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A Kittitas County man is behind bars after police say he ran a stop sign and collided with a vehicle that was occupied by a woman and two small children while intoxicated last week. The Ellensburg Daily Record says 31-year-old Rodrigo Contreras-Ruiz of Ellensburg drove his jeep through the intersection of East Third Avenue and Sampson Street in Ellensburg without stopping last Tuesday, Jan... Read

A young Wenatchee man has been charged following his high-speed run-in with police.

A man is behind bars after police say he crashed a dump truck into a utility pole while intoxicated and knocked out power to over 300 residents in northeastern Douglas County on Tuesday evening. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says it happened at just before 7 p...

A Kittitas County woman was jailed after allegedly driving recklessly while intoxicated and attempting to elude police on Monday night. Court documents indicate a driver on Interstate-82 witnessed 23-year-old Kelli R. Bighorn of Ellensburg swerving and tailgating vehicles in dense fog before striking a guardrail at the Interstate-90 interchange...

A Grant County woman is dead following a two-vehicle collision near Soap Lake yesterday evening. The Washington State Patrol says it happened at around 7:25 on State Route 28 when a sports car driven by 59-year-old George B. Martin of Moses Lake ran a stop sign and hit an SUV driven by 39-year-old Jessica H...

A Grant County man is behind bars after police say he caused a traffic accident while driving intoxicated and fled the scene on New Year's Day. The Washington State Patrol says it happened at just before 6 p.m. over the Vantage Bridge on Interstate-90 when 25-year-old Jose Torres-Montalvo of Quincy attempted to pass a dump truck in his sedan and collided with its front end...

A man is in jail after he allegedly led officers on a low-speed pursuit and struck a police car while intoxicated on Friday night. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says it happened at around 11:15 p.m. when deputies observed a slow-moving vehicle with its hazard lights engaged on Patton Boulevard in Moses Lake...

Three people have injuries following a two-vehicle collision in Grant County on Monday night. The Washington State Patrol says it happened at around 8:45 p.m. at the intersection of State Route 28 and Road S Northwest near Quincy, when 72-year-old Katherine Konen ran a stop sign and crashed her sedan into a mini-van driven by 65-year-old Juana Gomez...

Traffic on U.S. Highways 2 & 97 was snarled early Wednesday after two separate crashes involving a total of four vehicles occurred. Washington State Patrol Trooper Jeremy Weber says it began at around 5 a.m. near Dryden when a motorist struck a bull elk that was crossing the roadway. ...

Law enforcement agencies throughout North Central Washington and the Columbia Basin are reminding drivers to play it safe on the roads this Thanksgiving Weekend. Washington State Patrol Trooper Jeremy Weber says although the forecast is calling for mild weather with no rain or snow in the region, that might actually prove to be the biggest concern...