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The Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs (WASPC) has released its annual report on crime in Washington State, and the numbers statewide are mostly down. Although Chelan County saw a 6.2% increase in overall reported crimes from 2022 to 2023, neighboring Douglas County's stats were down 17%, and Grant County's plummeted by 20.5%....

The heat will soon be on for North Central Washington and the Columbia Basin. Temperatures in the region are expected to surge into triple digits by Friday with record-tying or -breaking highs possible by early next week. Meteorologist Greg Koch with the National Weather Service (NWS) Office in Spokane says the extreme temperatures will be created by an air mass that's currently bringing scorching

Deputies say the fire originated at the Ephrata Gun Range and spread eastward to the edge of SR17 by 6pm.

A man and a dog are both recovering after being shot during an altercation near Soap Lake early Monday. Grant County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a disturbance call at around 3:40 a.m. in a remote area off Road 16.2 Northeast. Chief Deputy Josh Sainsbury says that's where 42-year-old Justin Hahnlen confronted 39-year-old Nicholas Brown of Ephrata for trespassing on his property and then

Ephrata Police say a 40-year-old woman was flown to a hospital with a broken arm and other injuries while a 14-year-old girl was taken to a local hospital.

Two people are dead following a two-vehicle accident in Grant County on Thursday morning. The Washington State Patrol reports the wreck occurred just before 4 a.m. at the junction of State Routes 17 and 282 (SR-282) south of Ephrata when an eastbound vehicle crossed the centerline and struck a westbound vehicle head on...

A Grant County man is in jail after police say he threatened to blow up his home during a domestic dispute on Sunday night. Police responded to a residence in the 40 block of K Street Northeast at around 9:30 p.m. after the estranged wife of 40-year-old Nicholas Svetich called 9-1-1 claiming he'd assaulted her...

An Ephrata man is dead following a single-vehicle accident in rural Grant County on Sunday night. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says the incident occurred at around 9:30 p.m. when a van driven by 44-year-old Gabriel O'Neel was turning from Road A Northwest onto Road 12...

Two people are dead following a house fire near Ephrata Tuesday night. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says crews were dispatched to the blaze in the 9800 block of Road H Northwest at around 8 p.m. and arrived to find a manufactured home engulfed in flames...

Troopers say Tatiana Ramirez Guatemala was northbound on State Route 17 five miles east of Ephrata when she lost control and rolled.