News Staff NORTH CASCADES – Drivers planning on taking the scenic North Cascades Highway this Memorial DAy can expect delays due to significant road damage. A short section of the road west of the pass was damaged due to flooding and the freeze and thaw during winter. Motorists are being warned the road is down to one … Read more
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the state. The confirmed case is in King County. The resident is isolating at home and has not required hospitalization, according to state health officials. The man had traveled internationally in the last month to a country that had … Read more
HANFORD – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says four bighorn sheep had to be lethally removed after they were found wandering near the Hanford area on Tuesday. The state agency had received reports of the bighorn sheep wandering near a fence that surrounds a tank farm on Monday. The area is not a … Read more
MOSES LAKE – Juan Gastelum, accused of raping and murdering Moses Lake resident Yanira Cedillos, has been transported back to Grant County to face charges. He had been held in a County Jail in Oregon on a fugitive hold since his arrest in March. Cedillos disappeared the night of March 4 after celebrating her 30th … Read more
MOSES LAKE – A gas siphoning shakedown at a Moses Lake station is being investigated. Authorities said, the targeted 76 station is located on Broadway Avenue where the owner reported that a pickup truck with a trailer was hovering over the holding tanks with its trailer lights dimmed and after checking the access points to … Read more
ELLENSBURG – Speeding was a factor in a fatal head on crash Thursday involving a motorcyclist. According to Washington State Troopers a 35-year-old Yakima man was traveling at excessive speeds on his motorcycle around a dangerous corner of SR 281 in a canyon between Ellensburg and Yakima when he struck an oncoming pickup truck. He … Read more
MOSES LAKE – Washington State Troopers are investigating the scene of a multi-vehicle crash at the intersection of Wheeler Road and SR 17 in Moses Lake. There were two crashes in the same area. Washington State Troopers say the first involved a truck hauling a trailer which stopped short at a red light, causing a … Read more
MOSES LAKE – Moses Lake police quickly caught up with a suspect on the run after a carjacking Wednesday. Police tracked down 29-year-old Isaiah Ramirez in Warden, where he led officers on a nearly hour long pursuit before getting away. Then on Thursday, deputies located Ramirez at a home on Maple Drive where he ran … Read more
EAST WENATCHEE – The Columbia River Drug Task Force continues to process a large amount of stolen property recovered at an East Wenatchee home, hoping the property can be returned to its owners. Thousands of dollars’ worth of property stolen from construction sites in Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Franklin counties were recovered this week. Anyone … Read more
HERMISTON, Ore. – The man accused of killing Moses Lake resident Yanira Cedillos could be back in Grant County this week. Juan Gastelum waived his right to further extradition hearings during a Wednesday morning hearing in Oregon, where he remains in jail on a fugitive hold. Gastelum is charged in Grant County Superior Court with … Read more