public safety

Yakima Police Chief Dominic Rizzi says two new officers requested in the 2015 Yakima city budget would be assigned to a federal task force created earlier this year to battle area gangs and drug traffickers.

As Ebola-related quarantine policies have arisen around the United States, some health workers are reassessing whether they can be among the hundreds that officials say are needed.

Oregon health officials say a woman who visited West Africa and was hospitalized in Oregon with a fever does not have Ebola. The Centers for Disease Control has advised officials at Providence Milwaukie Hospital that no further testing is required...

The World Trade Organization has again ruled against Country of Origin Labeling.

Realtor safety; it is on the minds of many agents in Yakima after the murder of Yakima broker Vern Holbrook at a home he was showing in Cowiche.

There are a total of 864 sex offenders live in the Yakima Valley and authorities are urging parents to know where the offenders live to protect kids during Halloween trick or treating.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will launch a national dialogue with stakeholders on ways to prevent work-related illness caused by exposure to hazardous substances.

Public health officials say a child who lives on Mercer Island likely has E. coli. The state lab has yet to confirm the case and King public health officials say it's not possible to say whether there is a link between the child's illness and problems with the Mercer Island water system...

Sunday is the beginning of National Fire Prevention Week and officials in Washington State public safety are reminding residents of some basic steps to take to help keep their home safe.

President Barack Obama signed an executive order announced Thursday calling for a five-year plan to track highly resistant bacterial infections.