Ex-Washington state employee pleads guilty to pandemic fraudJune 24, 2022 GMTTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A former employee of Washington state’s Employment Security Department pleaded guilty to three federal felonies for exploiting his employment for personal enrichment and fraudulently distributing at least $360,000 in pandemic-related unemployment benefits, prosecutors said.Missing woman’s body found in southeast WashingtonMay 18, 2022 GMTRICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — An autopsy has confirmed that a body found in southeastern Washington belongs to a Washington mother of three who had been reported missing. Yanira Cedillos was celebrating her 30th birthday before she disappeared in early March.New factory in Moses Lake to bring hundreds of new jobsMay 4, 2022 GMTMOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) — A battery materials company has purchased a 600,000-square foot facility in Moses Lake, Washington, to be used to manufacture lithium-ion anode battery materials for the automotive and cell phone industries.ADVERTISEMENTMan arrested, charged with murder in woman’s disappearanceMarch 11, 2022 GMTMOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) — Police in Hermiston, Oregon, have arrested a former Moses Lake, Washington, resident in the disappearance last week of 30-year-old Yanira Cedillos.At a news conference Thursday, Moses Lake Police Department Capt.Saturday’s ScoresThe Associated PressFebruary 13, 2022 GMTBOYS PREP BASKETBALL=Friday’s ScoresThe Associated PressJanuary 29, 2022 GMTGIRLS PREP BASKETBALL=Tuesday’s ScoresThe Associated PressDecember 8, 2021 GMTBOYS PREP BASKETBALL=Friday’s ScoresThe Associated PressDecember 4, 2021 GMTGIRLS PREP BASKETBALL=Friday’s ScoresThe Associated PressDecember 4, 2021 GMTBOYS PREP BASKETBALL=Tuesday’s ScoresThe Associated PressDecember 1, 2021 GMTBOYS PREP BASKETBALL=ADVERTISEMENTTeen to be tried as adult in murder of man in Moses LakeNovember 9, 2021 GMTMOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) — A Moses Lake teenager will be tried as an adult in the September murder of a 21-year-old man. According to information from the Grant County Superior Court Clerk’s Office, 17-year-old Dominick Kultgen was charged Oct.Former WA employee charged with stealing unemployment fundsSeptember 24, 2021 GMTSEATTLE (AP) — Authorities say a former employee with the state Employment Security Department was arrested Friday and charged with defrauding the government of at least $360,000 in jobless benefits.Bail set at $3M in killings of 2 men near Moses LakeAugust 4, 2021 GMTMOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) — A Moses Lake man has had bail set at $3 million in connection with the shooting deaths of two Moses Lake men on Saturday. Noe Pena had his first appearance in Grant County Superior Court this week on investigation of two counts of second-degree murder, The Columbia Basin Herald reported.Fertilizer manufacturer fined $25K over clean air violationsJune 25, 2021 GMTPASCO, Wash. (AP) — A fertilizer manufacturing company in Washington state has been fined $25,500 for making large quantities of ammonium phosphate liquid fertilizer with a mobile reactor without an air quality permit.Fire crews attempt to contain 300 gallon oil spill in Moses LakeNina CulverApril 6, 2017 GMTAn estimated 300 gallons of used motor oil spilled on an overpass spanning Interstate 90 in Moses Lake Wednesday afternoon.A driver was hauling a trailer filled with two oil-filled plastic totes contained in steel cages when he took a corner too fast, said Moses Lake Fire Department Capt.