News Staff EASTON – Distracted driving is believed to have played a role in a fatal single car crash on I-90 near Easton. Washington State Troopers said, a 33-year-old Spanaway woman was killed in the May 11 wreck when she apparently lost control, skidded off the road, hit a cement barrier, and rolled across all lanes of … Read more
YAKIMA, Wash. – A 53-year-old Ephrata man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking ring. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington, Reymundo Garcia will spend 135 months behind bars after pleading guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to … Read more
GRANT COUNTY, Wash. – A mom who went missing in Washington was found dead in a sleeping bag two months later. Officials say the human remains were positively identified as that of Yanira Cedillos who vanished without a trace on March 4, after autopsy results from the medical examiner’s office, MLPD said in a statement … Read more
Starbucks said Monday it will pay the travel expenses for U.S. employees to access abortion and gender-confirmation procedures if those services aren’t available within 100 miles of a worker’s home. The Seattle coffee giant said it will also make the travel benefit available to the dependents of employees who are enrolled in Starbucks’ health care … Read more
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) – A scuba diver was found dead after he didn’t resurface during a class in American Lake on Joint Base Lewis-McChord Saturday. The dive team located the body using sonar. The U.S. Army Criminal Division is conducting an investigation. -0-
OKANOGAN – The nursing license of an Okanogan man have been revoked over allegations he murdered his girlfriend last month. According to the Omak-Okanogan Chronicle the Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission suspended the license of Roy Parker Rasmussen, a registered nurse, pending any further legal action. The 70-year-old was charged on April 16 with first-degree … Read more
QUINCY, Wash. – One victim has died and several others are seriously injured following a Friday morning collision involving several vehicles off I-90 in a rural stretch of Grant County. According to Grant County Sheriff Tom Jones, the accident took place near the intersection of Adams Rd N & S Frontage Rd NW in Quincy … Read more
OMAK – The U.S. Department of the Interior is shining the light on abuse that reportedly occurred at 400 federally-run schools for Native American children, including in Washingtion. An investigative report was released Friday showing the schools ripped children from their families and banned them from talking in their Native language or learning Native cultures … Read more
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by several hundred Hanford nuclear reservation and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory employees in Richland, Washington, over COVID-19 vaccine requirements. The lawsuit sought to halt enforcement of President Joe Biden’s executive orders requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for federal workers, The Tri-City Herald reported. The judge … Read more
SPOKANE – A Moses Lake man convicted in a 2020 drug bust was sentenced to just over 15 years of prison time in a federal courtroom in Spokane on Friday. Jeremy Gilbert pled guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine, stemming from incidents in the Grant County area in … Read more