A proposal aims to boost awareness of state’s recycling program for electronics. Properly disposing of old TV’s and computers prevents toxic chemicals they contain from ending up in a landfill where they could contaminate the environment. Andrew Wineke of the state Department of Ecology says the plan would notify consumers…
State Attorney General Bob Ferguson joins a public meeting to alert parents about dangerous toys. The Washington Public Interest Research Group releases its annual Trouble in Toyland report Tuesday/this morning. Bruce Spreight of Wash-PIRG says despite improvements toproduct safety regulations, toys which pose a safety hazard are still being sold. …
Grant County prosecutors says they’ll seek a life sentence as punishment for a gangland shooting that killed a man in front of a 7 year old child and the victim’s girlfriend. Monday, a Grant County jury convicted 25- year old Anthony R. Vasquez with murder in the first and second…
Arraignment for a Moses Lake resident is scheduled Tuesday morning in Grant County on charges of assault in the first degree. Prosecuting attorney Kevin McCrae says 25 year old Olajide Fletcher is alleged to have shot a 51 year old man several times in an argument over a television set….
Central Washington joins other American and worldwide cities with a Climate Change Now march through Wenatchee this Saturday, beginning noon at Memorial Park. The marches are hoped to pressure world leaders at the Paris Climate Conference citizens are increasingly concerned about heat waves, droughts, wildfires, rising sea levels and severe…
A man who was deported to Mexico for a previous arrest is in a US jail again on drug charges in Douglas County. Sheriff Harvey Gjesdal says 40 year old Pedro Cortez-Aguilar was arrested in Bridgeport Saturday on a drug warrant. He allegedly resisted arrest and broke free when the…
11/23/15 11 AM The Grant County sheriff’s office is asking for help finding a bow hunter missing near Crab Creek in Royal City. Fifty-five-year-old Thomas Mark Stieg was last seen a few miles south of Highway 26, in the bluffs above Crab Creek. Sheriff’s spokesperson Kyle Forman says an intensive…
WILD EDGES CHILLIWACK Chilliwack, BC. – The Wenatchee Wild rebounded from Friday’s loss with an impressive 3-2 win over the Chilliwack Chiefs Saturday night, in front of 2,932 at Prospera Centre in Chilliwack. The Wild’s Brendan Harris (Las Vegas, NV) opened the scoring by tucking home a backhander in tight….
Posted 11/20/15 from Douglas County Sheriff Harvey Gjesdal news release On 10/19/15 at approximately 11:45 PM a Douglas County Deputy Sheriff was on routine patrol in the City of Bridgeport. He observed a vehicle in the area of 17th St. and Tacoma St. which was playing a car stereo loud…
Posted 11/21/15 Grant County authorities report the arrest of a suspect in a shooting that left one man dead and another wounded at a Royal City business.Sheriff Tom Jones says Eduardo Ibarra-Valencia was arrested for murder in the first degree and attempted murder in the first degree. He allegedly shot two…