Ellensburg News

In a six-month span, the number of downtown Ellensburg businesses open on Sundays has doubled, from 23 to 46.

Thanks to some alert bank tellers, Neta Lea barely avoided becoming a victim of a couple of scam artists from Canada last week.

The state Utilities and Transportation Commission has rejected most of a proposed rate increase for Puget Sound Energy electric and natural-gas customers.

The Desert Claim Wind farm project Northwest of Ellensburg is one step closer to being built.

Do you have a 4-year degree and are you interested in changing careers to become a teacher? Then consider the Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program, which offers a fast-track option that can allow you to become certified in just one year to become a teacher in high-need subject areas.

For the 13th time this season, Cheney put its first points on the board in the opening 10 minutes; with Madie Moore's goal in the ninth minute giving Cheney a 2-0 lead en route to a 5-0 victory over Ellensburg in the State 2A quarterfinals in Cheney.

KITTITAS, Wash. -- Ellensburg police say a patrol car driven by one of their officers was hit by a drunken driver last night as the officer returned from making an arrest in the town of Kittitas.

Salmon are on their way back to a 30-mile stretch of a creek near Ellensburg that was once blocked by an irrigation dam.

An Ellensburg Police Officer was hit by a drunk driver while he was driving another suspect to the jail.

Central Washington University will inaugurate its 14th president, Dr. James Gaudino, on Friday.

Puget Sound Energy says its Wild Horse wind farm in the hills of Central Washington has added another 22 turbines producing power.

Slick roads and patches of fog are causing problems for commuters this morning, but the icy conditions being encountered across the Inland Northwest should clear up later this morning, forecasters said.

Brendan Adams , from the Morgan Middle School football team in Ellensburg Washington has been given the title of the World's Tallest Football Player as he is 7 foot 4 and is only 14-years-old . A photo of Adam in his football uniform The Guinness Book of World Records names Brendan Adams as the tallest teen-age boy in the world.

A trucker facing rape charges in Lacey and Ellensburg has been sentenced to life in prison in Nevada for luring a mentally disabled girl and sexually assaulting her in his truck.

The Cascadia thrust fault, one of the most dangerous and powerful faults on Earth, will hit even closer to home than anyone thought possible, according to a new study.

America's Most Mysterious Places From UFO hotspots on the West Coast to mystifying castles in Florida, weird and wonderful places await.

Teresa Huard saves time and money by taking online classes. She doesn't have to put her two young children in day care.

An Ellensburg man was injured in a traffic crash early this morning on Interstate 90 two miles east of Snoqualmie Pass, authorities say.

As soon as she was blindfolded, Lorie Morris felt isolated. She couldn't see who was sitting next to her at the dinner table.

The big event in the local retail world last week was the opening of the new Walmart superstore in West Valley, but I've written plenty about that already.