YAKIMA, Wash. — For the first time in state history, the Washington Department of Ecology is ordering a halt to surface water use in the Yakima Basin, citing critically low reservoir storage and ...

As the Yakima Basin experiences its third consecutive year of drought, the Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) has decided to take significant action. In an unprecedented move, DOE halted ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A man charged with the murder of two people, including a pregnant woman, and the death of her unborn child pleaded guilty in a San Diego federal courtroom on Monday, ...

The Wildcat fire in Yakima County has expanded to more than 9,300 acres, with containment decreasing from 8% to 7%. Fire crews are closely monitoring the situation as today's weather conditions could ...

The Roza Irrigation District canal delivers water to farmers in south-central Washington. The district anticipates closing the canal Sept. 23, almost a month early because of a drought. (Courtesy of ...

SELAH CIVIC CENTER, Yakima County — Years after a group of substances often described as forever chemicals were found in drinking water near Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Yakima Training Center, families ...

When the Yakima City Council meets on Tuesday council members will be talking about a major crisis hitting Yakima and many other cities, the overdose crisis. Council members are expected to read and ...

Fourteen Yakima Police Department officers, detectives and command staff were part of a fatal shooting in downtown Yakima on Saturday night that followed a domestic violence-related homicide earlier ...

A suspect was killed and an officer was injured after a shooting in Yakima. Yakima police officers were trying to approach a wanted suspect in a neighborhood on the east side of the city, just after 7 ...

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. — The Grant County Sheriff's Office is assisting the Yakima County Sheriff's Office in a search for a murder suspect who was last seen in the area between the two counties. GCSO ...

A 54-year-old man was found dead Sunday in the Yakima River near West Richland while floating with friends, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office said. Dwayne Wilson, 54, of the Tri-Cities, was with two ...

OUTLOOK, Wash. – The Yakima County Sheriff's Office (YCSO) is on the hunt for a man suspected of firing shots after deputies responded to a domestic violence report involving a firearm in the rural ...