Microsoft makes a $20,000 donation to Quincy Valley Medical Center to help with a revenue shortfall due to a reduction in primary care and outpatient services because of the coronavirus outbreak. CEO Glenda Bishop says monthly losses during the outbreak are estimated to be approximately $143,000. Prior to COVID-19 the center endured years of revenue … Read more
A Royal City man will serve a nearly five-year jail sentence for his plea deal to a 2019 drive-by shooting. Prosecutors say Reymundo J. Borjas pleaded guilty to drive-by shooting for opening fire on an occupied vehicle in the 900 block of Grape Drive in Moses Lake. No one in the car was injured. Borjas … Read more
The Central Basin Investigative Team is continuing its prove into an officer involved shooting in Ritzville earlier this month that resulted in a man’s death. On Wednesday the team released a dash-cam video of the incident taken from a State Patrol trooper’s vehicle. We’ve posted that video at our website i fiber one dot com. … Read more
An Ephrata law firm is calling on the county to take action against Governor Jay Inslee’s Stay Home, Stay Safe executive order which the firm says is unconstitutional. Schultheis Tabler Wallace, PLLC issued a letter to Sheriff Tom Jones and all three county commissioners on Wednesday petitioning them to act on the order which shut … Read more
The Grant County Health District reports four new confirmed coronavirus cases bringing the total to 147. The new cases are residents of Mattawa and Royal City. 52 cases are listed as recovered and around 100 cases are pending test results. In Adams County, no new cases were reported on Tuesday with the case count at … Read more
Governor Jay Inslee says that many of the the restrictions under his Stay Home, Stay Safe executive order may not be lifted by May 4, which is when his order is to end. Inslee gave an address on Tuesday where he said that while the coronavirus spread appears to be declining it will take several … Read more
Area McDonalds restaurants are giving free meals starting today to thank first responders and medical workers during the coronavirus outbreak. The chain’s Thank You Meals program provides one meal per day to those in uniform or with ID. There are three options for breakfast hours and after 10:30 a.m. three other options are available. Each … Read more
The Grant County Health District issues an advisory about antibody testing for the coronavirus. At this time, the Grant County Health Officer is not recommending it although 2 tests have been authorized under FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization process because they have not gone through a full FDA approval process. Antibody testing cannot be used for … Read more
Soap Lake Police team up with Walmart to provide computer tablets so those at the McKay Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center can connect with family members during the coronavirus outbreak. 10 tablets were delivered to the center on Tuesday which were paid for from the police department’s benevolent fund. McKay Healthcare and Rehab provides short- and … Read more
The man sentenced to life in jail for a 2016 murder received a second life sentence on a second murder conviction. Last year Gustavo Tapia Rodriguez was jailed for the 2016 murder of Jill Sundberg of Quincy and on Tuesday Tapia Rodriguez was sentenced for killing Arturo Sosa of Quincy two weeks before he killed … Read more