adams county

Two men and a woman are in jail in the wake of two separate crimes in Lind on Thursday. Deputies with the Adams County Sheriff's Office first arrested 36-year-old Ashley L. Hendrickson of Lind on suspicion of auto theft after a car that had been reported stolen was found on her property...

An Othello man will serve over six years in prison after being convicted on drug dealing charges. Fifty-two-year-old Jaime Alberta Garza was sentenced to 78 months to be followed by five years of supervised release by Judge Thomas O. Rice in Spokane's U...

An Ephrata woman is in jail after police say she was found trespassing and prowling at a property in rural Adams County. Nineteen-year-old Tianna Gene Marie Trumble was arrested in the 1100 block of North Rand Lane near Schrag about 30 miles west of Ritzville at just before noon on Wednesday (Dec...

Police in the Columbia Basin are on the lookout for an escaped inmate. Thirty-three-year-old Michael Nelson was being held at the Franklin County Corrections Center in Pasco but is now wanted for escape after violating the terms of his court-ordered furlough. ...

The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has awarded $3.7 million in grants to provide students with outdoor learning experiences. The Outdoor Learning Grants program was created by the Legislature in 2022 to develop and support outdoor educational experiences for public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth gra

It's only mid-May but the skies over North Central Washington are already taking on an ominous murk that usually isn't seen until wildfire season is well underway. The hazy conditions are being caused by smoke emanating from fires over 500 miles to the northeast in Alberta, Canada...

An Adams County home has heavy damage after a fire that occurred Sunday afternoon. Crews from several local agencies were dispatched to the blaze in the 2300 block of South State Route 24 south of Othello and quickly knocked down the flames...

Police in Adams County have arrested a man in connection with a string of recent crimes in the Othello area. Ruben Cantu, Jr. is facing a bevy of charges, including theft, burglary, vehicle prowling, possession of stolen property, identity theft, and resisting arrest...

Twenty-two-year-old Raphael Alexander Chavez-Hernandez is in jail with bail set at 1 million dollars in connection to the shooting of 20-year-old Freddy Gonzalez-Rodriguez at his home in the 600 block of Kristina Rd.

Deputies are for looking public help to find suspects believed to be involved in a number of burglaries of the Othello area.  They say the suspect first knocks to see if people are home and then breaks in when no one answers.  Deputies also say the suspect does not seem to be bothered by cameras, and needs to be located and identified as soon as possible.  Anyone wh...