drunk driving

The Washington State Patrol has joined 11 other state law enforcement agencies with emphasis patrols over the New Year’s Holiday.

This Saturday, 6-23-18, MADD Washington will celebrate "Salute Our Heroes Day" at the Yakima Greenway's Sarge Hubbard Park.

Drunken or other impaired driving this holiday season will be met with a strong and determined police presence. In a press release sent by the Washington State Patrol, this holiday season will see many emphasis patrols around the state funded by the Washington State Traffic Commission...

The City of Sunnyside is looking for a temporary replacement for a city prosecutor after Washington State Patrol Troopers arrested Kathleen Hitchcock on suspicion of driving drunk.

The city hopes you will see fewer drunk drivers on the streets all over Yakima. As part of this new program, the city has started taking cars away from people who have multiple DUI's. This is the brainchild of Assistant City Attorney Bronson Faul...

Local authorities are praising a program that helps catch drunk and impaired drivers. Police and sheriff's deputies met at the SunDome in Yakima Monday to introduce the Target Zero Team. The program will allow local officers to team up with state troopers to reduce the number of fatal collisions caused by drunk drivers...

The Washington Traffic Safety Commission recently released the results of a survey titled, "Drivers Attitude, Knowledge and Awareness Survey 2011." The results reveal that 90 percent of drivers believe law enforcement will arrest them for driving drunk and 75 percent believe officers will catch them for driving 8 miles per hour over the speed limit. Two-thirds said they never speed on ne

Summertime is a time when a lot of people like to party.  Some drink and drive and local authorities this week will be involved in a special emphasis patrol called "Drive Hammered Get Nailed".  Angie Ward the program manager for the Washington Traffic Safety Commission says the emphasis will happen August 17 through September 3...

A 30 year old cyclist, Jared Carr of Walla Walla died after being hit by a car on the old inland highway east of Prosser about 12:30 Sunday morning. The driver, David Godinez, 19, of Prosser told authorities he swerved for a skunk and struck Carr who died at the scene...