Whitman County News

A 44-year-old Pasco man was arrested early this morning after he crashed his car while leading Kennewick police on a chase.

The four individuals arrested connected to what The Spokane County Sheriff's Office called the first reported case of human trafficking in Spokane County, have been released after no charges were files.

We are still awaiting further details but we are told the accident happened about two miles east of Tekoa at about 12:30pm. It is not clear what the truck was carrying, but we are told it is a hazardous material.

Erosion on Eastern Washington wheat farms is polluting rivers and streams and needs to be slowed with better farming practices, according to state environmental regulators.

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office confirmed Thursday that they arrested four people in the first reported case of human trafficking in Spokane County.

The Quad Cities Drug Task Force arrested 18-year-old Ciaran Keogh and 19-year-old Paul Gillentine, both of Pullman, for trafficking illegal narcotics.

A Whitman County man will fight felony allegations that he stole more than $100,000 of wheat from a local grain grower in St.

A second degree rape charge has been dropped against a former Washington State University employee accused of raping a male student inside an apartment on College Hill last July.

The head-on collision in Whitman County that killed one and injured five others was caused by a 21-year-old driver who fell asleep at the wheel, the Washington State Patrol said Saturday.

WHITMAN COUNTY Traffic is being detoured off Highway 26 though LaCrosse while Washington State DOT investigates a deadly head-on crash.

The Washington State Patrol saidA a 90-year-old personA has died and three peopleA were injuredA following a head-on collision near LaCrosse, Wash., on Friday.A The crash happened just before 5:30 p.m. on State Route 26.

Barry O'Connell could have been charged with reckless endangerment, but Spokane County Deputy Prosecutor Brian O'Brien says there's no evidence his actions were intentional.