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Douglas County Superior Court Commissioner Phil Safar formally informed Potter of the 13 felony charges against him Tuesday.

The man accused of killing his former girlfriend on Badger Mountain Road in Douglas County spoke out several times at his hearing Tuesday, after previously refusing to answer questions in three previous appearances.   Dalton Potter, 27, first reiterated a previous statement that he was there against his will, before complaining about his court appointed defense attorney.   ...

Prosecutors originally charged 22-year-old Julius James Ceballos with first-degree murder and a possible life sentence, but reduced the charges to second-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault because of a lack of forensic evidence and unreliable witnesses.

Douglas County Superior Court Judge Brian Huber set the date for February 9 during 27-year-old Dalton Scott Potter's first court appearance Wednesday morning.

Court documents filed Monday by Douglas County Sheriff's Detectives say the man and daughter watched from a pickup truck while 27-year-old Dalton Scott Potter shot and killed 37-year-old Alyssa Longwell.

Chelan County Superior Court Judge Travis Brandt resentenced 47-year-old Michael Randall Lauderdale to life without parole on Thursday.

KPQ Tri-Cities sister station KONA reports 27-year-old Javier Valdez was arrested in Walla Walla and will be returned to Wenatchee.

A GoFundMe page is now online from the Bergman family to help pay for funeral expenses after Theresa Bergman of Moses Lake was killed last week.  Bergman’s body was found last Thursday in a rural area of Lincoln County near Sprague.   An a...

Bergman was arrested in New Stanton, Pennsylvania under suspicion of first degree premeditated murder and will be extradited to Washington.