Score another capture for Grant County Sheriff’s K9 Chicka and her partner Sgt. Ric Char, who find a suspect running away from deputies on Tuesday. According to the Sheriff’s Office Victor Solis was stopped on an ATV in the 300 block of Daley Drive in the Larson Housing community and Solis had an outstanding felony … Read more
A suspect is apprehended in a Moses Lake drive-by shooting last month. Police say Rodolfo Ramirez was located Friday in Adams County and was taken into custody for drive-by shooting and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. He is being held on $100,000 bail. The shooting happened in the 3100 block of West Wapato Drive … Read more
A collision Tuesday on State Route 28 west of Quincy results in two people injured. Police say a man from East Wenatchee was heading eastbound when he swerved to avoid a dead deer in the road and went into the westbound lanes where he collided with an oncoming car. Both cars came to rest on … Read more
Moses Lake’s deputy mayor removes the word “deputy” from his title now that Dr. David Curnel was sworn in to his new role on Tuesday. He succeeds Karen Liebrecht who was the city’s first woman mayor. She is now Curmel’s successor as deputy mayor. Curmel started his term as a City Council Member in January … Read more
The 14th annual Waypoint Foundation Scholastic Chess Tournament takes place Saturday, Feb. 1 at parkway School in Ephrata. Check-in is at 7:45 a.m. with first round-matches starting at 8:30 a.m. Registration is free but is limited to the first 100 students. Deadline to register is Jan. 31 and we have registration information posted at our … Read more
Stevens Pass is shut down until further notice between milepost 32 at Gold Bar to the Summit at milepost 64. The state DOT reports Westbound U.S. 2 is open from Leavenworth to the summit. Heavy snow causes trees and power lines to be weighed down causing the impassible conditions. On Monday State Troopers set up … Read more
Grant PUD is offering up three proposed locations to route its new transmission line in the Royal Slope area. Detailed maps of the potential routes are being shown during two public workshops on Jan. 29 and Feb. 5. Both workshops will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Port of Royal Slope … Read more
Police are looking for the suspects who not only stole construction equiipment from a site in George but also poisoned a guard dog. The theft happened early Sunday morning at a Frenchman Hill Road location and the business owner says the theives got in to the facility by first killing the dog. Authorities say the … Read more
A man who fired on police in a 2018 Soap Lake incident takes a plea deal. Prosecutors say Alejandro Rodriguez pleaded guilty to reduced charges on Monday and they are recommending a nearly 35-year jail sentence. Police say Rodriguez opened fire on officers as they attempted to apprehend him on outstanding warrants. The plea bargain … Read more
Five people are named as finalists to become Big Bend Community College’s next president. Terry Leas, the college’s current president, announced last August he would retire at the end of the 2019-20 academic year. The college’s Presidential Search Committee began reviewing applications last December and submitted the five finalists to the Board of Trustees last … Read more