WENATCHEE – A recent traffic stop in Wenatchee ended with the arrest of a suspected drug dealer. Officers seized more than 1,000 fentanyl pills, 20 grams of heroin and cash, shining the light on what authorities say is a fentanyl pandemic plaguing the Wenatchee Valley. The street value of the fentanyl pills was estimated to … Read more
QUINCY – Help. Report. Block. That’s an abbreviated guideline that the Quincy School District is asking community members to follow when it comes to potentially damaging social media accounts that are profiling kids, showing videos of school fights, and pictures of kids using the bathroom. Over the past several weeks, the district has been reporting … Read more
ELLENSBURG – Preventing overdoses and suicides is the goal of a proposed sales tax in Kittitas County. The commission board plans to approve the new tax which would go towards mental health and substance abuse efforts, as the county is in “crisis mode,” officials said, with six overdose deaths in less than a three-month period, … Read more
Wenatchee residents living near a homeless camp just off the Senator George Sellar Bridge say they’re concerned for their safety. iFIBER ONE News partner, News Radio 560 KPQ, reports that the City of Wenatchee and Wenatchee Police continue to get complaints about drug deals and prostitution as well as piles of garbage and human waste … Read more
QUINCY – Quincy police were on high alert this week after a 14-year-old student made threats online toward Quincy Middle School and students. Quincy police were notified of the potential threats Wednesday and said they were able to identify an Instagram account belonging to a middle school student linked to the threats. The student was … Read more
MOSES LAKE – Moses Lake police are following all leads in a gas station burglary early Tuesday morning. The masked suspect, who was captured on surveillance cameras, stole several packs of cigarettes during the break-in at the Toads gas station on South Pioneer Way at Nelson Road, before getting away, according to Moses Lake police. … Read more
MOSES LAKE – A Moses Lake man has accepted a plea deal in a 2019 crime spree involving homemade explosives. Timothy Riggins is accused of robbing a woman, and threatening to “blow her up” with a bomb, before then stealing her car. He was located shortly after hiding inside a washing machine at a nearby … Read more
According to the Pacific Northwest Ag Network, Jay Inslee’s administration “isn’t happy” about an opinion article written by Washington Farm Labor Association Executive Director Dan Fazio. The report, that ran in the Seattle Times, shared that roughly 95% of migrant farmworkers were immunized this year and no one died from coronavirus. Apparently, the governor’s office … Read more
GRAND COULEE – Law enforcement has identified the student who allegedly issued a threat to Lake Roosevelt Schools on Wednesday. According to the Grand Coulee Star, Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Paul Turn addressed the incident Thursday morning, noting that the student has been barred from school until the investigation is complete. It was … Read more
LEAVENWORTH – A joyful ride on a horse-drawn sleigh turned tragic when the driver was killed after being thrown from the luge Thursday afternoon. iFIBER ONE News partner, News Radio 560 KPQ, reports that Frederick Duzan [do sen] was on a trail near the Leavenworth Fish Hatchery when a wheel started to come off, spooking … Read more