Grant County Integrated Services is partnering with the Ephrata High School Honor Society to hold the school’s first public mental health workshop this Thursday. It takes place at the Ephrata High School library beginning at 5:00 p.m. and Therapist Diane Truscott will conduct a presentation about mental health and therapy resources. The workshop’s idea came … Read more
An long-time Ephrata charity joins with a newly formed non-profit to produce kits to help the homeless after the closing of the Moses Lake warming shelter. The effort is between the Columbia Basin Foundation and the group called The Brotherhood which is a resource center for those working to stop drug addiction. The kits contain … Read more
A traffic stop in Adams County leads to a pursuit with speeds nearing 100 miles an hour. According to the Adams County Sheriff Department deputies tried to stop the driver early Sunday morning near the 900 block of S. Broadway Ave. but he took off with the chase ending in the 2100 block of Eddies … Read more
A man from Franklin County faces charges after an investigation finds he inappropriately touched a girl while he thought she was sleeping. Police say the investigation started when a complaint came in on Feb. 4 that Andrew Reavis not only molested the 13-year-old but also withheld food from other children and locked them in a … Read more
Othello Police are looking for tips to catch a suspect sought in a store theft who then led officers on a pursuit. It happened on Tuesday when officers tried to stop a car driven by Adrian Mendoza AKA Alex Vargez who then took off. Officers broke off the pursuit for safety reasons. Mendoza is wanted … Read more
The Moses Lake man found guilty in the accidental shooting of his girlfriend is appealing his sentence. Prosecutors say Jose Espinoza Jr. was charged with assault while armed with a deadly weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a controlled substance and two counts of tampering with a witness. He was found guilty last … Read more
Discusssions are continuing in the Moses Lake School Board’s plans to redistrict the 11 elementary schools and three middle schools in the fall of 2021. Redistricting was first brought up last October as a result of next year’s opening of Groff Elementary in 2021. Last week the board got a look at the first pass … Read more
A Mattawa woman is $10,000 richer after buying a Washington Lottery Match 4 game ticket. The woman claimed the winning ticket on Tuesday and purchased it at Lep-Re-Kon Harvest Foods on Brian Avenue in Mattawa. According to lottery officials the Match 4 game is drawn every day and has a 1 in 10,600 chance of … Read more
Architects are making a presentation to the Moses Lake City Council on design changes to a proposed new recrection center. Last year the City Council hired a firm to design the new center with a construction budget of around $9 million but the finished design came in around $11.4 million. The expanded design includes space … Read more
An investigation into a suspected cockfighting ring in Winchester ends up with a police raid and a man taken into custody. Officers from multiple agencies executed a search warrant Wednesday at a Road J 4 Northwest address where they found 13 birds who had been altered to reduce blood loss which officials say is done … Read more