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FOUR LAKES – A passenger riding in the bed of a pickup truck was injured in a one-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon, April 17. According to a Washington State Patrol press memo, a 1997 Toyota pickup driven by 18-year-old Daniel J. Martinez of San Jose, Calif., was eastbound on Interstate 90 near the Medical Lake interchange just after 2 p.m. when it veered off the road to the left. Martinez apparently overcorrected to the right, causing the pickup to leave the roadway again and roll, ejecting 23-year-old Elan A. M...
RITZVILLE - The state Senate majority leader said Wednesday, April 23, that he will refuse to extend quarantine rules on "low-hanging fruit." Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, said some of that so-called fruit includes fishing, elective surgeries and home construction. Those and other prohibitions are among the coronavirus emergency quarantine rules ordered by Gov. Jay Inslee. The emergency was declared Feb. 29. The order has since been amended at least once, and several new...
SPOKANE -- More than 300 people turned out shortly after lunch Wednesday, April 22, to tell Gov. Inslee to reopen the state now. As the crowd grew at the corner of North Lincoln Street and West Spokane Falls Boulevard, traffic increased as well. Dozens of cars and pickups started circling the area, the drivers honking continuously. The rally was organized by Patti Usselman, who lives in the Clear Lake area between Cheney and Medical Lake. "It's important," she said of the...
RITZVILLE — The motorist who died April 12 after an altercation with police was shot three times in the abdomen. Shawn Lee, 48, of Susanville, Calif., died at a local hospital from the injuries, according to updated information released by the Columbia Basin Investigative Team, which is reviewing the officer-involved death. Ritzville officer Jeff Lane fired the shots after first Tasing Lee, who was charging him while wielding a machete in the parking lot of Love’s Travel Stop and Country stores, according to the team. Lan...
OLYMPIA – Praising Washingtonians for their efforts in what appears to be a slowing of the spread of the COVID-19 disease, Gov. Jay Inslee announced some plans to reopen the state’s economy during a televised address Tuesday afternoon, April 21. In outlining some of the steps needed to reopen, and some specific businesses that could do so, Inslee didn’t directly address recent protests from residents frustrated with the restrictions. He also didn’t reference steps some local jurisdictions have taken to defy the orders... Full story
