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Grant County Sheriff's Office recognizes community law enforcement officers and their work to protect the community. Grant County Sheriff Joe Kriete presented awards to numerous law enforcment officers, detectives, state troopers, corrections officers, attorneys, and more during a ceremony Friday...

An Ephrata lock and key shop mints a coin assisting Grant County Sheriff's Office's K9 unit. Spokesperson for the Sheriff's Office Kyle Foreman says G&D Lock and Key made the $20 coins, which have the likeness of Maile on the front of the coin and the Columbia Basin K9 Association logo on the back. ...

Investigation launched into fatal crash involving Ivan Torres in George. Torres is said to have lost control of vehicle on SR 281.

Ephrata Police Department releases the cause of death for the inmate who died New Year's Eve in Grant County Jail. According to a release, the Grant County Coroner's Office determined 31-year-old Richard Lambert died from sepsis due to peritontis and his death has been ruled an accident due to a bicycle crash on railroad tracks days before his arrest...

A 32-year-old Quincy man makes his initial court appearance today for an alleged controlled substance homicide. According to a Grant County Sherrif's Office press release, Yakima County's Law Enforcement Against Drugs task force arrested Abraham Cristobal Flores Velazquez Thursday...

Royal City Police Department's K9, "Ollie," has new protection. Thanks to local efforts from Grant County PUD and the Grant County Industrial Alliance (GCIA), Ollie now has a ballistic vest to guard him. In early January, GCIA's Chuck Sutton and Lisa Karstetter, along with Grant PUD's "Pay-it-Forward" program representative Chuck Allen, presented $2,500 in donations to help pay

A Grant County man has been hit with a flurry of charges after reportedly leading authorities on pursuit in Moses Lake.

Grant County middle schooler Alangel Baeza has been recognized for his quick reflexes and perseverance in the face of sudden danger.

A Quincy man has been sentenced to over 26 years in prison for multiple sex crimes involving children. A federal judge handed down the 318-month sentence to 37-year-old Jose Martinez-Cruz on Jan. 10. The term follows Martinez-Cruz's conviction on multiple counts of child molestation and incest, as well as child rape...

Several residents in the Columbia Basin are buzzing after reportedly spotting what they say was a meteor in the skies over the weekend. Most of the reports came from the Quincy area where at least one person reported seeing a streaking object with a long trail of smoke behind it during the daylight hours on Saturday...