Mattawa News

Authorities say a high-speed chase of a convicted felon that began in Royal City ended with four arrests before dawn today near Moxee.

A Saturday evening car accident on Sunnyside sends two to Harborview Medical Center, and police suspect drugs or alcohol were involved.

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. -- Two people were airlifted to a Seattle hospital after a pickup and van collided Saturday evening about 10 miles north of Sunnyside on State Route 241.

MATTAWA, Wash. -- Grant County sheriff's deputies say they are seeking a man who shot his roommate over the weekend outside of Mattawa.

The following is a press release from the Grant County Sheriff's Office: On October 16th at about 9:15 pm a 911 call to emergency dispatch advised there had been a shooting in the 21000 block of Road 24.7 SW approximately 2-miles southwest of the town of Mattawa.

A Grant County farmer is being credited with helping police arrest three car prowling suspects after they broke into his truck and led him on a pursuit.

The city of Union Gap recently received a $700,000 grant, which will be used to install water and sewer lines in phase four of the Valley Mall Boulevard expansion project.

A new Salmon-Safe winegrowing program casts a different view on the way that fish and wine go together With all the talk of organics and sustainability in winegrowing comes a new buzzword: "Salmon-Safe." And bottles from wineries who have joined this program are swimming off wine shop shelves.

MATTAWA, Wash. -- A load of apples spilled from a semi-trailer Wednesday near Mattawa, causing a collision with another semi-truck and closing State Route 243 for about two hours while crews cleared the highway.

A federal judge today sentenced five Mattawa women involved in what began as a day care fraud case to three years of probation.

Sunday's Gran Jaripeo drew hundreds to the fairgrounds and capped the Benton Franklin Fair & Rodeo with an afternoon of music and rodeo.

The three people killed in a Grant County house fire have been identified as a mother and her young sons.

This photo provided by U.S. District Court shows weapons taken from Ronald Struvea s former storage locker in Bellevue.

An overnight house fire has killed a mother and her two small children in Mattawa in Grant County, Washington.

A mother and her two children are dead, after an early morning house fire Thursday in Mattawa, Washington.

The mayor of Mattawa apologized to a group of Latina day care providers Sunday for having complained about them to state investigators eight years ago.

The mayor of Mattawa apologized to a group of Latina day care providers Sunday for having complained about them to state investigators eight years ago.

The mayor of Mattawa apologized to a group of Latina day care providers Sunday for having complained about them to state investigators eight years ago.

The mayor of Mattawa apologized to a group of Latina day care providers Sunday for having complained about them to state investigators eight years ago.

Having worked in the Mattawa and Othello areas for over a decade, I have witnessed steadily-increasing gang activities, from the gang signs that adorn practically every building in the area, to overworked, overstressed members of the Grant County Sheriff's Department who struggle on a daily basis to maintain order.