The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is looking for tips to find the driver who collided with an Eastmont school bus on North Nile Avenue Friday afternoon. An investigation determined the driver of a silver colored two-door hatchback car pulled out of a driveway without stopping and hit the bus’ front bumper. The bus driver told … Read more
First degree murder charges are being brought against a 70-year-old Cashmere woman in the death of her 96-year-old mother early Saturday morning. Police say Anita Jones called 9-1-1 to report she killed her mother and officers responded to the Pioneer Avenue residence where Jones was taken into custody without incident. The cause of death and … Read more
Moses Lake’s Mick Hansen is helping the less fortunate after lack of funding resulted in the shuttering of the city’s warming center in 2019. Hansen is temporarily lending his property across from the Moses Lake Food bank that was once home to a lumber mill to be used as a makeshift shelter. The former contractor … Read more
An investigation into a moped and ATV theft in Moses Lakes turns into a teenager and two adults facing charges. Police say the owner told them their 17-year-old granddaughter took the two vehicles and officers found the girl traded the vehicles with two adults for marijuana and alcohol. The juvenile is charged with motor vehicle … Read more
The search is one for a driver who crashed a pickup truck in Quincy then left the vehicle behind. Police say it happened early Friday morning and the truck was found at the corner of C Street Southeast and 1st Avenue Southeast crashed into a wrought iton fence. It had sustained heavy damage with its … Read more
State lawmakers return to Olympia today to kick off the 2020 session and on the agenda is a series of bills that Attorney General Bob Ferguson says will combat mass shootings in Washintgon state. The legislation calls for increasing background checks including for those purchasing ammunition along with a complete ban on assault weapons plus … Read more
A semi-truck loaded with cardboard and wooden pallets flipped on its side Thursday morning on I-90 in George. Police say it happened in the eastbound lanes on the exit 151 off ramp. The accident did not block the road and no injuries were reported. Investigators are looking into what caused the crash but they’ve ruled … Read more
The semi truck driver who rolled over his rig near Warden then fled the scene is now in custody. Police say Anthony Fuentes of Othello was transporting a load of potatoes when he lost control in the area of Booker and Providence roads. Fuentes was found in Kennewick about a week and a half after … Read more
Cougars football coach Mike Leach trades the Pac-12 for the SEC as he becomes the new head coach at Mississippi State. He leaves Pullman after eight years and just one month after signing a one-year contract extension. Leach interviewed for the Mississippi State job last week after the school fired Joe Moorhead. Leach led Washington … Read more
The state senate is considering legislation requiring school districts to make menstrual hygiene products available at no cost in all public school gender-neutral and girls bathrooms for those in grades six through twelve. Costs would be paid for by school districts but they would be allowed to seek grants or other funding. The bill has … Read more