News Staff HANFORD – An environmental company that received more than $ 7 billion in federal contracts to cleanup the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is settling with 151 applicants after it was accused of discriminating against Latinos in 2019. The agreement is being overseen by the U.S. Department of Labor, the agency that investigated the claims against Richland-based … Read more
If you’re hitting the road for the Christmas holiday it will cost you less to fill up at the pump. According to GasBuddy.com, average gasoline prices have fallen 21.4 cents per gallon over the last week to $4.21 and are down 55.4 cents month over month. Analysts with Gas Buddy say gas prices will likely … Read more
VANTAGE – Despite Washington’s somewhat dormant fire season in 2022, locally it’s another story. According to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center, the 30,659-acre Vantage Highway Fire was the state’s largest wildfire in 2022. The blaze started Aug. 1 west of Vantage near I-90 in Kittitas County, eventually consuming one cabin and three outbuildings, buring for … Read more
ROYAL CITY – An elderly Royal City woman is dead after a two-car crash on Thursday. Washington State Troopers say 71-year-old Kathryn Kannely apparently lost control of her vehicle on SR 26 east of Royal City, and skidded into the opposite lane of traffic, hitting another vehicle, driven by 23-year-old Casandra Espinoza Mendoza. Kannely died … Read more
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says a crash between a car and truck early Tuesday morning has left two dead. The GCSO responded to the crash scene near the intersection of Adams Road South and Baseline Road West, about ten miles from Moses Lake and two people in the car were confirmed dead at the … Read more
UPDATE – ELLENSBURG – We’re learning more about a former ACX employee accused of setting a fire that destroyed a shop building. Lyle Chance Morgan, who handled security, was previously charged with breaking into an ACX office and stealing $2,000 while he was employed at the business. He is charged in Kittitas County Superior Court … Read more
EPHRATA – A Moses Lake man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on child sexual assault charges. A jury found Anthony R. Fulkerson, 48, guilty of 16 felonies stemming from the ongoing rape of two underage girls between 2017 and 2019. One of the victims came forward with information in late 2019, leading … Read more
UPDATE – A semi-truck driver was cited for going too fast for road conditions in a crash that the state patrol now says involved 38 vehicles on eastbound Interstate 90 near Kittitas. Jose L. Palacios, 57, was driving in dense freezing fog when the vehicle lost traction, spun out, and came to rest facing north … Read more
MALAGA – A highly-anticipated park on the shores of the Columbia River in the southeastern-most part of Chelan County is getting closer to reality. A rendering of what the proposed 24-acre riverfront park would look like, following a 2021 community survey, will be on display at the Malaga Fire Hall on Dec. 13. People can … Read more
GEORGE – The names of two Quincy brothers killed in a collision Tuesday morning near George have been released to the public. Emergency personnel responded to Adams Road South and reported 21-year-old Rodrigo Zepeda Media apparently lost control on the icy road and collided with a pickup truck, according to the sheriff’s office. Zepeda Medina … Read more