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Jered Shay Picard of Nespelem is sentenced to four years in prison after threatening his partner with a rifle and attempting to obstruct justice.

Police are looking for a driver who left the scene after crashing their vehicle and injuring a passenger in Okanogan County late Wednesday. The Washington State Patrol says it happened at 11 p.m. on State Route 155 ten miles north of Elmer City when a sedan lost control, left the roadway, and flipped - coming to rest on its top...

A major bridge across the Columbia River that connects Grant and Okanogan Counties was closed for several hours on Thursday after a man climbed to the top of its trussing. The Grand Coulee Star reports the incident began at around 1:15 p...

Troopers say a 1999 GMC pickup truck 17-year-old Jaelynn Vallee was northbound just before 9:30 pm Tuesday when Vallee failed to negotiate a curve.

A man and two women were arrested after the chase in which deputies say a pickup carrying the suspects crashed into fruit bins, and the driver jumped into the Okanogan River.

A Level 3 Immediate Evacuation is in effect for Nespelem and surrounding areas as of Tuesday morning. The order was issued Monday night after 9:30 because of three fires burning near Nespelem, Buffalo Lake, Agency and Cash Creek. Shelter is being set up in Coulee Dam ...

The fire crew battling the Lower Coyote Creek Fire anticipates full containment by the end of their shift Saturday. On Friday crews utilized 6,000 feet of hose along the northern half of the fire to conduct mop-up operations. The Incident Management Team working with the Palm IR, or infrared scanning, units are also conducting one last gridding of the fires edge to search for hot spots ... Read

An accident on State Route 155 just north of Nespelem took the life of 39-year-old Ronald Hance of Omak. According to the Washington State Patrol, Hance was driving north when he left the road, overcorrected and crossed the highway and hit the guardrail causing the car to roll over...