Heads up Yakima Drivers Vehicle Crashes At 20-Year High
Information from the Washington State Patrol says 663 fatality crashes last year and they say the trend continues this year.
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Head-On Yakima Crash Friday Ends Deadly Week
Troopers say 20-year-old Leon Perez of Yakima drove the wrong way on I-82, traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes
Report Finds 21% of State’s Rural Highways in Poor Shape
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A new report says 21 percent of Washington's rural highways are rated in poor condition, the 12th highest rate in the nation.
The report was released Tuesday by TRIP, a national non-profit transportation research group based in Washington, D...
Highway 410 Rollover Takes Lives of Burbank Couple
A husband and wife from Burbank were killed Saturday night after their truck went off the Little Naches Road near Highway 410 and overturned into the Naches River. State Patrol Troopers say 44-year-old William Retterer Jr. and his wife 43-year-old Sherri Retterer were driving along the Little Naches Road about 30 miles northwest of Naches when their pickup truck left the road and went into the Nac
Some Yakima County Residents Still Ignore Seatbelt Law
It's the law in Washington state but plenty of people still apparently ignore seat-belts and while the seat-belt rate in Yakima County is close to 95 percent. State Troopers say the contacts they've made with drivers not wearing their seat belts has continued to grow since 2010 when 41 hundred citations were issued...