Weekend lightning storms sparked multiple wildfires in Adams, Grant, and Douglas Counties, burning fields and threatening homes before crews gained control.
Grant County Sheriff Joey Kriete has been named WASPC Vice President, recognizing his 30-year law enforcement career and statewide crime policy leadership.
A mother and daughter were found dead in a Moses Lake home. Authorities suspect drugs may be involved, but the cause of death is still under investigation.
Fireworks are the alleged culprit for a wildfire sparking in Grant County Saturday morning.
Grant County Fire District 13 says they responded to the 1300 block of State Route 28 West at approximately 1:23 a.m. Firefighters arrived to find flames burning in brush on both sides of the highway, west of a nearby trailer park.
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A Grant County man is dead following a single-vehicle accident near the Vantage Bridge on Saturday morning.
The Washington State Patrol says it happened at around 9:10 a.m. when 29-year-old Dakota A. Lazier of Moses Lake was exiting from Interstate-90 to State Route 26 on the east side of the bridge and failed to negotiate a curve in his sedan on the connecting ramp...