The Grant County Emergency Operations Center at Ephrata is now activated to coordinate resources responding to the COVID-19 outbreak.Grant County Sheriff Tom Jones says representatives from Grant County Public Safety agencies are assembling at the EOC and the center is committing to residents that it will work diligently with the Health District and other partners … Read more
Adams County is now under a state of emergency meaning the county can access available state and federal assistance, which includes business and employee support, and future disaster recovery funds. The resolution also limits public access to county departments but essential employees will still be on the job and can be reached by phone or … Read more
City of Quincy offices are closed to the public until March 31. Essential office staff will continue to report and will be reachable by phone or email Monday through Friday from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. Other changes include suspension of all recreation classes and programs, modifying delinquency procedures to waive late fees and water … Read more
It took a few weeks for the results of the Washington Presidential Primary to come in but as of Monday former Vice President Joe Biden defeated Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. by more than 21,000 votes after more than 2.1 million votes. Biden took 25 of the state’s 39 counties. He now won five of the … Read more
A Moses Lake man taking a plea deal to a 2018 vehicular homicide will be in jail for just over seven years. Prosecutors say Justin Derricott will also receive 18 months of supervised release for his guilty plea to killing Mitchell Franz who was the passenger in a car Derricott drover at a high speed … Read more
The Grant County Health District announces there are no new cases of the coronavirus and staff are working on two possible cases which are nurrently under testing. Health officials are praising the calm and dedicated way the communities are implementing some very difficult measures including the temporary ban of onsite consumption of food and beverages. … Read more
Grant County Prosecutor Garth Dano issues a statement after a plea deal was taken by two men to campaign finance law violations tied to Dano’s 2014 campaign. Prosecutors say former county judge Patrick Moberg and businessman Ken Greene sent a mailer opposing Dano’s candidacy but the two didn’t identify they were the ones issuing the … Read more
The coronavirus spread hits home again today as all City of Moses Lake offices close to the public as part of Governor Jay Inslee’s executive order. The Moses Lake Museum and Art Center is closed, and all non-essential public meetings are canceled. City council and planning commission meetings will continue to occur but with social … Read more
Moses Lake K-9 Officer Chief and his handler Officer Nick Stewart received a nearly $1,000 donation from students at the Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center to help pay for medical bills resulting from Chief taking a bullet during a police standoff that destroyed his eye. Current CB Tech instructor and former Moses Lake Police Chief … Read more
A public hearing in Moses Lake over a truck stop’s sign that was scheduled for tomorrow at City Chall is now set for March 25 at 2:30 p.m. The variance request from the owners of the future Love’s Trick Stop is to more than double the height of a freeway sign and to make the … Read more