Employees of Taco Bell locations in Ephrata, Moses Lake, and Othello are seeing more in their paychecks thanks to the generosity of the restaurants’s owner. The employees of CLC Restaurants say they received anywhere from $125 to $250 extra depending on how many hours they worked. The Missoula, Montana based franchise owner has 50 fast-food … Read more
A bee farm in George is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever took around 120 beehives. Columbia Pollination manager Dave Smouse says the hives were taken between April 2 and April 5 with each hive bearing the marking W A 5 4 7 which is the company’s state number. Anyone … Read more
The Grant County Health District reports 1 more confirmed coronavirus case and one that was transferred to another county keeping the total at 122. The new case is a Moses Lake resident. Around 185 cases are pending test results and 28 people are listed as recovered. Officials say it is critical that everyone keep social … Read more
The state department of commerce stopped taking applications for a grant program aimed at small businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak less than a week after it opened. Adams and Grant Counties are among 19 counties where applications are no longer accepted due to overwhelming demand. The program called Working Washington Small Business Emergency Grants … Read more
Additional information is released into Saturday’s officer involved shooting in Ritzville that resulted in a man’s death. The Central Basin Investigation Team says the man identified as Shawn Lee was at a State Route 261 gas station after his vehicle broke down. According to investigators Lee called 9-1-1 twice saying he was being tracked and … Read more
Samaritan Healthcare reports a third employee tested positive for COVID-19. Officials say the workers is not showing any signs of the coronavirus and it appears they contracted COVID-19 through what was described as community exposure. They are now home in self quarantine. The two other workers have since recovered and are medically cleared to return … Read more
The Washington Department of Corrections announced it plans to release around 1,000 inmates jailed for non violent offenses as a result of the coronovirus outbreak. COVID-19 spread through the Monroe Correctional Complex resulting in five workers and seven inmates being infected. Last week inmates at Monrow petitioned the state supreme court to release inmates older … Read more
State Attorney General Bob Ferguson files another lawsuit against Facebook over political advertising. In 2018 Ferguson settled a lawsuit with the social media giant which included an agreement that they would no longer sell political ads in Washington. This latest suit accuses Facebook of not honoring that promise. The issue was that Facebook did not … Read more
The Grant County Health District reports 2 more confirmed coronavirus cases bringing the total to 122. Of the cases reported Monday 1 is from Mattawa and 1 from Moses Lake and 3 from Quincy. An estimated 130 cases are pending testresults, including at least 28 probable cases. Officials say it is critical that everyone keep … Read more
Adams County officials now reports 40 confirmed coronavirus cases with two new cases in Othello which is where most of the cases have been located. Two are in Lind while two are in Ritzville. According to the County Health department over 200 residents have been tested and results are pending from around 40 tests. 15 … Read more