CRIME & SAFETY
Police search for escaped Washington inmate
MONROE, Wash. - Law enforcement is searching for a Washington prison inmate who escaped from the Monroe Correctional Complex. Patrick Lester Clay, 59, stole a staff member's car after breaking into an office during routine cleaning and maintenance and finding their keys. Clay drove off in a white four-door GMC...
Baby dies from fentanyl overdose, Washington State Senate Minority Leader responds
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington State Senate Minority Leader John Braun (R) responded to three fentanyl overdoses involving small children on Friday. The string of overdoses took place over four days starting on April 20. One of the overdoses due to fentanyl exposure resulted in the death of a 13-month-old on Wednesday according to the Everett Fire Department.
Two hikers rescued from Naneum Canyon
KITTITAS COUNTY- Kittitas County Search & Rescue were mobilized April 24th to rescue two hikers in the area of Naneum Canyon just East of Entiat, after one of them suffered an injury. Kittitas County Sheriff’s received a report from the SOS feature of an iPhone that one of the hikers...
Washington State Trooper Christopher Gadd's name added to Memorial Wine
SHELTON, Wash.- Trooper Christopher Gadd's name will be added to a Memorial Wall to honor his service. Gadd was killed in the line of duty last month after being hit by a motorist. According to the Washington State Patrol, Trooper Gadd was an accomplished young officer who left behind a...
WA Lawmaker: Ankle monitor could have prevented West Richland double-murder
SEATTLE, Wash.-One Washington lawmaker believes that a simple GPS ankle monitor could have prevented Elias Huizar from killing two women in West Richland before going on the run with his one-year-old son. Rep. Lauren Davis (D), who represents Washington's 32nd Legislative District on the west side of the state, believes...
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