News Staff ELLENSBURG – A winning lottery ticket was sold at an Ellensburg store. A patron at Fred Meyer spent $30 on the one Ultimate Millions Scratch off ticket and scored the top $1 million prize on Friday, the Washington Lottery website states. The current odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 1.8 million. Good … Read more
QUINCY – A Quincy man is behind bars after he was caught siphoning gasoline at a station just outside of Quincy early Monday. Deputies say 38-year-old Jose Ventura Gonzalez was seen on a security camera cutting the lock on a fuel pump at Road U Northwest and SR 28 near White Trail Produce, and then … Read more
OTHELLO – A second grade teacher in Othello was awarded for her quick actions during a police incident near the school Thursday. Othello police began a foot chase of a wanted man along Olympia Street and they ended up on the playground, where Lauren Rathbone immediately got on the PA system and ordered the school … Read more
QUINCY – A large machinery storage building was destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon south of Quincy. Firefighters responded to a property in the 2800 block of Road P NW and found the ex-potato storage shed turned farm machinery facility fully engulfed by flames. No one was hurt by the blaze and the fire was contained … Read more
MATTAWA – A 39-year-old man died in a late Saturday night trailer fire near Mattawa. Grant County Fire District 8 and sheriff’s deputies responded Road 24.7 Southeast and crews arrived to find a camper trailer on fire at the property, according to the sheriff’s office. Investigators say Juan A. Castaneda was found unconscious and was … Read more
MOSES LAKE – A 22-year-old Moses Lake woman is facing child sex abuse charges. Andrea Lee Campos Hernandez is accused of having a sexual relationship with a boy starting when he was 13. Campos Hernandez was taken into custody on March 6 while leaving work at Big Bend. She has since been released on $50,000 … Read more
It’s time to fall back and spring forward. The Daylight Saving time change takes place at 2 a.m. this Sunday when we turn our clocks ahead and lose an hour of sleep during the late winter time change for the next eight months. -0-
EPHRATA – A mother and son feud ended with a 16-year-old Ephrata boy in handcuffs. Ephrata Police say the mom had taken away the teen’s phone and in response, the child allegedly began hitting her arms as she put them up to defend herself on Wednesday. The mother called authorities and the boy was arrested … Read more
EPHRATA – The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is offering higher pay. The Sheriff’s Office says Grant County Commissioners and the Teamsters Local 760 labor union reached an agreement Thursday to boost the starting pay for new corrections deputies by roughly 67%. A newbie will now earn $64,147 annually. Prior to the new agreement, newly hired … Read more
OKANOGAN – An attempted robbery at an Okanogan bank was quickly thwarted when the thief was caught just minutes after the holdup. Okanogan County Sheriff’s officials say the perpetrator made off with a small amount of cash after the heist at North Cascades National Bank, but deputies caught up with him not from the bank. … Read more