kittitas county

Sheriff's deputy Ryan Thompson was killed and Kittitas police officer Benito Chavez was shot in the leg in the gunfight Tuesday night near Ellensburg.

The names of the officers and suspect have not been released.

It's a business plan contest sponsored by New Vision, Yakima counties development association and the Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce.

Officials say the woman's body was found about 8 miles south of Ellensburg.

Firefighters are still battling the Colockum Tarps fire near Wenatchee.

A wildfire burning near Wenatchee has Kittitas County Commissioners declaring a state of emergency.

ELLENSBURG, Wash. (AP) - Food and yard wastes and sewer biosolids from Seattle could be composted at an industrial-size operation east of Ellensburg.
Representatives of PacificClean Environmental of Spokane said Tuesday they have asked Kittitas County to consider leasing 120 acres at the Ryegrass Fac…

Update: The bones were not of the missing boy
The mother of a missing Kittitas Boy has hired a private investigative team to help crack a cold case and on Monday several bones were located that could belong to 9-year-old Cody Haynes. Haynes had been living with his father, his father's girlfrien…

Matt Fairbank has settled a lot of disputes in the Yakima Valley. Fairbank is The Executive Director of The Dispute Resolution Center of Yakima and Kittitas counties. Fairbank says the center handles everything from simple neighborhood problems to family disputes and he says they have been very succ…

With the end of the 2013 regular session in Olympia, Rep. Matt Manweller has opened a 13th District legislative office in Ellensburg.
Manweller’s new office will be located in the Sun Lake Business Park next to the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic. It ...