Delayed opening Tribune Office Feb 15 – opening at 11 a.m.
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Category: Breaking News
Vantage Homicide Suspect Found Deceased
KITTITAS – The suspect in the shooting that occurred yesterday at the Auvil Fruit Company was located near 6 am this morning, dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head north of Royal City. Around 6...
Read MoreCompany Vehicle Recovered; Shooting Suspect Remains At Large
KITTITAS – Efforts to track Ismael Garcia in Grant County were unsuccessful on Thursday night The suspect in a shooting homicide at the Auvil Fruit Company south of Vantage remains at large on Thursday night after efforts...
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS: Suspect Ismaeil Garcia Sought in Vantage Area Killing
Kittitas County, WA – 08/27/2020 – A suspect in a homicide at Auvil Fruit company fled the scene and is believed armed and dangerous. Shortly before 1 pm today, 8/27, an employee of the Auvil Fruit Company in the...
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS: Toppenish man found deceased after jumping from ‘Smiley Face Rock’ on Yakima River
Suspected Drowning Yakima River Kittitas County, WA – 08/04/2020 – Deputies respond to missing person in the Yakima River On 08/03/20 at approximately 2:00pm Kittitas County Sheriff deputies responded to a report of...
Read MoreTwo Drowning Incidents in Kittitas County
Kittitas County, WA – 07/23/2020 – Accidental drownings were reported Thursday afternoon in the Yakima River and Lake Cle Elum Yakima River incident Around 2:30 pm on Thursday, a group of rafters on the Yakima River...
Read MoreGovernor Inslee latest update on state’s COVID-19 efforts
Inslee announced plans to implement more restrictions on certain businesses, wedding ceremonies, funerals and fitness centers in Washington to continue to limit the spread of COVID-19. These new limitations do not apply to...
Read MoreKittitas County now has 5 deaths associated with the outbreak at our Long-Term Care Facilities
Kittitas County recognizes that every death associated with COVID-19 means that someone in our county has lost a loved one. We appreciate that what is happening is more than numbers on a data dashboard. We want every individual...
Read MoreDifficult News Continues – Four COVID Deaths in Kittitas County
After months of COVID-19, months of our daily lives changing in ways no one could imagine, months of sacrifices, we are seeing an increase in the struggles and pain in our county because of this pandemic. The people we know in...
Read MoreKittitas County Has Difficult News Regarding COVID-19
We value our loved ones in Kittitas County – neighbors, friends, and family. It is with difficulty that we share that Kittitas County has a death associated with a long term care facility due to COVID-19. On July 19, a resident...
Read MoreKittitas County is Seeing Significant Increases in COVID-19 Cases
The Kittitas County Incident Management Team (IMT) is seeing a significant increase in cases. The increase is not related to a specific outbreak at this time. Cases as of today (July 1): 128 cases with no fatalities. Cases last...
Read MoreNew report shows COVID-19 increasing in Puget Sound and across state
OLYMPIA – Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report, which shows increasing COVID-19 transmission across the state as of mid-June. The report also estimates the...
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