The Mayor of Quincy is asking residents to help out the city’s small businesses by shopping local. Mayor Paul Worley authored a letter saying that the small businesses are the heart of the community and city officials stand behind them during these hard and uncertain times. Worley added that he hopes to have more information … Read more
A Moses Lake man who escaped from the Yakima County Jail will be behind bars for three-and-a-half more years. Tyrone Mulvaney was one of over a dozen inmates who broke out in March by busting an exterior fire door in the jail annex then climbing a fence to freedom. Mulvaney pleaded guilty to first-degree escape … Read more
The Grant County Health District reports one new confirmed coronavirus case on Wednesday with the total at 193. The newest case involves a Mattawa resident. Around 110 cases are pending test results, with nearly 35 probable cases. Of the 193 confirmed cases 2 patients remain hospitalized and 92 are listed as recovered. Adams County reported … Read more
I Fiber One news received several photos of a possible funnel cloud that touched down late Wednesday morning. One photo sent by a Moses Lake resident showed the cloud south of Othello while others showed a cloud over the Basin City area and one near Ritzville. The National Weather Service office in Spokane posted on … Read more
Adams County is now approved to apply for advancing in Governor Jay Inslee’s reopening plan for reopening Washington. On Tuesday the governor listed Adams as one of 10 more counties given permission to move to Phase Two because they had less than 10 new cases per 100,000 residents. Under Phase Two restaurants, hair salons and … Read more
The state handed out the first round of awards in the Working Washington Small Business Grants program which was established in by the Department of Commerce in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. Businesses in Grant, Adams and Kittitas Counties were awarded a total of over a half-million dollars which can go to pay for … Read more
A planned controlled burn north of Ephrata ends up getting out of control and destroyed a camp trailer. According to Grant County Fire District 13 the burn was conducted on Monday in the Rimrock Meadows community and Rimrock’s community firefighters got the fire contained with District 13 crews extinguishing the half-acre blaze. Officials say to … Read more
The State Patrol identifies the two drivers killed in a head-on crash Monday on Interstate 90 near Moses Lake. 87-year-old Emanuel Schaible was driving a SUV westbound in the eastbound lanes and crashed into an eastbound car driven by Robert Miller of Auburn. Both drivers died at the scene. Investigators are trying to determine what … Read more
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is in possession of several lost or stolen items and wants to reunite them with their owners. Photos are posted on the Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page and the items include tools, luggage and athletic equipment along with several sets of keys. Deputies will verify the items belong to you before … Read more
The Grant County Health District reports no new confirmed coronavirus cases on Tuesday with the total at 192. Around 110 cases are pending test results, with at least 35 probable cases. Of the 192 confirmed cases 2 patients remain hospitalized and 92 are listed as recovered. Adams County reported no new coronavirus cases on Tuesday … Read more