Coulee City, WA

EPHRATA - A man on a bike was taken to a hospital after he was struck by a vehicle in Ephrata on Thursday. The crash happened in the 200 block of 2nd Ave NW behind the Tequilas Mexican Restaurant at the alley. The cyclist sustained minor injuries and was taken...

Coulee Medical Center began reopening its facilities and bringing long-term patients back to the Grand Coulee hospital today, three days after an odor sickened three lab workers. The medical center said the state departments of Health, Department and Ecology and other consultants were unable to find any hazardous substances in...

SOAP LAKE - Josh and Jane Chambers are doing ok after the brush fire truck they were in took a tumble earlier this week while fighting a 300-acre brush in Soap Lake. The Grant County Fire District 7 volunteers told KREM 2 news that the crash could have taken their lives.

COLUMBIA BASIN — The Columbia Basin has several different events over the Fourth of July weekend for people of all ages to enjoy. Soap Lake - The City of Soap Lake will celebrate the Fourth with their annual Suds N’ Sun event July 2-3 at East Beach Park. Events include:

SOAP LAKE — June 28 was a busy day for Grant County firefighters. At least five different wildfires broke out around the country prompting responses from local departments and mutual aid from throughout the county. Grant County Fire District 7 Chief Kirk Sheppard said he was on vacation and...

SOAP LAKE - Nearly four months after the resignation of former Soap Lake Superintendent Sunshine Pray, the investigative conclusions into allegations of misconduct against her were released to iFIBER ONE News on Tuesday. The district's insurance company Clear Risk Solutions out of Ephrata, conducted an investigation that involved interviews with...

EPHRATA - A local utility could soon expand its portfolio of energy-delivering resources in Grant County. This week, Grant PUD commissioners were briefed about the options the utility is considering to satisfy its long-term power needs. Such was presented during a showing of the utility’s Integrated Resource Plan. Per state law, electric utilities are mandated to develop a comprehensive plan with five and 10-year estimates projecting power generation and resources to meet the needs of their customers.

SOAP LAKE, Wash. (AP) — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office has lifted all evacuations east of Soap Lake, Washington, that had been in effect Tuesday because of a wildfire. Sheriff’s officials said the 50 homes threatened by the fire which started around 11 a.m. were no longer at risk as of Tuesday night.

Josh and Jane Chambers are volunteer firefighters in Grant County. During the several brush fires on Tuesday, they were injured when their water tender flipped over.

Two women were hospitalized after a two-car collision Monday night on Highway 174 north of Mansfield. The Washington State Patrol said just before 7 p.m. 28-year-old Keelee Boozer Wilder of Newaukum Prairie pulled her 2015 Subaru Outback off Leahy Road into the path of a 2006 Jeep Commander being driven westbound on the highway by 24-year-old Emmanuella Engle of Okanogan.

PULLMAN, Wash. — The Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport and Ephrata Municipal Airport received $1,204,754 in federal infrastructure improvement grants. The funding was announced on Wednesday for three different Washington airports. The Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport received $1,045,754 to help pay for a new terminal building. It will fund new baggage sorting...

Two Soap Lake-area firefighters suffered minor injuries when their water tender rolled Tuesday evening while they were responding to a wildfire east of town. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office said the rollover happened on Road 20 Northeast and Road 8.5 Northeast. The injured firefighters from Grant County Fire District...

Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after an odor sickened three employees in the lab area of the facility. Investigators have not yet said if the cause of the odor has been identified. The workers were treated and sent home and the the entire hospital facility...