The man convicted in a 2017 Quincy vehicular homicide is sentenced to eight years in prison. Genaro Vazquez Visoso of Royal City was convicted earlier this month of killing Kelly Norris of Ephrata when he hit her car after running a stop sign at the intersection of Road K Northwest and Road 9 Northwest. Once … Read more
A former electrician is a newly minted millionaire after winning big in Washington’s Lottery this week. According to Washington’s Lottery the Tonasket man won a $1.1 million Lotto jackpot and claimed his winnings on Wednesday. The willing ticket was sold at Beyers Market in Tonasket. To win the jackpot, a person must match all six … Read more
A man wanted on a number of arrest warrants evades capture after being pulled over in Othello. Police say Uriel Vasquez-Maldonado was stopped Wednesday in the 1200 block of East Gemstone Street but he pulled into a driveway then ran away. His warrants include one from Yakima County Superior Court warrant for vehicular homicide in … Read more
One of two suspects arrested in a Moses Lake drug raid takes a plea deal to possession with intent to sell charges. Prosecutors say Pete Lopez pleaded guilty this week and received a 32-month sentence along with mandatory chemical dependency treatment. Last December the Grant County Interagency Narcotics Enforcement team served a search warrant at … Read more
Ellensburg Police are looking for tips to catch the suspect who made off with a car wash pay station worth $30,000. It happened on Feb. 6 around midnight and surveillance video from the Main St. car wash shows the suspect used an SUV to steal the pay station. An investigation later determined that SUV had … Read more
Gunfire at a Moses Lake hotel on Tuesday turns out to have been an accidental shooting. Police say they responded to a N. Stratford Road hotel where an investigation determine the gun’s owner was cleaning the weapon when it was fired. The one bullet passed through two unoccupied hotel rooms and no injuries were reported. … Read more
A longtime Moses Lake Thai restaurant is closing its doors. The owners of Thai Cuisine on S. Pioneer Way announced they are retiring at the end of next month and decided it’s time to end operations after 26 years. A post on social media says the owner’s family and dedicated staff have made many memories … Read more
A Grant County court decision allowing a man to withdraw his guilty plea in a 2015 Royal City murder is upheld by a state appeals court. Eduardo Ibarra Valencia’s attorneys said the sentence for the plea deal to killing Joel Rodriguez and injuring Agustin Verduzco Sanchez at Callahan Manufacturing was calculated without Ibarra Valencia knowing … Read more
A shortage of staff at the Grant County Work Release Center in Ephrata means it will be shut down for a three-month period beginning March 1. Authorities say staffing levels are down 20 percent due to medical issues, mandatory training, residential relocating and divisional transfers. Work Release inmates will be temporarily moved to the Grant … Read more
If you see a fire along State Route 24 east of Mattawa today authorities want you to know it’s a controlled burn over a five-acre area. The state Department of Transportation says it is working with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Hanford Fire and others on the controlled burn of tumbleweeds from milepost … Read more