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In the wake of several recent gang-related incidents, including one involving the murder of a 14-year-old in Moses Lake last month, the community of Ephrata is holding a town hall meeting called Understanding Youth Gangs next month. The event is being coordinated through a partnership between the Ephrata School District, North Central Educational Service District (NCESD), Ephrata Police Department

A Grant County man is behind bars after police say he discharged a firearm during a domestic altercation on Thursday afternoon. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to a residence in the 17000 block of Road A Northwest at around 2:45 p...

A woman and a small child have injuries following a two-vehicle accident near Ephrata this morning. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says it happened at around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Dodson Road North and Road 3 Northwest when 38-year-old Amber Arechiga of Ephrata crashed into the rear end of a service truck driven by 23-year-old Tyson Seidensticker of Cashmere...

It appears that it won't take long for residents in North Central Washington and the Columbia Basin to forget about Old Man Winter. The National Weather Service (NWS) Office in Spokane says daytime high temperatures in the region to start next week will be well-above widespread averages, and even close to record-setting territory in some places...

A vehicle fire slowed traffic on State Route 17 late Sunday near Ephrata. Officials with Grant County Fire District No. 13 say crews were dispatched at around 8 p.m. after an SUV struck a cow that was in the roadway near the junction of State Route 282...

An Ephrata man accused of multiple sex crimes involving children has pled guilty in court. The plea was entered in Grant County Superior Court by 41-year-old Christopher Malloy, who is facing ten separate counts, including child rape, commercial sexual abuse of a minor, and dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct...

A Grant County man is facing at least six-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of child molestation. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says 35-year-old Khristian Cardenas of Ephrata entered the plea in Grant County Superior Court late last week after bargaining with prosecutors...

One person has injuries following a two-vehicle collision involving a snow plow in Grant County on Monday morning. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says it happened at around 7:15 a.m. on Sagebrush Flats Road about five miles west of Ephrata, when the driver of a sedan lost control and crashed into the oncoming plow...

A pair of Moses Lake men are in jail after police say they were caught trespassing on private property near Ephrata late Thursday. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says deputies were conducting extra patrols around midnight in the 7000 block of Martin Road Northwest due to recent break-ins when they spotted a suspicious pickup truck in a field...

Grant PUD reveals surprising culprit behind power outages in Grant County: cows! Read on to understand how the animals (unintentionally) disrupted electricity access.