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A man died in a snowmobile crash Sunday on Mount Adams. The Yakima County Sheriff's Office says a 35-year-old from the Goldendale area was snowmobiling with a group of friends in the area of Bird Creek Meadows on Mt. Adams. He was missing for about an hour before friends found him below a 10 to 15 foot snow bank. The...

Yakima County Sheriff's officials now say the count was way off in that chicken fight arrest in Zillah over the weekend. On Monday a 56-year-old man was in court on charges of organizing the chicken or cockfight at a Zillah farm on Saturday...

The Yakima County Sheriff's Office has identified a man who says he accidentally shot his wife as 25-year-old Cory Lindblom. His wife is 27-year-old Mckaylee Higgs. She remains in critical but stable condition at a Yakima hospital. The shooting happened early Friday morning in the couples’ bedroom at their home in Terrace Heights...

Yakima County Sheriff's Deputies say the 25-year-old pregnant wife shot by her husband in Terrace Heights on Friday is still in critical condition this morning. The woman was shot once and was rushed to a hospital. He is not in jail and his pregnant wife is in critical condition...

Multiple agencies responded to a stand off at a home along the 200 block of Taylor Road, Monday afternoon. News partner KIMA Action News reports a SWAT team was brought in to help diffuse the situation. Deputies say they received a call that two Hispanic males were being held against their will in the home...

                                  Yakima County Sheriff Ken Irwin Issues Statement on Guns… As your elected sheriff for these past twelve years, I have renewed my oath each time you elected me to this high office, “I, Kenneth William Irwin, being first duly sworn upon oath, do depose and say that I will support the Constitution of the United States and laws of the State of Washington and faithfull

The investigation continues into a shooting in Wapato. The victim has been identified as 35-year-old Alan Moses. The Yakima County Coroner ruled Moses' death a homicide. He says the man ...

Yakima County's top law enforcement official, Sheriff Ken Irwin was a guest on Friday's Mike Bastinelli show. Topic discussed included school shootings, gun control, violence among youth and other issues facing Yakima County. Click this player to listen to the interview...

In Yakima County, it is now illegal to camp or store supplies on county owned property including areas near the Naches River on the greenway. Today, the county commissioners enacted an ordinance to help stop homeless camps that pose safety and health risks...

A shooting on Cabin Lane near Selah Saturday night left two people injured and police saying that the shooting could be gang-related. Yakima County Sheriff's deputies and Selah police say a 14-year-old boy and a 29-year old-man were injured in the shooting...