News Staff Restaurants are beginning the new year with a recurring problem: labor shortages. Chipotle said Thursday it’s looking to hire 15,000 people in North America to ensure its stores are staffed up ahead of its busy spring season. Locally, the Wenatchee location is currently looking to fill two open positions. U.S. restaurants have added jobs for … Read more
EPHRATA – Grant PUD officials are once again deliberating on how to compensate for the population boom in the area. During their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, utility officials said they are exploring long-term options for additional power to the grid, including developing new generating resources in Grant County, such as a hydrogen power plant, … Read more
RITZVILLE – An article published by the Ritzville-Adams County Journal reports that a pedestrian walkway under I-90 along SR 261 in Ritzville is in the works. The publication wrote that Ritzville City Councilman Scott Yaeger announced the news during a city council meeting on Jan. 17. The project will be built by the state’s Department … Read more
WASHTUCNA – A closed stretch of state Route 261 in Adams County has reopened ahead of schedule. The roadway has been closed since Dec. 30 due to a large sinkhole, and WSDOT estimated it would take about a month to reopen the road. But through an emergency contract, repairs were completed ahead of time and … Read more
FORT HALL – An Ephrata family is in mourning after losing their 7 year old son to a dog mauling last Saturday in Fort Hall, Idaho. According to an article published by the Idaho Statesman, the boy and his mother were staying in an RV on tribal land when they were attacked by two Rottweilers … Read more
EPHRATA – Temperatures across central Washington will dip well below freezing by the weekend, according to the National Weather Service in Spokane. High’s across the region are expected in the teens to low 20s beginning Sunday and lasting through at least Tuesday. Overnight lows are forecast to be in the single digits, and possibly below … Read more
A $3 million dollar bail was set for a Wenatchee man facing first degree murder charges. Dalton Scott Potter is accused of fatally shooting 37-year-old Alyssa Longwell of Kennewick while the two traveled along Badger Mountain Road near Waterville last Saturday, with a bullet striking a 50-year-old man who was driving behind Dalton’s vehicle when … Read more
WENATCHEE – One motorhome was destroyed and another damaged by fire Wednesday afternoon in the Wenatchee Rescue Mission Safe Park, fire officials told Newsradio 560 KPQ. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The safe park is owned by the City of Wenatchee and provides a place to park as … Read more
SOAP LAKE – A man is facing first-degree assault and drive-by shooting charges after deputies say he shot at another driver Monday afternoon near Soap Lake. Grant County deputies responded to state Route 28 and the victim told police he was shot at with a bullet shattering his windshield, lodging in the headrest of the … Read more
SEATTLE (AP) – A 21-year-old man wanted in the random killing of three people at a convenience store in Yakima, early Tuesday shot and killed himself as officers approached him behind some warehouses several hours later, authorities said. The suspect was identified as Jarid Haddock, of Yakima County. Yakima Police Chief Matt Murray said no … Read more