News Staff MALAGA – Chelan County Sheriff’s officials have released more details about a high-speed crash that ignited a 100-acre brush fire near Rock Island late Friday. Chelan County Sheriff’s officials said that just before midnight a vehicle was speeding on the Alcoa Highway at milepost 10 when it lost control, skidded off the roadway several hundred … Read more
ROCK ISLAND – A body found Saturday floating face down in the Columbia River at Rock Island Dam has been identified as a missing Wenatchee man. The Chelan County Coroner identified the man as 32-year-old David M. Williams, a resident of Christopher House in Wenatchee. A missing person report was called in after Williams’ parents … Read more
OTHELLO – One local woman won $10,000 from Washington’s Lottery last week. According to the Washington Lottery website, the winning Evergreen State Riches scratch off ticket was purchased on Oct. 7 at the 76 fuel station in Othello on 1st Avenue. -0-
MOSES LAKE – A Moses Lake farm is gaining notoriety for its charitable donations. Since 2020, the Loera family run farm has donated thousands of pumpkins to schools, restaurants and non-profits, in an effort now known as the ‘Great Pumpkinfest.’ For the 3rd annual Great Pumpkinfest this year, the family farm already donated 3,000 pumpkins … Read more
SNOQUALMIE PASS – A 17-year-old boy is dead after falling off a waterfall near Snoqualmie Pass on Saturday. King County Sheriff’s deputies told KING 5 that the teen was hiking along the Denny Creek Trail when he went to the waterfall and fell 125-foot north of the Snoqualmie Pass summit. The victim’s identity has not … Read more
QUINCY – Grant County Fire District 3 in Quincy is hosting an open house on Tuesday as part of National Fire Prevention Week. The open house is from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the station on Central Ave. S. in Quincy. National Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 9-15, working to educate the public about … Read more
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Wolves from two packs in northeast Washington state have attacked more cattle. Fish and Wildlife officials confirmed Thursday that the Smackout pack wounded a calf in a private Stevens County pasture, the Capital Press reported. Officials said the pack has attacked at least 11 head of cattle since Aug. 17, prompting … Read more
MOSES LAKE – Businesses looking to hire right away will be on hand as WorkSource holds its annual fall hiring event on Oct. 13 in Moses Lake. The hiring event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the WorkSource Center, located at 309 E. Fifth Ave.. About 30 local businesses are attending and will … Read more
OTHELLO – A drive by shooting in Othello that claimed the life of a 16-year girl and critically injured another is suspected of being gang related. Othello police responded just before midnight Thursday to the intersection of Sylvan Drive and Rose Drive and found the teen driver of an SUV had been fatally shot and … Read more
ROCK ISLAND – A body was recovered Saturday in the Columbia River at Rock Island Dam, according to the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office. The man’s body was pulled from the river and is in the care of the Chelan County Coroner’s Office to make identification and determine a cause of death, according to the sheriff’s … Read more