Adams County News

The National Weather Service has canceled a severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern Adams County in east central Washington and north central Whitman County in eastern Washington.

An escapee from Ahtanum View Correction Center in Yakima is back behind bars. Authorities say Billy Eugene Garner escaped from the correction center on May 23rd.

Deterred by immigration laws and the lackluster economy, the population growth of Hispanics and Asians in the U.S. has slowed unexpectedly, causing the government to push back estimates on when minorities will become the majority by as much as a decade.

Minorities make up a majority of the population in two of Washington's 39 counties, Adams and Franklin, according to new estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Recent rains have washed worries away for some Eastern Washington wheat growers.

Israel Morfin, 27 of Sunnyside, Wash., was charged with second-degree murder in Grant County after Manuel Antonio Arousa, 23, died from a single gun shot to the head in an altercation April 11 in Warden, according to the Grant County Sheriff's Office.

An Othello man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the April 11 murder of 33-year-old Manuel Arousa.

As noted here , debtors to most Washington courts will be getting some relief in May, as municipal and district courts around the state prepare to forgive collections fees and interest on past due tickets and criminal citations.

Here in Western Washington, after a particularly cool and precipitation-laden spring, it's easy to forget that the other side of the mountains offers a much different landscape and climate.

A murder in Grant County leads cops on a chase from Warden to Sunnyside. Cops say it all started Saturday morning over an argument between two men at a home in Warden.

Sheriff's Deputies in Othello, Washington say three suspects wanted for a gang shooting that killed a man may be in Spokane.

ADAMS COUNTY, Wash- Police finally catch up to a Tri-Cities man who has been wanted for the last 20 years.

A 22-year-old Spokane Valley man was reported in critical condition Monday, and another man was taken into custody after a hit-and-run Sunday night in Spokane Valley.

A young man has been shot to death in a fight between two gangs at a park in Othello.

A Silverton, Idaho, man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to possession of sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney Tom Moss said.

A gang shooting left a young man dead in Othello. It happened at Taggares Park Wednesday afternoon.

A possible new agricultural operation near Othello could help boost the area's economy, officials for Adams County and the Port of Othello say.

A study of the groundwater in four Columbia Basin counties found that deep wells are tapping 10,000-year-old water left by the last Ice Age, and the aquifer is not being recharged.

Schools across Washington state are anticipating budget cuts, following the release of Gov.

The state Department of Corrections conducted a felony warrant sweep in Moses Lake where law enforcement searched for suspects with warrants Wednesday.