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A Florida man is facing possible theft charges after allegedly swindling a Kittitas County man out of $33,000 in precious coins. Prosecutors say the owner of New York-based Wall Street Metals, 64-year-old Phopinder Pannu of Jensen Beach, posed as a man named "John Harris" and asked the victim to ship 900 silver coins to Delaware Depository where they would be safely held before being sol

The trial of an 18-year-old man accused of killing an employee at an Ellensburg fast food restaurant earlier this year has been delayed. Prosecutors say Benny Castizo shot and killed 21-year-old Christian Guthrie at a Jack In The Box in the 100 block of West University Way on March 15...

Crews have nearly corralled a wildfire burning 11 miles north of Ellensburg. The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office says the fire sparked late last week in Currier Creek Canyon where it's burned approximately 160 acres. The blaze prompted Level 2 evacuation notices for numerous homes on West Sun East Road late Saturday, which have since been downgraded to Level 1 status...

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Collision on SR 10 claims life of 37-year-old Ellensburg resident Grant Norwood. Authorities investigating the cause.

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A Mattawa woman is in jail after a traffic stop in Ellensburg led to the discovery of multiple crimes she is suspected of having committed. The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office says 39-year old Ashley Perin Sandoval was pulled over at around 11 p...

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The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) is conducting elk surveys in Kittitas County this week. Biologists will be focusing on the Colockum Herd in an area northwest of Ellensburg. WDFW Regional Wildlife Program Manager, Ross Huffman, says the survey is done every two years. ...

A teenager is behind bars after police say he disrupted traffic and endangered other drivers on Interstate-82 (I-82) on Sunday morning. Washington State Patrol troopers and deputies with the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office attempted to stop a sedan after it was spotted driving the wrong way on I-82 south of Ellensburg but the driver refused to pull over...