Kittitas County

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reports that 450 people have tested positive for orthopoxvirus, a family of viruses that include monkeypox.

Twenty-nine-year-old Miles Berry Davis of Seattle pleaded guilty this week to second-degree theft and vehicle prowling in Chelan County Superior Court.

Roughly $430 million is coming to Washington State in a newly accomplished agreement that'll be divided up between cities and counties.

The Cow Canyon Fire south of Ellensburg has burned through 4,633 acres as of August 6, with 15% currently contained.

A Red Flag warning is in effect until 9 p.m. on August 3. DeBusschere hopes that tomorrow’s cooler temperatures will aid firefighting efforts.

The fire is estimated at 5,000 acres and growing, with about 40 homes, windmill towers and other buildings threatened.

Police were sent to the residence of a reported shooting at about 10pm, where they found the dead victim, who was from Ellensburg.

The first fire restrictions this summer on federal Public Lands in Eastern Washington are now in place. The Bureau of Land Management issued the order at midnight this morning, which includes a ban on the building or maintaining of a fire, except when contained inside metal rings...

Deputies say say video footage from Sunday shows 29-year-old Amanda Woodcock rummaging through packages at the post office

Four people have injuries, with two of them flown to Harborview Hospital in Seattle, after a multi-car crash on I-90 late Thursday night in Ellensburg. An eastbound 2015 Mercedes S Class car driven by 37-year-old Christopher Armstrong of Hermanville rear-ended a 2014 Honda CRV driven by 58-year-old Ronald Christy of Bothell, which left Armstrong's car blocking both eastbound lanes, while Christy's