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The Washington State Auditor's Office has concluded the Sheriff’s Office lacked proper oversight over the issuance, usage, disposal, and tracking of training firearms and ammunition at the County. The investigation covered the year 2019, and noted responses from both the County Commissioners and Sheriff that addressed their concerns. H ...

The Washington State Department of Health has reported 78 likely heat-related deaths from the recent heat wave. In comparison, from June to August of last year, the state saw just 7 heat-related deaths. Most of the 78 deaths were in were in King and Pierce counties ...

Health officials are reporting more possible heat-related deaths in Spokane County. The medical examiner is now investigating 20 deaths. So far, four deaths have been directly connected to the heat wave.

Multnomah County plans to release a preliminary report next week on heat-related deaths linked to last week's historic heat wave. The Multnomah County Medical Examiner has identified 71 deaths that were related to the heat wave, with 46 of those deaths caused by hyperthermia ...

The Office of Police Accountability is recommending that two Seattle Police officers be fired for their actions during the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol. The officers, who haven't been publicly identified, were caught on video standing in an area that was off limits to the public ...

Governor Jay Inslee has named Jacqueline Stam to the Benton-Franklin County Superior Court, replacing the retiring Judge Carrie Runge. Stam currently serves on the Benton-Franklin Superior Court Commission...before that, she practiced family law and mediation in Richland ...

The Washington State Redistricting Commission has launched the first phase of a publicly available online tool which allows for the mapping of state legislative and congressional districts using population estimates from the Washington State Office of Financial Management which are the most accurate population estimates available until the official Census data is available mid-August ...

Kennewick police are asking the for the public's help in locating 24YO Daniel J. Doyl of Kennewick. Daniel was involved in a slow speed chase with KPD Wednesday night after officers attempted to pull him over and managed to elude a K-9 unit ...

A pair of whistleblowers who sounded the alarm about Mayor Jenny Durkan's missing text messages are filing five-million-dollar claims against the city. A whistleblower report released in May found that Durkan's office mishandled public records requests after learning that roughly ten months of the mayor's text messages were missing ...

A 28-year-old murder suspect was arrested Wednesday night two years after he allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend. In January of 2019, Pasco Police responded to the 1500 block of W. Yakima after several neighbors called 911 to report yelling and gunfire ...