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A man who is suspected of contributing to a drug overdose death in Grant County is now in jail. Officers with the Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team (INET) and Homeland Security Investigations arrested 56-year-old Daniel King of Tulalip last Thursday (July 20) on two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance with intent to distribute...

Emergency repairs are now underway on a three-mile section of U.S. Highway 2 approximately 19 miles east of Waterville. The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced they have retained Hurst Construction, LLC of East Wenatchee to handle the project, which began Thursday morning (July 20). ...

The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) is still in the process of securing a contractor to conduct emergency repairs on U.S. Highway 2 (U.S. 2) approximately 19 miles east of Waterville. The DOT began their search late last week after a section of the highway was washed away and rendered impassable by a mudslide last Monday (July 10)...

Lightning from a thunderstorm that moved across the western edge of Grant County is suspected to have sparked a brush fire near Coulee City this morning (Monday, July 10). Spokesperson Kyle Foreman with the Grant County Sheriff's Office says the Road I...

A Grant County man is in jail for allegedly raping a child. Detectives with the Grant County Sheriff's Office arrested 52-year-old Tyrone Thomas Trexler of Coulee City last Thursday, March 23 near his home on suspicion of two counts of first-degree rape of a child and unlawful imprisonment...

Troopers say Dennis Armour of Ephrata died at a hospital after rear ending an SUV that had slowed down to turn into the Blue Lake rest area just before 9am.

A Facebook message is asking parents and kids to keep their heads up after an intense fire completely destroyed the Almira elementary/middle school, about 85 miles east of Wenatchee Tuesday night. The school has called off classes for Thursday and Friday, and arranged to have counselors available for students and staff who are trying to cope with the situation ...

A farmer with a disc assisted firefighters in battling a blaze on Whitehall Road west of Road 4 SE in Douglas County Thursday evening. Grant County Fire District 13, along with other agencies, responded according to their Facebook page ...

Former Coulee City Police Chief Brenda Cavoretto faces two charges of collecting workers compensation benefits illegally. The State Department of L&I says she collected $67,000 from the state despite being capable of working after being diagnosed with both physical and mental injuries stemming from a 2012 incident in Coulee City. ...

Pacific Northwest Seismic Network reported a 3.5 magnitude earthquake north northeast of Coulee City Monday morning, a little before 9 a.m. The depth was 2.6 miles and 15.3 miles away from Coulee City. According to Grant County Sheriff's Office, dispatch received no calls about the quake nor was any damage reported...