Crime

Fifteen people have been accused of stealing $179,000 worth of scholarships from the Yakama Nation Higher Education Program.

An indictment in federal court in Yakima says they were awarded 67 checks for studies at colleges and universities that reported the students had never enrolled or completed coursework

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A car chase through downtown Yakima and onto Interstate 82 led to the arrest of a bank robbery suspect near Zillah.

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A 60-year-old man arrested this week in the 1997 shooting death of his wife is expected to face a charge of first-degree murder when he appears in a Yakima County Superior Court room on Friday.

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Yakima County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a man wanted in connection with a cold case that's more than a decade old.

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Yakima County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a second person in connection with a murder investigation.

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Kennewick police are investigating after a 2-year-old boy's death last month was ruled a homicide.

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Idaho police say they found five guns and a laptop computer in the vehicle of a man suspected of killing three people in a shooting spree Saturday.

John Lee was arrested following a high-speed chase in nearby Washington state

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Two Yakima smoke shops were served with search warrants and six people were arrested Thursday in the culmination of an 18-month investigation into the sale of synthetic drugs.

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Yakima County sheriff's detectives have arrested a 23-year-old man from Yakima in connection with the murder of a man found dead Tuesday in west Yakima.

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The Yakima County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of 23-year-old Jose Silva -- who was found Tuesday morning with multiple gunshot wounds outside a residence on the 100 block of Mahre Road west of Yakima -- as a murder.

However, detectives say have not yet identified a suspect or a motive in the Yakima man's killing.

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