Ephrata, WA

QUINCY - An Ephrata woman is recovering after the vehicle she was riding in rear-ended a semi near Quincy on Tuesday. Just after 4 p.m., a car driven by 54-year-old Victor Flores Meza was going westbound on SR 28 and had just passed Adams Rd. when he hit the back of a semi trying to turn left.

QUINCY, Wash. — An Ephrata woman was airlifted to a Spokane hospital on Tuesday evening. She was the passenger in a serious car accident in which the car’s driver smashed into a tractor as it waited to make a turn. According to a press memo and investigation by...

SOAP LAKE - Soap Lake City Council Position 5 member Andrew Arnold gave his resignation unexpectedly at the end of the July 6 city council meeting. In his simple resignation, Arnold said he was resigning effective immediately. “I’m announcing my resignation of the Soap Lake City Council, this is my...

James H. Liebrecht, a longtime Grant County resident who has served in a variety of capacities, is running for county assessor. Liebrecht, says he has lived in the county almost 68 years and worked here all his life. He said he went to college for business management and business law, and he has owned a business for 42 years. He owns Animal Crackers Clipper Kennel & Company in Moses Lake.

QUINCY — Jessica Diaz was sworn in as the newest Quincy Police Department officer during the regular Quincy City Council meeting Tuesday. Diaz was sworn in by QPD Chief Keith Siebert before an audience of family, friends and fellow officers. Diaz said she was impressed by the department when...

Two suspects were arrested off a search warrant after a month-long investigation from the Columbia River Drug Task Force. The search warrant resulted in the arrest of 28-year-old Osvaldo Verduzco Mendoza and his brother 24-year-old Jorge Verduzco Mendoza, who are part of the Sureño gang. On the morning of...

Ulises Infante, a candidate for Grant County clerk, currently works in that office, and his desire to help people is what drives him. Infante said he grew up in Brewster and has lived in Grant County for more than 10 years. He worked in banking for close to five years, some of that time in Quincy. Currently, he is an interpreter and collections deputy at the county clerk’s office.

Two people have injuries after a car rear ended a semi-truck Tuesday just after 4pm on SR 28 east of Quincy. Troopers say a 1988 Toyota Celica driven by 54-year-old Victor Flores Meza of Quincy was traveling westbound when it rear-ended a semi driven by 52-year-old Ruben Lerena of Quincy while the semi was stopped behind a vehicle waiting to make a left-hand turn.

Kimberly Allen, the current Grant County clerk, is running for re-election,. Allen, a graduate of Ephrata High School, is in her fourth term as the county clerk, and she wants voters’ support again to carry forward current projects to completion. “I am proud of the work we have accomplished...

QUINCY, Wash. - A level 3 "go now" evacuation notice was canceled near the Frenchman Coulee climbing area (near 21935 Vantage Road SW in Quincy). The notice was issued to evacuate those in danger of a wildfire. You can get emergency text alerts from Grant County by texting GCSHERIFF to...

An educator from the Spokane area is the new assistant superintendent at the Moses Lake School District. Carol Lewis is coming from the Cheney School District after leaving her post as the Director of State and Federal Programs, Data and Assessment. Lewis has a Master of Education degree from Eastern...

A few of the news stories we’re following for you tonight, 2 people were injured, one seriously in a 2-car accident yesterday afternoon on State Route 28 three miles west of Quincy. The Frenchman Coulee climbing area west of George was placed under Level 3 evacuation orders last night because of a wildfire. Two brothers were arrested on felony warrants early Thursday morning in south Wenatchee by members of the East Cascade SWAT Team, and, Wenatchee police arrested a 26-year Wenatchee man after he allegedly stole a firearm from a trailer Monday night.

MOSES LAKE — While it’s not on the list of the city of Moses Lake’s proposed six-year street improvement projects, it’s almost certain that the intersection of S.R. 17 and Yonezawa Boulevard is going to become a roundabout. “The roundabout is a requirement from the state...

MOSES LAKE - Carol Lewis has been selected to become the Moses Lake School District’s new assistant superintendent. Lewis is coming from the Cheney School District after leaving her post as the Director of State and Federal Programs, Data and Assessment. Lewis was a principal, District Coordinator for Curriculum and Assessment, Instructional Coach and Middle School Teacher in the Cheney School District.

The health and wellness center inside Quincy High School served 837 people in the school year recently completed, according to a report during the June 29 meeting of the Quincy School Board. Sheila Berschauer, CEO of Moses Lake Community Health Center, joined the meeting for a remote report on the...

The list of design firms for Quincy Valley Medical Center’s new facility was narrowed to three, and they were to make presentations on July 6 to QVMC’s building committee, according to QVMC’s Tom Richardson. At the June 27 meeting of the board of commissioners of Grant County...

SOAP LAKE — A group of volunteers is making a difference in Soap Lake one ‘mob’ at a time. Every so often the call goes out for volunteers for a one-hour “trash mob'' to clean up different areas of Soap Lake. The most recent call went...

The musical “Ordinary Days” opens next weekend with three straight shows in three nights, under the direction of Allison Pheasant. The show opens on Friday in Quincy, before performing in George on Saturday and Crescent Bar on Sunday. “Ordinary Days” tells the story of a couple in their...

MOSES LAKE — REC Silicon will resume production of solar-grade polysilicon at its facility in Moses Lake, according to CEO James May. May spoke during a conference call highlighting the company’s first quarter 2022 earnings. “We are going to restart in Moses Lake,” May told investors during the...