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ROYAL CITY – A Royal City man is facing charges following a traffic stop turned drug bust. A search warrant was executed Tuesday at a Royal City residence where detectives reportedly found more than an ounce of cocaine, along with over $11,000 in cash, and four firearms, according to the sheriff’s office. The investigation is … Read more

MALOTT – Foul play may have been a factor in the death of a man who was found on the side of the road near 7 Okanogan Street Sunday. The Okanogan County coroner identified the deceased Wednesday, as 43-year-old Tim Fisher, and he told Source ONE News that some form of trauma was inflicted upon … Read more

WENATCHEE – If Puxatawney Phil sees his shadow we know we’re in for a longer winter. But one local Groundhog couldn’t see anything after getting its head stuck in what appeared to be a peanut butter jar over the weekend at Hale dog park near the Columbia River. A picture of the anomaly was posted … Read more

ELLENSBURG – Autopsy cases are stacking up due to a staff shortage at the Kittitas County Coroner’s Office. The lack of forensic pathologists in Washington State has created a backlog, and Kittitas County Coroner Nick Henderson said he hopes a bill recently passed in the state Senate will address that need and overwhelming work load. … Read more

NESPELEM – Two suspects have been indicted on murder charges while a third has accepted a plea deal in connection to a fatal October shooting in Keller. Zachary Holt and Dezmonique Tenzsley pleaded not guilty on Monday to new charges, and Curry A. Pinkham, pleaded guilty. All three are accused in an Oct. 20 incident … Read more

UPDATE — MOSES LAKE – Grant County deputies have arrested a man following a police standoff at a home in the Larson Housing community. Law enforcement surrounded a residence at Tinker Loop and Westover Boulevard Tuesday, after they say a man had made threats and then barricaded himself inside the home, forcing a nearby school … Read more

SPOKANE – An ICE officer arrested by Othello police in a human sex trafficking investigation has been indicted in federal court. Koby Don Williams, 47, of Ellensburg, turned himself in Tuesday morning. The 47 year old is accused in connection to the July 26, 2022 human sex trafficking sting, in which investigators say he had … Read more

SPOKANE – A Moses Lake man, and known gang member, has accepted a plea deal in connection to a 2021 shootout with a federal agent in Spokane. Randy Coy James Holmes pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Spokane to federal charges, stemming from the incident at a Spokane Motel 6 parking lot during … Read more

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health is ending its free at-home COVID-19 tests program in May. The program, which has provided more than 15 million free tests, will end May 11. The program was started in January of last year. Federal free at-home tests are still available. -0-

DAVENPORT – A Lincoln County jail inmate who escaped last August is facing new charges. Cody James Magruder, a former Ellensburg resident, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in connection to the break out in which another inmate used a fire extinguisher to break a jail officer’s arm, and the 37-year-old fled the facility, eluding deputies for … Read more