Ellensburg

Motorcyclist injured in ditch crash on U.S. 97 near Ellensburg, Oregon man taken to Harborview.

A judge sentenced a man to over 22-years in prison for a gang-related drive by shooting in Ellensburg on the Fourth of July last year. The Ellensburg Daily Record reports 32-year-old Omar Ornelas-Villa pled guilty to second-degree assault, drive by shooting and unlawful possession of a firearm Thursday in Kittitas County Superior Court...

An apartment complex fire in Ellensburg Sunday night displaces 18 people. The Ellensburg Daily Record reports the blaze tore through the Brookside Manor apartment complex in Ellensburg around 8:07 p.m. The inferno destroyed six apartment units while 13 suffered smoke damage...

A Yakima man has injuries following a single-vehicle accident in Kittitas County early Monday. The Washington State Patrol says it happened at around 5:20 a.m. on State Route 821 about eight miles south of Ellensburg when 61-year-old Mario A...

A Pierce County woman is facing charges of theft, identity theft and forgery for allegedly using a stolen driver's license and bank card to withdraw $5,000 from a bank in Cle Elum last fall. The Ellensburg Daily Record reports 40-year-old Rachel Catharine Leggett of Tacoma was expected to be arraigned in Kittitas County Superior Court this week...

An Ellensburg man accused of trying to set his girlfriend on fire is facing additional charges after he allegedly sent numerous text messages to her while in jail. The Ellensburg Daily Record reports 44-year-old Ryan Wayne Peria is currently being held in the Kittitas County Jail with a bail of $1...

An Ellensburg man faces charges of child rape after a couple found him in their 15-year-old daughter's bedroom and found him in her bed. The Ellensburg Daily Record reports 22-year-old Dylan Brogard pled not guilty in Kittitas County Superior Court last week on the felony charge...

Police in Kittitas County are looking for a man wanted for allegedly attempting to commit insurance fraud by faking a fall at an Ellensburg supermarket. The Ellensburg Daily Record says 47-year-old Nathan Christopher McCain of Ellensburg is facing charges of first-degree theft and three counts of making a false insurance claim in excess of $1,500...

A man who broke into an Ellensburg home while armed with two large knives last summer has been sentenced to over five years in prison. The Ellensburg Daily Record reports the 68-month sentence was handed down to 53-year-old Kenneth Shoptaw by Judge Chris Herion in Kittitas County Superior Court this week...

Two Kittitas County men are in jail after police say they damaged a pair of unoccupied vehicles with a shotgun early this morning in Ellensburg. The Ellensburg Police Department says officers responded to reports of shots fired in the area of North Chestnut Street and Helena Avenue and arrived at the scene to discover two parked cars with damage from a shotgun blast...