SUNNYSIDE — A man killed in a confrontation with police Friday evening was "acting erratically" and making statements about shooting people, investigators said Wednesday in releasing more information about the incident. A Sunnyside police officer was also... See more
Authorities have issued a Missing Indigenous Person Alert for a Yakama Nation woman from Lyle. Tara Cloud-Mills, 45, was last seen in the Lyle area on April 1, according to the alert issued by Washington State Patrol on Tuesday afternoon. She is known to ... See more
TAMPICO — Tyler Welch watched Saturday morning as sawdust billowed out of a large metal container near West Valley Fire-Rescue Station 54. The sawdust and occasional wood chips were the remnants of a horse trailer full of brush and limbs he'd hauled there... See more
SUNNYSIDE — A Sunnyside man sought by police was killed and a police officer was injured in a confrontation Friday evening. David Vargas, 27, of Sunnyside was shot several times, said Yakima County Coroner Marshall Slight. The King County Medical Examiner... See more
A man who pleaded guilty to killing a Toppenish-area man with a shovel in January 2025 was sentenced to more than 27 years in federal prison. Antonio Montellano, 44, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Yakima to 328 months. He pleaded guilty to... See more
