ELLENSBURG, Wash. -- A 19-year-old Ellensburg resident was arrested Tuesday in Hawaii after allegedly giving drugs to a man who then died after taking them in August. On August 7, 2021, officials with Ellensburg Police (EPD) and Kittitas Valley Fire…
Looking to celebrate Fall with some family-friendly fun? Now is the perfect time to visit one of the many pumpkin patches across Eastern Washington. For this list, we are including pumpkin patches across Eastern Washington, Grant County, and one in…
TOPPENISH, Wash. — An investigation is underway in Yakima County after a 24-year-old woman was found dead next to her vehicle off the road between Wapato and Toppenish in early September. According to a release issued by the Yakima County…
YAKIMA, Wash. — After a male victim was shot by a 16-year-old suspect just four blocks from Robertston Elementary, the school was placed into lockdown so that police could ensure the public's safety. According to a press release from the…
YAKIMA, Wash. — Police officers are looking for witnesses who were present for a fatal pedestrian/motorcycle collision that claimed the life of a 58-year-old man on Saturday night. According to a press release issued by the Yakima Police Department, officers…
UPDATE at 1:30 p.m. on 10/4/21: The investigation into a double shooting has been upgraded to a homicide after one of the victims, an 18-year-old girl from Toppenish,…
YAKIMA, Wash. — The Yakima Health District is now administering booster shots of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at its mobile vaccination clinics across Yakima County. "We do know that with a Delta variant, it's more contagious and it spreads faster too,…
GRANDVIEW, Wash. — On Saturday, October 9 at 1:00 p.m., the new owners of the McDonald's at 400 Vista Grande Way are hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony with local leaders in attendance to celebrate the region's blossoming business community. According to…
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital is encouraging COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptoms to visit its outpatient clinic instead of going to the emergency room. "We will see anybody who shows up, but if you really just…
YAKIMA, Wash. — Joined by a federal law enforcement agent, Yakima police detectives traveled to San Diego and brought two suspects linked with a violent gang shooting into custody on Tuesday. According to a press release issued by the Yakima…
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima-based tree fruit business Chief Orchards is being sued over claims its supervisors ignored reports of "egregious sexual harassment" against a Latina agricultural worker for over a year — until she felt forced to quit her job.…
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital is now offering the REGEN-COV monoclonal antibody therapy to COVID-19 patients with a referral from their primary care provider. "This…
NILE, Wash. — After 56 days of fire suppression efforts on the Schneider Springs Fire, crews have finally surpassed 50% containment on the 107,118-acre wildfire burning natural land in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. According to a release from crews on…
SEATTLE, Wash. — A coalition representing Washington's communities of color fear that redistricting maps proposed by some state appointees will limit the voting rights and representation of Yakima County's Latinx population. According to Redistricting Justice of Washington, the Washington State…
YAKIMA, Wash. — A man wanted out of Pendleton for attempted murder was captured in Yakima County on Tuesday night thanks to the help of a trusty police K9. Members of the Pacific Northwest Violent Offenders Task Force located the…
YAKIMA, Wash. — An 18-year-old was barraged with bullets in his driveway on Tuesday night in what local police are investigating as a gang-related drive-by shooting. According to a press memo from the Yakima Police Department, officers responded to the…
YAKIMA, Wash. — Community members can get discounted admission to the Central Washington State Fair during KAPP-KVEW Food Drive Day by donating canned food…
YAKIMA, Wash. — A full-scale exercise will draw emergency first responders to Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field for three hours on Thursday, September 30. According to an alert from the City of Yakima, the emergency scenario will simulate an aircraft accident…
The American Red Cross is looking for new blood donors to help address a critical post-summer blood shortage — the worst the organization has seen since 2015. Many people delayed giving blood amid a widespread surge in COVID-19 cases attributed…
YAKIMA, Wash. — Local authorities are investigating a potential gang-related shooting that took place outside of a Safeway grocery store on the 2200-block of W Nob Hill Blvd on Saturday night. According to a memo from the Yakima Police Department,…
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — A Kittitas County resident was shocked when he heard a noise in his attached garage and found a young woman in a floral dress holding the keys to his pickup truck and a crowbar. According to a…
YAKIMA, Wash. — A 31-year-old gang member will face 10 years in prison for brandishing a firearm in a July 2020 carjacking at a parking lot in downtown Yakima. According to an alert from the Eastern Washington district of the…
TOPPENISH, Wash. -- Toppenish Police Department (TPD) responded to calls of a gunshot victim on Saturday. TPD is now looking for any information related to the incident. Police responded to the area of Washington Avenue and Fir Street in Toppenish.…
