WENATCHEE – iFIBER ONE News partner, News Radio 560 KPQ, reported that an American Freedom Convoy organized in the Wenatchee Valley left earlier this week for Washington D.C. The organizer of the Wenatchee participants says her group expects to reach Virginia on March 6. She told KPQ that she organized the convoy to get control … Read more
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The Washington state House has dropped its requirement that lawmakers verify they are vaccinated and boosted in order to attend floor votes. The update from the House Executive Rules Committee, finalized Saturday, also increases the number of total lawmakers allowed on the House floor from 27 to 45, and is allowing … Read more
SUMNER – Police say they’re following all leads in back to back thefts at two businesses in Sumner last week. Deputies in Kittitas County are working to identify the perpatrators who stole several chainsaws from the Sportland Yamaha store on Bullfrog Road near Cle Elum on Feb. 22. The very next day police say security … Read more
RICHLAND – The Hanford Site had to be evacuated after reports of shots fired inside a building. Several law enforcement agencies responded Tuesday morning to reports of gunfire, but the Benton County Sheriff’s Office searched the building and said in a Facebook post that no evidence of shots fired were found, at the 580-square-mile Hanford … Read more
The Port of Quincy has a new property to develop in George, and that could mean future business development and jobs for the city south of Quincy and straddling Interstate 90. The property is 137 acres, of farmland, south of Beverly Burke Road North near the West Canal and will go by the name of … Read more
Few details are being released about a police standoff with an armed man Saturday near the Priest Rapids Dam. Grant County deputies tweeted the man threatened people in the area of State Route 243 near the dam and then fled in a vehicle on the Yakima [ya kuh muh] County side of the dam where … Read more
A wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of a 10 year old who died while swimming at a Quincy-area resort has been delayed. The lawyer for the family told iFIBER-ONE News Friday that the suit is in limbo until the weather warms. Danika Ross reportedly slipped under the surface of a three-acre … Read more
OTHELLO – A newly-formed, Moses Lake-based non-profit will extend a lifeline to residents who experienced hardship after they contracted coronavirus. The community assistance organization will be at Chuy’s in Othello this Saturday [Feb. 26] from noon to 5 p.m. to help those who are still trying to ‘catch up’ after contracting the deadly disease. Communities … Read more
The Bureau of Reclamation will begin irrigation operations at Potholes Reservoir and the O’Sullivan Dam on Feb. 28, and on the Banks Lake and Dry Falls Dam on March 3, in preparation for the 2022 season. The Potholes Reservoir is part of the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project and is formed by the O’Sullivan Dam. The … Read more
A proposed ‘burn out bill’ aimed at ensuring a safe and sane work environment at healthcare facilities, has some Washington state hospitals concerned. The Summit Pacific Medical Center says the legislation will make it harder for rurual community hospitals to keep staff amid an already short supply of workers. The Washington State Hospital Association estimates … Read more