Old grenade found in Columbia River bed

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. (25APR2014) – Grant PUD security personnel found an old pineapple-style hand grenade below the high water mark of the drawn-down Columbia River near the Old Vantage boat launch in Grant County about 6:00 p.m. yesterday. The WSP bomb squad responded and detonated the grenade. Local residents in Sunland Estates and Vantage may have heard the explosion.