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Two Oregon residents are behind bars in Central Washington after allegedly leading police on a vehicle pursuit in a stolen car with two young children who were in their custody illegally. The Washington State Patrol (WSP) says it unfolded at around 2 a...

The Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & People (MMIWP) Task Force is releasing a toolkit for families and friends to use in the event someone they know goes missing. The Task Force says the families and friends of missing people are often their best advocates for being found, and the MMIWP's Families Subcommittee spent over three years coordinating with the loved ones of missing or murde

A Yakima man has injuries following a single-vehicle accident in Kittitas County early Monday. The Washington State Patrol says it happened at around 5:20 a.m. on State Route 821 about eight miles south of Ellensburg when 61-year-old Mario A...

One person is dead and two others have injuries following a two-vehicle collision near the Grant/Benton County Line last Friday (May 9). The Washington State Patrol says it happened at around 11 a.m. on State Route 24 near the south side of the Vernita Bridge when a sports car driven by 68-year-old James Sandall of Yakima made a left turn onto the highway and was struck by an oncoming pickup truck

UPDATED with victim's identity A 70-year-old Omak man has died after striking a deer with his motorcycle on State Route 20. Washington State Patrol says it happened at approximately 11:48 a.m. Friday when Steven E. Zitting was eastbound on State Route 20 near milepost 274 in Okanogan County and struck a deer that entered the roadway...

A Grant County woman has injuries following a three-vehicle accident five miles north of Moses Lake on Sunday night. The Washington State Patrol says it happened at around 9:10 p.m. on State Route 17 when a pickup truck driven by 39-year-old Ana S...

Police arrested a 22-year-old Bellevue man after he allegedly drove under the influence and struck and killed a motorcyclist near Thorp Sunday night. Washington State Patrol says it happened at approximately 8:53 p.m. at mile post 100 Westbound on I-90 near Thorp when an SUV driven by 22-year-old Jordan Carrol struck the rear of a motorcycle and killed the unidentified rider...

A Moses Lake man is in jail following a high-speed pursuit that covered over 40 miles through two Central Washington counties on Monday night. Authorities say the pursuit began after officers spotted a vehicle traveling the wrong way on streets in downtown Moses Lake...

The 2025 Wenatchee Apple Blossom Festival is officially underway after Thursday afternoon’s “Little Chief for a Day” event in Memorial Park.   Wenatchee Police Department, East Wenatchee Police Department, Chelan County Sheriff’s Office, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Washington State Patrol, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife each selected their own chronically or terminally ill chi

A worker with the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) was injured when a semi-truck slammed into a DOT vehicle on Tuesday morning. The Washington State Patrol says it happened just after 10 a.m. on Interstate-90 about 11 miles west of Cle Elum when the semi, driven by 60-year-old Eliazar Moreno of Moses Lake, struck the rear of the DOT attenuator truck that was parked on the freewa