News Staff Look for cooler weekend weather statewide, and some snow. According to the National Weather Service, temperatures will fall into the mid-50s in central Washington on Friday, with lows in the mid-30s, with the first snow of the season likely fall onto US 2 starting Saturday. Snowfall over Snoqualmie Pass should begin Friday night. Snow is … Read more
SOAP LAKE – Bail was set at $75,000 for the suspect in Monday’s shooting on Main Ave. East at Daisy St. South in Soap Lake. Julian A. Beauchamp Ortega is seen on home security video leaving the scene of the incident in which the 29 year old confronts the victim from the front yard of … Read more
EPHRATA – A 13-year-old Ephrata Middle School student is facing charges after allegedly threatening another student on campus Friday after school. According to the Ephrata Police, officers went to an off-campus location where the suspect was taken into custody on a warrant stemming from a probation violation. The teen was also charged with felony harassment … Read more
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation announced an over $48 million grant it received from the federal government to build broadband internet across the reservation. Construction will happen over the next five years. Fiber will be directly connected to homes on the reservation. If a direction connection to fiber internet isn’t possible, wireless services … Read more
MOSES LAKE – A 31-year-old man has been charged in a home invasion near Moses Lake in September. Ismael Cristian Bravo is currently incarcerated in the Spokane County Jail on multiple charges, stemming from a robbery at home on Road 4 Northeast where the victim told investigators two armed men had entered the home, shot … Read more
SKYKOMISH – More fire-damaged trees at the Bolt Creek Fire fell onto US Highway 2 Thursday night forcing the closure of the highway. Highway 2 was also closed for most of Thursday for fire mitigation work near the road. The Bolt Creek Fire, started Sept. 10, has burned more than 13,200 acres. -0-
MOSES LAKE – Grant County Sheriff’s deputies and Moses Lake’s police force have nabbed the second suspect that was allegedly involved in Thursday morning’s armed burglary in the Larson Community in Moses Lake. 26-year-old Carlos Silva of Moses Lake was tracked down at a home in the 1200 block of Mather Drive. Silva was booked … Read more
GEORGE – A man accused of threatening another man as he dropped off his mother Saturday night was arrested early Sunday morning following an hours long police stand off at a home in George. Grant County deputies say, Robert Wiseman allegedly pointed a rifle at the man who called 911, and as police arrived at … Read more
SOAP LAKE – UPDATE — Soap Lake Police notified the media just before 4 a.m. that the suspect in Monday’s early morning shooting has been taken into custody. Soap Lake Police Chief Ryan Cox says officers responded to the 500 block of Main Avenue East after reports came in around 1am of an altercation between … Read more
MOSES LAKE – The burglary suspect arrested after barricading himself inside the victim’s home near Moses Lake has been identified. Grant County deputies say, a police K9 sniffed out Roberto Robles Mejia, of Moses Lake, and an accomplise hiding in the attic of a residence they’d broken into on Adair Street in the Larson Housing … Read more