SOAP LAKE – An RV and several vehicles were destroyed by fire Friday afternoon near Soap Lake. Grant County Fire District 7 responded about 12:45 p.m. Friday to a reported vehicle fire at 17350 Road B.5. Upon arrival, firefighters found a large RV fully-engulfed in flames, according to fire district officials. The fire quickly spread … Read more
SEATTLE (AP) – The first three cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been confirmed in Washington state, officials said Saturday. The cases were found in Thurston, Pierce and King, according to a release from the Washington Department of Health, which noted the investigation has not yet revealed the patients’ travel histories, but it is … Read more
CASHMERE – If you live in the Wenatchee Valley, there was a better-than-normal chance of winning the lottery last week. Two area residents had won $50,000 each only two days apart. A winning Twelve Elves scratch ticket was purchased from the Pioneer Market in Cashmere on Dec 3, and on Dec. 1, a Loteria scratch … Read more
ELLENSBURG – Dozens of residents living in the Shady Acres mobile home park will soon have to find a new place to call home. Nearly 60 tenants situated next to the Kittitas Valley Event Center have been given a final move-out date of Aug. 15, 2022, as the county makes way for the fairgrounds expansion … Read more
SPOKANE – A Moses Lake nurse has pleaded guilty to altering patients’ morphine medications to support her opioid addiction. According to the U.S. Attroney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington, 40-year-old Esther Rae Tuller used syringes to remove morphine and ingest them while working at Confluence Health between August 2019 and April 2020. Authorities … Read more
SPOKANE – A state appeals court has again upheld child molestation convictions against a Moses Lake man. Craig Jungers pleaded guilty in February 2020 in connection to a 2018 investigation in which a teenage girl told Moses Lake police Jungers had sexually assaulted her more than a decade ago. He was sentenced to a minimum … Read more
COULEE CITY – An Ephrata man was injured in a fiery one car crash Friday morning on state Route 155 north of Coulee City. According to reports, Joshua J. Bessette, 46, apparently lost control of his vehicle on SR 155, skidded off the road, and slammed into a rock bank, before overturning and coming to … Read more
WENATCHEE – While winter is well on it’s way unseasonably warm weather has made for some very disappointed skiers. The Mission Ridge ski and board resort remained closed this weekend, according to iFIBER ONE News Partner, News Radio 560 KPQ. With temps expected to fall sharply and snow in the forecast, Mission Ridge expects to … Read more
PASCO – Frank Tiegs, owner of Frank Tiegs LLC, is appealing a $304,000 Department of Ecology fine that he now says is “unlawful.” Tiegs is affiliated with Washington Potato Company operations in Pasco and Warden. According to the Capital Press, the six-figure fine was issued in October by the Department of Ecology for irrigating 250 … Read more
SNOQUALMIE PASS – Snoqualmie Pass Fire and Rescue confirmed that no one was hurt in a rockslide on Guye Peak over the Thanksgiving weekend. The Nov. 27 avalanche sent a lot of rocks tumbling, including a boulder that was bigger than a mini-van and weighed about 170,000 pounds, which stopped short of some nearby buildings … Read more