COVID-19 NEWS
Keep up with all the fast-moving novel coronavirus news, particularly as it impacts the Columbia Basin.
COVID-19 update
RITZVILLE — Adams County Health Department administrators have reported another death related to COVID-19, raising…
Quincy small businesses may apply for a grant
QUINCY — Small-business owners inside Quincy city limits have the opportunity to apply for a grant through the city government and the federal CARES Act. Each applicant is eligible to apply for up to $5,000.
Coronavirus: One new case reported Thursday
GRANT COUNTY — One new case of the coronavirus was reported in Grant County on Thursday, a man between the ages of 19 and 40 from the Mattawa area, according t…
Small grants keep a few local outfits in operation
WARDEN — The $10,000 couldn’t have come at a better time for Cindy Collins and her business.
Coronavirus: Two new cases in Othello
OTHELLO - Two new cases of COVID-19 in Othello were reported on Thursday, June 4, bringing Adams County’s total to 78 confirmed cases. Othello accounts for 71 of the cases in the county, while Ritzville has had fou…
Coronavirus: Four new cases in Grant County
GRANT COUNTY — There were four new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in Grant County on Wednesday, with residents in Moses Lake, Mattawa and Quincy testing positive, according to Grant County Health District.
Coronavirus: Five new cases in Othello
OTHELLO — Five new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Adams County on Wednesday, June 3, bringing the total to 76. The new cases are all in Othello.
Hard hit by pandemic closures, funeral service providers get some leeway under new guidelines
MOSES LAKE — As businesses start to reopen with Grant County in Phase 2 of the state’s four-step plan to restart the economy, and with additional leeway recent…
Seventh person at Moses Lake Alzheimer’s center has COVID-19; few details publicly available
MOSES LAKE — A day after it was announced that an outbreak of COVID-19 had been found at a Moses Lake Alzheimer’s care facility, little has been made public ab…
COVID-19 metrics to move forward, or move backward, aren’t hard and fast
GRANT COUNTY — While counties work to meet state-issued guidelines to reopen their economies, and try to not have that progress reversed, those guidelines continue to be broadened. And they aren’t hard and fast to …
Spike in new COVID-19 cases in Grant, Adams counties
MOSES LAKE/OTHELLO — There were a lot of new cases of COVID-19 reported in Grant and Adams counties this past week. From Friday, May 22, to Monday, June 1, 38 new cases were reported in Grant County, bringing the n…
Commissioners discuss reimbursement for GCHD
EPHRATA — Grant County is eligible for about $5.4 million in federal aid to reimburse the county for expenses directly related to the COVID-19 outbreak. County commissioners and other elected officials conducted a …
Adams County reports new cases of COVID-19
OTHELLO — Since Wednesday, May 27, at least one new case of COVID-19 has been reported every day in Adams County. One new confirmed case was reported Tuesday.
COVID-19 cases found at care center
Six people who live or work at Summer Wood Alzheimer's Special Care Center in Moses Lake have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Grant County Healt…
Coronavirus: 14 new cases since Friday
GRANT COUNTY - There were 14 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in Grant County since Friday, including ten new cases in Moses Lake, three new cases i…
Moses Lake driving school adjusts to new parameters as students are welcomed back
MOSES LAKE – Central Washington Driving School in Moses Lake was able to reopen its doors to students last week after Grant County shifted to Phase 2 of Gov. J…