Mattawa Police Department

The chief of the Mattwa Police Department has died. Robert Salinas passed away on Tuesday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle due to complications from leukemia. His death comes only two days after he was transported to Harborview with a brain hemorrhage...

Mattawa has a new police chief. The city says Robert Salinas, who has 25 years of law enforcement experience, was recommended by two committees that were formed to help with the hiring decision. Salinas fills a position that has been occupied be three other individuals over the last year ...

Mattawa police are searching for a green, older-model style pick-up they think is involved in at least two recent shootings. The department says that on October 3rd, a shooting at an undisclosed location left one home damaged. While police were processing that scene, another shooting around the 300 block of N ...

The Grant County Sheriff's Office says the two teens that were considered armed and dangerous and part of a manhunt Thursday turned themselves into Mattawa police. The two teens, Rodrigo Quiroz and Melchor Celaya, were suspects in two targeted drive-by shootings that took place yesterday morning ...

The City of Mattawa fired its Police Chief Joe Harris last Friday. Mayor Maria Celeya placed Harris on administrative leave March 30th before firing him April 9th. According to our news partner iFIBER ONE, the lawyer for Harris said that the former chief was wrongfully terminated and has not been provided evidence for his firing ...