commissioners decide not to implement a temporary 4% rate cut for its core customers after discussing the matter at its Tuesday meeting. The cut for residential, irrigation and small and medium-sized businesses was proposed by commissioner Dale Walker would have been in effect until the end of the year. It would have … Read more
The Moses Lake Roundup Rodeo is cancelled for this year due to the COVID-19 outbreak. It was scheduled for Aug. 20-22 at the Grant County Fairgrounds. Officials say after looking at the situation from all angles they feel this decision is in the best interest of our community, sponsors, contractors, contestants, volunteers, and spectators to … Read more
A 3-county police chase on Wednesday ends in Adams County when the suspect crashed his motorcycle then caught by Sheriff’s K-9 Garrett. It began in Franklin County where the rider identified as Benjamin Garfield hit triple-digit speeds as he headed into into the Royal Camp area in Grant County before returning to Adams County. The … Read more
An oil tanker train collides with a semi that was stalled on tracks in West Eltopia. Police say the semi which was loaded with frozen food stopped on U.S. 395 Wednesday afternoon and the front locomotive tore the semi’s trailer apart. No injuries were reported and there was no report of any oil spillage from … Read more