ROYAL CITY – A Royal City family continues to unearth the skeletal remains of a mammoth that was initially discovered on their property north of the farming town in 2015. The most recent bone found on the 126-acre family farm is being examined and preserved. Based on research the mammoth found at the property is … Read more
ELLENSBURG – Postal service workers are being praised for intercepting a “bail money” scam targeting an elderly Ellensburg-area resident. The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office was contacted earlier this month by UPS Security Services in Rhode Island after they detected a package containing thousands of dollars in cash shipped by an Ellensburg resident who had fallen … Read more
OLYMPIA – Fewer toxic chemicals were released into the environment in the Pacific Northwest over the last few years, according to a recent announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency. In a press release, the EPA said total releases of chemicals in EPA Region 10 – which includes Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington – on the … Read more
The investigation is continuing into an armed robbery of a Moses Lake convenience store last week. Police say two men were seen entering the West Broadway Avenue store Wednesday night, and the perpatrators were then seen then leaving with cases of beer and getting into a waiting get away car with two other men before … Read more
OMAK – A Narcan vending machine has been installed in Omak, the third vending machine in north-central Washington to offer the overdose-reversing drug. The North Central Accountable Community of Health, along with Beacon Health Options and the Central Washington Recovery Coalition, has brought the vending machine at the Advance Okanogan County Recovery Navigator Program on … Read more
WENATCHEE – More than 80 former Confluence Health employees have filed a lawsuit claiming they were wrongfully terminated for not being vaccinated against COVID-19. The complaint was filed in Douglas County Superior Court by 84 former employees. According to NewsRadio 560 KPQ, the plaintiffs were released from the hospital between October of 2020 and January … Read more
LEAVENWORTH – Thanks to a nearly $1 million federal award the City of Leavenworth will launch an affordable home buying program. Officials say the more than $940,000 the city recieved will go toward a three-home permanently affordable homeownership pilot project in conjunction with Upper Valley’s MEND’s SHARE Community Land Trust. City officials said the funding … Read more
SOAP LAKE – After the sudden resignation of Soap Lake School District Superintendent Sunshine Pray last Friday, the Soap Lake school board informed iFIBER ONE News Thursday that Soap Lake School Board chair Curt Dodson will fill the superintendent seat until the district finds a replacement in the months ahead. Pray resigned as the district’s … Read more
ROYAL CITY – A 17-year-old is behind bars after he allegedly threatened death to a Royal High School student on social media. The assailant showed up to the school to confront the victim, who is also 17, on Thursday but reportedly left before returning a short time later where he was met by police and … Read more
UPDATE — State Troopers have released the name of the victim killed in a crash on SR 97 near Orondo during Thursday morning rush hour. Troopers have identified the driver as 75-year-old Keith Hole of Methow [met ow]. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but troppers have ruled out drugs and alcohol as … Read more