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It brings in millions of dollars every year. It was first passed in 2004 and currently voters need to approve the tax every five years.

Crime Stoppers of Yakima County needs your help in locating these fugitives of the law. If you have a tip to the whereabouts of any one of these criminals, you can leave a tip anonymously. If your tip leads to an apprehension, you could receive a $1,000 reward.

The emphasis starts tomorrow and ends April 14.

Successful Coffee with a Cop events with the next one scheduled from 9:00 am to 11:00 am on Tuesday, February 5th. YPD’s Coffee with a Cop will be at the Sub Shop, 20 North 2nd Street.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A task force of federal, state and local law enforcement officers arrested 18 people in eastern Washington and northern Idaho for drug-related charges. More than 100 officers were involved in Thursday's arrests, which occurred in the Spokane, Yakima and Post Falls, Idaho, areas...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's agreements to overhaul troubled police departments around the U.S. have been popular in some places, but they have also delivered mixed results. In Seattle, officials credit a consent decree for providing officer training and improving attitudes toward police...

OLYMPIA (AP) — A Senate committee has approved a compromise bill that would lower the bar for bringing criminal charges against law-enforcement officers who use deadly force. The measure was approved Thursday with bipartisan support by the Law and Justice Committee, The Seattle Times reports ...

OLYMPIA  (AP) — Washington state has a high bar to criminally prosecute police officers who wrongfully kill people in Washington state_a standard that legislators are debating whether to change. The House Public Safety Committee held a public hearing Tuesday on two bills stemming from a task force created by Gov...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Legislature in Washington has passed a bill that would create a task force to study how law enforcement uses deadly force in the state. The House concurred with Senate amendments to House Bill 2908 on a 97-0 vote on Thursday, sending the bill to the Gov. Ins...

Authorities are searching for a man who entered a church in Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday night and killed nine people before fleeing. Among the dead are six women and three men, including the church's pastor, Clementa Pinckney, who was also a state senator.