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Man Shot By Officers Identified, Accused of Shooting at Police
The man shot by police in Soap Lake Sunday morning while they searched for a robbery suspect is accused of opening fire on four officers.
iFiberOne reports 26 year old Alejandro Rodriguez made a preliminary court appearance Monday afternoon in Grant County Superior Court...
Evacuation Orders Increased on Chiwawa River Road
As of 4:30pm Monday, Chelan County Emergency Management implemented Level 2 (GET SET) evacuation notifications on Chiwawa Loop Rd from Plain out to the intersection with Chiwawa River Rd, both sides of the roadway. This includes Chiwawa River Pine Community and Shugart Flats Community and all roads that intersect with the Chiwawa Loop Road in the affected area. Pla...
Crescent Mountain Fire Trail Closures
The Crescent Mountain Fire has grown to 23,764 acres with 34% containment. A Level 3 evacuation was implemented on August 17 for West Buttermilk Creek Road and Twisp River Road, west of the Buttermilk Creek intersection. A Level 2 evacuation notice remains in effect from the Buttermilk Creek Road east to Little Bridge Creek Road. Th...
Officer Involved Shooting Near Soap Lake
Officers were involved in a shooting which injured an adult male Sunday morning at the 100 block of Adrian Avenue in Lakeview. None of the officers were injured.
A sheriff’s deputy and officers from Ephrata police and Soap Lake police were investigating a report of a possible sighting of a wanted person when the shooting happened around 10:45 a.m.
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High Speed Chase and Stand Off Ends With Arrest
A 38-year-old Moses Lake man is in jail this afternoon after leading Grant County deputies on a high speed chase and then barricading himself inside his own home.
Robert Gwinn was spotted by sheriff’s deputies as he drove near Roads L and 5-Northeast just east of Moses Lake. Gwe...
UPDATE–50 Acre Lightning Caused Fire Near Chelan Butte
UPDATE--2PM
A new fire on Chelan Butte is now fully contained and in mop up stage. Mark Donnell, Deputy Chief with Lake Chelan Fire and Rescue said the fire burned about 50 acres of grass and sage.
Donnell said Lake Chelan Fire and Rescue, Forest Service, Department of Natural Resources and the Bureau of Land Management were supported by water drops from Lake Chelan and the Columbia River. A ...
Cougar Creek Fire Crews Brace For Another Red Flag Warning
All of the established containment lines held Thursday even through some significant winds. Friday's plan will have crews building and maintaining lines along the south and west flanks of the fire and working north during today's shift. A Red Flag Warning is posted this afternoon through 9pm this evening. Northwe...
First Sentencing in 2017 Dryden Attack
34 year old Michael Joseph "Gordo" Hernandez received a 13 year sentence Wednesday for his role in an attack on a Dryden man for allegedly providing information to authorities.
The victim was beaten with a baseball bat and shot in the leg last October when Hernandez and another man burst into his home...
Missing Man With Memory Issues May Be Endangered
The Grant County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding a missing man who may be in danger because of memory issues. Kyle Moore with the Sheriff's Office says 60-year-old Michael E. Clark of Colville was last seen in Soap Lake, shortly after he was released from the Grant County Jail on a minor violation.
There were...
Evacuation Orders Reduced, New Team To Takeover Cougar Creek Fire
UPDATE-10AM EVACUATION ORDERS REVISED
All evacuation levels are downgraded by 1 level
Level 1 to nothing = Oklahoma Gulch Rd, Navarre Coulee Rd (97-ALT to South Lakeshore Rd), Johnson Creek Rd and First Creek Rd residents. Also Entiat River Rd from 97A to Crum Canyon...