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Mattawa man drowns in irrigation canal

by JOEL MARTINNANCE BESTON
Staff Writer | August 10, 2026 3:35 PM

MATTAWA — An 18-year-old Mattawa man died early Sunday after falling into an irrigation canal while trying to free a vehicle that had become stuck in a canal chute in rural Grant County, authorities said. 

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