Mattawa News

MATTAWA, Wash. -- Three apple pickers have filed a class-action lawsuit against a Connell-based pilot for allegedly spraying dozens of workers in Mattawa last year with a toxic herbicide.

June 28, 2009 June 28, 2009 Wenatchee June 28, 2009 WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Police warn of scam, supposedly to transport body Police warn of scam, supposedly to transport body Travis Hay World staff writer WENATCHEE - Police encountered a potential fraud at the intersection of Stevens and Mission streets on Friday afternoon.

No school uniforms just yet. Saying they don't have enough information, Sunnyside School Board members took no action Thursday on a proposal to require students to wear uniforms to school.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Maria Perez, at right, sorts Chelan variety cherries from the Mattawa area at the Stemilt Growers Old Station plant on Thursday morning.

Troopers are continuing to investigate a three car collision Sunday evening that injured a Mattawa man.

A 27-year-old Oregon man is back in Grant County to face charges that he shot and killed a 22-year-old transient four years ago over money owed for drugs.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN STORY: Paradise lost? Land lease runs low at Crescent Bar What's next? The Grant County PUD will host three more meetings to gather public opinion about potential uses for Crescent Bar Island once the existing 50-year lease expires in 2012.

Sheriff's deputies in Grant County have charged a 19-year-old Mattawa man with attempted assault in the first degree in connection with a shooting early Sunday morning that narrowly missed a 6-month-old baby and sent one man to the hospital.

The State Patrol is continuing an investigation into a Saturday night accident it suspects involved drugs or alcohol.

Alexander Ruiz's parents left Mexico years ago to give their kids a better life in the United States.

K Vintners of Walla Walla has made quite a splash at its modest, down-home winery along scenic Mill Creek Road.

A dozen years ago, Columbia Basin farmer brothers Butch and Jerry Milbrandt decided they wanted to get into the wine business.

The state Department of Agriculture has fined pesticide applicators from Yakima and Mattawa for failing to wear protective equipment and improper fumigation.

Police are looking for the victims of a bloody crowbar beating Sunday night at a convenience store.

Gilbert Cellars winemaker Justin Neufeld mixes the skin, seeds, pulp and juice of recently crushed Syrah grapes.

The suspect was arrested Tuesday in connection with the slaying of a Wenatchee man who was found shot and burned in an vineyard near Sunnyside.

Whiskies of the West is an event that will showcase whiskies from around the world.

The suspect in a shooting near Mattawa last week remains at large, Grant County sheriff's officials said.

Police are searching for a man after he allegedly shot an acquaintance of his following an argument over his girlfriend.

Four NCW paving projects are on the list for the first big chunk of federal stimulus money.