Gov. Jay Inslee announced a plan to restart dental procedures and elective surgeries if providers comply with certain safety guidelines and have adequate personal protective equipment. Each provider will evaluate their readiness to begin and must maintain standards to continue to see patients. Those include implementing social distancing, screening people for symptoms of COVID-19 and … Read more
The Grant County Health District reports a man in his 50s from Grand Coulee is the fourth in the county to die from the coronavirus. Last month a Mattawa man in his 50s and a Moses Lake man in his 60s died from COVID-19 while in March a Quincy man in his 80s died. The … Read more
An online petition against the City of Moses Lake’s plans to develop a homeless camp in Longview Tracks attracted over 1,450 signatures. The petition started by Jennifer DeHoog mentioned the opposition to the camp location recently expressed by Moses Lake School Superintendent Dr. Joshua Meek. He has offered to work with the city to find … Read more
An 81-year-old doctor from Ephrata has his medical license suspended because he continued to provide services even though he had diminished capacity resulting from a fall two years ago. According to the State Department of Health Dr. Mohammad Said’s physician reported that since the March 2018 fall he has had memory issues and last September … Read more
Two people are killed in a Monday morning collision on Interstate 90 near Moses Lake. Police say they received reports of a driver heading westbound in the eastbound lanes and the westbound driver crashed into an eastbound car a few minutes later. Both drivers died. Investigators are trying to determine what caused the westbound driver … Read more
A heads up if you need to use West Valley Road in Moses Lake as work begins today on a water main replacement project which means lane reductions. Expect delays between Central Drive and Paxson Drive as there will be one lane in each direction from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily through June 2. … Read more
A three-car crash near Cashmere on Thursday results in a woman suffering critical injuries. Police say Kim Douglas of Leavenworth was heading west on Highway 2 when she crossed into the eastbound lanes colliding with two SUVs. All three vehicle came to rest in the eastbound lanes. Douglas was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in … Read more
Moses Lake officials say they are looking at an alternative site to the Longview Tracks location where a homeless camp is to be built. The decision comes after citizen concerns were expressed along with the Moses Lake School District coming out against the camp which would be less than 700 feet from Longview Elementary Schook. … Read more
Authorities identify the man who drowned Thursday as a 41-year-old city resident. According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office Kelly Ellingson was in a small boat with a companion when they went back to the Blue Heron Park dock in order to get a forgotten item and when Ellingson turned the boat the acceleration resulted … Read more
Grant PUD administrators estimate a $10 million impact to 2020 revenues as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. The numbers were presented at last Tuesday’s commissioners meeting by Senior Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis John Mertlich who reported that the utility estimates a financial impact of $3.3 million through late April. Mertlich added that … Read more