Spokane Valley Councilmember Al Merkel is a big guy — 6 feet, 350 pounds, bushy black beard — with a loud voice. He is also, according to an independent investigation ...

The future of two advisory committees in Yakima is once again uncertain after a state Appeals Court commissioner issued a ...

A Yakima woman accused of crashing a neighbor's stolen Dodge Caravan into another vehicle has been deemed mentally competent to stand trial.

The promotional photo for the March 14 episode of NBC’s Dateline, “Deadly Entanglement,” covering the murder case of Desiree Sunford. Courtesy: NBC Every Friday, millions of people tune in to one of ...

The swollen Yakima River is expected to rise to about 11 feet near the Tri-Cities this week. Bob Brawdy Tri-City Herald file West Richland, WA The Yakima River in the Tri-Cities area is rising ...

Former Zillah Mayor Gary Vyrle Clark was released from jail Monday while awaiting sentencing in a child rape case. Yakima County Superior Court Judge Jeffery Swan granted Clark’s lawyer’s ...

LaSota, Michelle Zajko and Daniel Blank were charged with trespassing ... Their trials had been scheduled to begin in ...

The U.S. has seen an uptick in measles cases this year, but what about in Washington? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 378 cases of the disease have been confirmed so ...

While those constitutional protections only apply to criminal cases, he argues that the principle ... A Report for America corps member, Daniel Walters covers democracy and extremism across ...