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It is not yet known if road conditions or speed were a factor

One car on property was struck, no reports yet of vehicles on Highway 243 being hit.

According to information released by Incident Commander Tony Gilmer, the Powerline Fire near Mattawa has been mostly contained, and no structures lost. The blaze was first reported about four miles north of Mattawa, near Vantage. Winds pushed the fire up  to the east towards the Saddle Mountain area, and Road 23...

Simply paying the fees would've kept her out of jail.

The Grant County Health Department has one case confirmed of the mumps and three other cases under investigation.

Five pounds of meth seized in raid.

Wednesday evening he saw a vehicle on the side of the road. Two passengers were just sitting inside. He pulled over to see if they were OK.

According to fire officials no homes have been lost in a large fire that broke out Thursday near Desert Aire. The fire, near Highway 26 which runs up from the Vernita Bridge to Vantage, began just before 2pm. These pictures were taken not long after the fire broke out, and was spreading rapidly...

Officials did not specify what the threat was, but that it was received by phone Thursday morning, and the schools in the district were on lockdown. Wahluke is the district that serves the Mattawa area in Grant County.

As if fighting a wildfire didn't have enough dangers and distractions, now fire crews battling the Lower Crab Creek fire near Mattawa over the weekend had to deal with a loud, buzzing, interfering flying object.