News Talk KIT » washington state patrol http://newstalkkit.com Sat, 25 May 2013 04:22:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Clickit Or Ticket Campaign Underway through June 2nd. http://newstalkkit.com/clickit-or-ticket-campaign-underway-through-june-2nd/ http://newstalkkit.com/clickit-or-ticket-campaign-underway-through-june-2nd/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:30 +0000 News Talk KIT http://newstalkkit.com/?p=230747 Stay off that phone and drive. The best advice at any time say authorities but especially this week when extra patrols are out during the State Click-it or Ticket campaign. Police officers and sheriff's deputies from up and down the county are looking for people who don’t buckle up

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/clickit-or-ticket-campaign-underway-through-june-2nd/feed/ 0 Man Hurt After His Car Rolls Into Canal http://newstalkkit.com/man-hurt-after-his-car-rolls-into-canal/ http://newstalkkit.com/man-hurt-after-his-car-rolls-into-canal/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 13:34:09 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=227206 Washington State Patrol are investigating a single car accident that sent one man to the hospital after his car rolled into the canal Thursday evening.

Troopers say 69-year-old Antonio Carmona-Vazquez of Wapato was driving northbound North Track Road, about one mile south of Wapato, when he lost control, drifted and struck a bridge guardrail

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/man-dies-after-crashing-motorcycle/feed/ 0 State Considering Firearm Registry http://newstalkkit.com/state-considering-firearm-registry/ http://newstalkkit.com/state-considering-firearm-registry/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:15:17 +0000 Associated Press http://newstalkkit.com/?p=224723 OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers have given final approval of a plan to create a central registry to track firearm offenders.

The state House approved the idea Tuesday with an 89-8 vote

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/state-considering-firearm-registry/feed/ 0 facebook Cowiche Elementary School Locked Down After Gun Shots Heard http://newstalkkit.com/cowiche-elementary-school-locked-down-after-gun-shots-heard/ http://newstalkkit.com/cowiche-elementary-school-locked-down-after-gun-shots-heard/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:46:31 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=221377 A Cowiche elementary school was locked down Wednesday morning after gunshots were heard outside the school. Kids were locked in the school and authorities were called. Deputies from the Yakima County Sheriff's Office and officers from the Tieton Police department and State Patrol troopers responded

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/cowiche-elementary-school-locked-down-after-gun-shots-heard/feed/ 0 kit Lower Valley Car Crash Takes the Life of White Swan Man http://newstalkkit.com/lower-valley-car-crash-takes-the-life-of-white-swan-man/ http://newstalkkit.com/lower-valley-car-crash-takes-the-life-of-white-swan-man/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:57:41 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=221088 A crash in White Swan on Tuesday night has resulted in the death of a 34 year old man. State Patrol Troopers say 34 year old Nicolas Starr was eastbound on Birch Avenue at Signal Peak Road. Starr apparently lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a an unoccupied car parked in the White Swan Trading Post parking lot

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/lower-valley-car-crash-takes-the-life-of-white-swan-man/feed/ 0 kit Wapato Man Struck and Killed by Train http://newstalkkit.com/wapato-man-struck-and-killed-by-train/ http://newstalkkit.com/wapato-man-struck-and-killed-by-train/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:42:06 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=203244 A man from Wapato was killed Monday afternoon after being struck by a train near the intersection of North Track and Jones Roads near Wapato. State patrol troopers say Tyrone Colwash died at the scene just before 3:00 p

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/wapato-man-struck-and-killed-by-train/feed/ 0 facebook Falling Trees Kills Two, Injuring Nine and Closes Stevens Pass http://newstalkkit.com/falling-trees-kills-two-injuring-nine-and-closes-stevens-pass/ http://newstalkkit.com/falling-trees-kills-two-injuring-nine-and-closes-stevens-pass/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:40:37 +0000 Associated Press http://newstalkkit.com/?p=199540 STEVENS PASS, Wash. (AP) — The Washington State Patrol says another falling tree on U.S. Highway 2 has hit a car and injured five more people.

KOMO-TV reports Saturday's incident was the second serious accident caused by a tree falling over the highway because of heavy snow on the pass

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/falling-trees-kills-two-injuring-nine-and-closes-stevens-pass/feed/ 0 wsdot.gov Law Enforcement is Preparing for The New Challenges with State's Marijuana Law http://newstalkkit.com/law-enforcement-is-preparing-for-the-new-challenges-with-states-marijuana-law/ http://newstalkkit.com/law-enforcement-is-preparing-for-the-new-challenges-with-states-marijuana-law/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:43:41 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=197744 They are called drug recognition experts and they are expected to see more work with the State's new law legalizing marijuana for adults 21 and over. Yakima Police Capt. Rod Light says officers within the department have been trained to recognize signs of impairment

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/law-enforcement-is-preparing-for-the-new-challenges-with-states-marijuana-law/feed/ 0 kit Yakima Man Being Held for Car Crash That Injures One http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-man-being-held-for-car-crash-that-injures-one/ http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-man-being-held-for-car-crash-that-injures-one/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:29:58 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=196819 A 19 year old man from Yakima is in the county jail today after being arrested following a crash Sunday that injured a passenger. Gage Van Wyk is being held on 25,000 dollars bail. State Patrol troopers say he lost control of a vehicle that rolled on North Wenas road

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-man-being-held-for-car-crash-that-injures-one/feed/ 0 kit Woman Struck by a Car While Walking Along Highway http://newstalkkit.com/68-year-old-woman-struck-by-a-car-while-walking-along-highway-97/ http://newstalkkit.com/68-year-old-woman-struck-by-a-car-while-walking-along-highway-97/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:45:22 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=195522  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A car struck a 68-year-old woman while she was walking along Highway 97 a mile south of Union Gap. Washington State Patrol troopers say Maxine Rippy was walking northbound at about 5:30 last night, when she ran into the roadway and was struck by a vehicle driven by a 38-year-old Yakima man who was not injured. Rippy was taken to a Yakima hospital.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/68-year-old-woman-struck-by-a-car-while-walking-along-highway-97/feed/ 0 kit Union Gap Man Killed One Car Accident http://newstalkkit.com/union-gap-man-killed-one-car-accident/ http://newstalkkit.com/union-gap-man-killed-one-car-accident/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:17:39 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=193398 Investigators are looking for answers after a man was found dead inside his vehicle on Monday. Washington State Patrol troopers say 59-year-old Dennis Weaver of Union Gap drove off an embankment near Moxee Monday morning

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/union-gap-man-killed-one-car-accident/feed/ 0 kit Grandview Man Captured After High Speed Chase in Colorado http://newstalkkit.com/grandview-man-captured-after-high-speed-chase-in-colorado/ http://newstalkkit.com/grandview-man-captured-after-high-speed-chase-in-colorado/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:28:07 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=193095 Marcel Maldonado, 21, of Grandview, wanted for two carjackings, a robbery and a high-speed chase has been arrested in Colorado after a high-speed chase. Maldonado stole a Volkswagen Jetta at gunpoint at a rest stop near Selah last Monday

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/grandview-man-captured-after-high-speed-chase-in-colorado/feed/ 0 kima Special DUI Emphasis Patrols in Effect Through The New Year http://newstalkkit.com/special-dui-emphasis-patrols-in-effect-through-the-new-year/ http://newstalkkit.com/special-dui-emphasis-patrols-in-effect-through-the-new-year/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:45:34 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=192292 The “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” traffic emphasis starts Wednesday in Yakima and throughout state as people start having a good time for the holidays. Officers and troopers throughout the state will conduct special DUI emphasis patrols looking for drivers who drink and get behind the wheel

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/special-dui-emphasis-patrols-in-effect-through-the-new-year/feed/ 0 kima Kittitas Student in Satisfactory Condition after Shooting Himself http://newstalkkit.com/kittitas-student-in-satisfactory-condition-after-shooting-himself/ http://newstalkkit.com/kittitas-student-in-satisfactory-condition-after-shooting-himself/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:18:29 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=189908 Investigators say a 17-year-old Kittitas student left school and shot himself in a barn before returning to school later yesterday morning. As a result Two Kittitas schools were put on a precautionary lockdown as authorities investigated

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/kittitas-student-in-satisfactory-condition-after-shooting-himself/feed/ 0 Fatal Car Crash on Highway 12 West of Naches http://newstalkkit.com/fatal-car-crash-on-highway-12-west-of-naches/ http://newstalkkit.com/fatal-car-crash-on-highway-12-west-of-naches/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:51:40 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=188174 A 28-year-old man was killed in a crash on Highway 12 early Thursday morning 13 miles west of Naches. State Patrol troopers say Michael Orr was driving his Chevy pickup truck westbound when he entered a right curve, drifted into the eastbound lanes and off the roadway

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/fatal-car-crash-on-highway-12-west-of-naches/feed/ 0 kit One Injured in CWU Van Accident on I-82 http://newstalkkit.com/one-injured-in-cwu-van-accident-on-i-82/ http://newstalkkit.com/one-injured-in-cwu-van-accident-on-i-82/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:52:58 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=186902 A Central Washington University van carrying six passengers drove off the road at the Rest Haven Road overpass on Sunday night just north of Yakima, Wash.

The Washington State Patrol said the driver got lost returning to Ellensburg and missed the freeway overpass turn, resulting in the van striking the guardrail

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/one-injured-in-cwu-van-accident-on-i-82/feed/ 0 kit Lower Valley Car Crash Takes Two Lives http://newstalkkit.com/lower-valley-car-crash-takes-two-lives/ http://newstalkkit.com/lower-valley-car-crash-takes-two-lives/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:45:09 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=184782 The Washington State Patrol blames a fatal crash in Prosser Saturday on neglect. A mother and daughter died in the crash reported afternoon on State Route 22 at Richards Road. A pickup truck crossed the center line and crashed into the vehicle of 44-year-old Llda (Ida) Islas  and 14-year-old Alejandra Islas, both from Prosser who died at the scene

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/lower-valley-car-crash-takes-two-lives/feed/ 0 kit WSP Making the Switch to a New Digital Radio System http://newstalkkit.com/wsp-making-the-switch-to-a-new-digital-radio-system/ http://newstalkkit.com/wsp-making-the-switch-to-a-new-digital-radio-system/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:14:37 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=181923 Washington State troopers working in the Yakima area are the first in the state to switch over to a new digital radio system developed because of a change in rules by the Federal Communications Commission

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/wsp-making-the-switch-to-a-new-digital-radio-system/feed/ 0 Two Off-Duty Firefighters Killed in Jeep Crash http://newstalkkit.com/two-off-duty-firefighters-killed-in-jeep-crash/ http://newstalkkit.com/two-off-duty-firefighters-killed-in-jeep-crash/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:41:05 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=179665 Two young off duty firefighters were killed in a jeep crash last week and family and friends are mourning their losses today. State Patrol troopers say the jeep driven by 20 year old Samual Amaral was found down a steep ravine in the Ahtanum creek area

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