ROYAL CITY – Royal City police will be conducting extra overnight patrols after multiple vehicles were broken into early Tuesday morning. The suspect rummaged through numerous vehicles which police say all had doors that were left unlocked. Most of the items that were stolen have been recovered and returned to the owners. Police have not … Read more
AKIMA, Wash. (AP) – A 16-year-old accidentally shot in an altercation near a high school in Yakima Tuesday afternoon has died, according to police. The teen’s 15-year-old cousin was arrested in connection to the incident in which an 18 year old was also wounded in the shooting during a fight near Eisenhower High School, the … Read more
EAST WENATCHEE – The Chelan Douglas Health District says personal information including Social Security numbers and financial account information was stolen by hackers during a data breach. The health district discovered unauthorized access to its network between July 2 and July 4 of last year and immediately launched an investigation which found that personal and … Read more
MOSES LAKE – A Chief Moses Middle School student was arrested this week after reportedly bringing a weapon to campus. The 13-year-old was taken into custody Monday morning at the school after police say he had a pistol and two magazines in his backpack. Police said the child was able to obtain the gun from … Read more
QUINCY – A fugitive wanted on a federal warrant was taken into custody Tuesday morning near Quincy. A tip led Grant County deputies, along with the Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team, and U.S. Marshals to a travel trailer on Road R Northwest near Quincy where they found, 31-year-old Daniel Villa Gomez, who reportedly attemepted to flee … Read more
OMAK – On Wednesday, Conservation Northwest announced funding for a wildlife underpass in Okanogan County. Conservation Northwest says the crossings will drastically improve the safety for wildlife and drivers on a dangerous stretch of the highway and help connect habitat from the Cascade Mountain range to The Rocky Mountain range. -0-
EAST WENATCHEE – The East Wenatchee City Council decided not to ban fireworks for the Fourth of July and New Year’s but the mayor will be able to enact an emergency ban this year. Two ordinances banning the pyrotechnics during the holidays failed to get enough votes to pass at Tuesday’s meeting. However, under another … Read more
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – One of two Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies wounded in a shootout south of Tacoma, has died, authorities said Wednesday. Dominique “Dom” Calata was taken to St. Joseph’s Medical Center after the exchange of gunfire with a suspect during an arrest Tuesday in Spanaway, according to a statement. The 35 year old … Read more
BREWSTER – A man was taken into custody last week in connection to two arson fires at churches in Brewster in 2020. Eduardo Martinez-Martinez, 20, was booked into Okanogan County Jail for two counts of first-degree arson, along with theft and vehicle prowling. Police say the 20 year old admitted to starting the two fires, … Read more
ELLENSBURG – Human remains from a decades old cold case in Kittitas County have been identified. Kittitas County Coroner Nick Henderson was able to identify the 45-year-old skeletal remains of a person who was found near Westside Road in Upper Kittitas County in May of 1978 as that of Donald Grant Anderson, who was reported … Read more