Grant County, WA

Early Tuesday morning, Grant County man holds burglars at bay. Homeowner fires round into air, holds suspects at gunpoint. Around 3 AM Tuesday morning, the Grant County Sheriff's Office got a 9-1-1 call from a homeowner near Mattawa. The landowner said he'd received an alert on his phone from his security system about an intrusion into one of his shops on his farm.

A property owner held two men at gunpoint early Tuesday after he reportedly caught them attempting to burglarize his shop near Mattawa. KPQ news partner iFiberOne News reports Grant County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the 20000 block of Road 23 Southwest at around 3 a.m. after receiving a report of a burglary in progress.

A Mattawa man held two suspected burglars at gunpoint early this morning until law enforcement could arrive. The property owner had received notification of an intrusion alarm just before 3 a.m. at one of his shops on Road 23 Southwest just outside Mattawa. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office said the...

MOSES LAKE - Jeff Foster isn’t a stranger to political campaigns. After filing for candidacy last Friday, this will be Foster’s second attempt at unseating now 16-year incumbent Cindy Carter for the commission seat in Grant County’s third district. The District 3 seat covers the southwest portion of Grant County as well as the Quincy and George areas and east to the Mae Valley area west of Moses Lake.

The suspect in the murder and disappearance of Moses Lake resident Yanira Cedillos will be back in court earlier than previously scheduled after a governor’s warrant for extradition was issued. KPQ news partner i FIBER ONE reports a new hearing is set on Wednesday for Juan Gastelum in Umatilla...

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SPOKANE — The rate of COVID-19 cases is rising in Washington, according to the state Department of Health. The statewide average of cases over the past seven days is 228 per 100,000 people, keeping Washington in the state Department of Health’s highest-risk category for the spread of COVID-19.

QUINCY, Wash. — Improving a child’s literacy could be the path to unlocking a whole new world of possibilities for them. That’s why one middle school English teacher in Grant County is turning to the community for help filling her barren shelf with books to help her students fall in love with reading and writing.

EPHRATA - Grant County’s annual outdoor burn ban is set to go into effect on Wednesday, June 1. The county-wide burn restrictions passed by county commissioners in 2017 are in effect through Sept. 30. Agricultural and orchard burning are still allowed when permitted by the state Department of Ecology,...

Law enforcement is calling it one of the biggest caches of stolen property this area has ever come across. And it might just crack the case of all the construction thefts happening in Chelan County. A statement from the Columbia River Drug Task Force reports a search warrant served Friday in the 100 block of North Keller in East Wenatchee resulted in the recovery of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stolen property from new construction sites in Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Franklin counties.

GRANT/ADAMS COUNTIES — The filing deadline to run for office in Washington at the county and state level was Friday. Several officials that represent Grant and Adams counties at the local and state level are running for reelection. The 2020 census and the resulting revision of legislative district boundaries...

To reduce carbon emissions in its supply chain, Microsoft is constructed a recycling plant at its data center in Grant County. The Puget Sound Business Journal, in partnership with GSBA, invites you to celebrate the 2022 Outstanding Voices and our Largest LGBTQ-owned businesses!. 2022 40 Under 40 Award. Nominate a...

MOSES LAKE - At 6'5" weighing 350 pounds, 38-year-old James Baker's hulking stature would serve him well in an arena that requires strength and brawn, but his passionate, personable demeanor and zeal for his community could qualify him for candidacy in the political ring. That's why Baker filed for candidacy in hopes of becoming Grant County's next sheriff.