‘See something Say something’ is the message local school districts are sending to communities following an anonymous nationwide TikTok challenge that will threaten the safety of schools. School district officials do not believe the threat to be credible and say they are closely monitoring the situation and are in contact with police who may have … Read more
QUINCY – Few details are being released about an assault at Quincy High School. Law enforcement responded to the campus last week after reports a 17-year-old boy slapped his girlfriend and pushed her down a flight of stairs at the high school. The young man was expelled and is facing felony charges due to the … Read more
SOAP LAKE – Grant County Fire District 7 has received a grant from the Paul Lauzier [losure] Foundation to replace outdated equipment. The grant will allow the fire district to purchase new Motorola pagers. First responders on the volunteer fire department utilize the pagers to receive notifications of emergency 911 calls and information about each … Read more
MOSES LAKE – Four to five people are reportedly unemployed after an offensive political flag was hung at a construction site in Moses Lake this week. The employee(s) directly responsible for hanging the ‘F*ck Joe Biden’ flag for all to see on a highly-elevated piece of steel at the build site of the second Moses … Read more
OLYMPIA – CenturyLink is being blamed for a widespread 911 outage in 2018. State Attorney General Bob Ferguson submitted testimony this week alleging CenturyLink’s fiber optic network caused outages affecting the state’s 911 system for more than 49 hours, and the company failed to notify its call centers of the outage as required by law. … Read more
OTHELLO – An Othello man seriously injured after he was hit by an ambulance Wednesday night has been faulted in the accident. Troopers say 29-year-old Marco Martinez was traveling along SR 26 after dark when he failed to yield the right-of-way and darted out in front of the AMR ambulance, resulting in the collision. Martinez … Read more
YAKIMA – An area farmer accused of defrauding Tyson Foods earlier this year is fighting back. The Capital Press reports that despite Cody Easterday’s ‘guilty’ plea he has now filed a legal complaint alleging he was the victim of price-fixing, highlighting a Minnesota lawsuit citing Tyson depressed cattle prices. Easterday Farms sold cattle to Tyson … Read more
A nationwide TikTok challenge has local school districts on high alert. Officials are closely monitoring the situation and say, altough they have deemed the social media threat not credible or linked to any area school, they are in contact with police and may beef up patrols at all school buildings. School districts are encouraging parents … Read more
MOSES LAKE – According to KREM 2, a flag with a politically-charged and vulgar message was quickly removed from a construction site in Moses Lake on Tuesday. A subcontractor allegedly hung a “’F’ Joe Biden” flag at the site of the new Moses Lake high school. -0-
QUINCY – A Quincy Middle School student could face charges after police say he threatened to harm another student Wednesday. The child had allegedly made threats on Snapchat Tuesday night and police say the 8th grader brought a small knife and an unmarked airsoft pistol to school on Wednesday. Quincy Police Captain Ryan Green says … Read more