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One person was killed and two injured in a crash near Wapato Wednesday afternoon. Washington State Patrol Troopers say 29-year-old Marciano Diazmorfin of Toppenish was driving northbound on Lateral B Road when he failed to stop at a stop sign...

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...

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...

A 75 year old man from Hermiston, Oregon died in a motorcycle crash in Mabton on Saturday afternoon.

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. Judges may require people convicted of gun offenses to register as firearm offenders...

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...

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...

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.m. A spokesperson for the railroad says the man was trespassing and the crew used the emergency brakes and the horn to try and avoid him...

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...

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...