KFLD-AM (Pasco, WA)

1 day ago | newstalk870.am | John McKay

The WA State Department of Revenue reports heading to the end of the fiscal year (July to the following June) that capital gains tax revenues are up from 2024. The capital gains tax, which has been hotly debated since its controversial passing and court rulings, brought in $560 million, with a total of 4,461 returns filed. That compares with $416 million in 2023, but both are well down from the 2022 iniital total of $840 million.

1 day ago | newstalk870.am | John McKay

Hatton is not a place many have been to, but now it's the subject of a significant manhunt. Hatton, 9 miles north of Connell and just over the Adams County line, has about 85-90 people in its unincorporated area, but still has a town council and a town mayor. In 2023, concerned citizens brought to the attention of the Adams County Sheriff some financial and other discrepancies and claims that then Town Clerk and Fire Chief Jared Potts was involved.

1 day ago | newstalk870.am | John McKay

The Department of Homeland Security, says Customs and Border Patrol, provided waivers to speed up border wall construction in areas of Arizona and New Mexico.   CBP says the waivers will allow DHS to bypass certain environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act, and greatly speed up the addition of another 36 miles of wall in the two states.

2 days ago | newstalk870.am | Billy Jenkins

So, if you lost your driver's license because of too many speeding violations, what would you rather do? Lose your license and not drive, or drive with the device in your car that monitors your speed and keeps you from speeding. Washington is now the second state to adopt speed restricting Devices. The use of one of these devices would allow multiple speeding ticket offenders to get a special license that requires that they use this new technology to restrict how fast they can drive.

2 days ago | newstalk870.am | John McKay

Kittitas County Detectives and other LE agencies conducted some operations last week to break up a sex-human trafficking ring in the county. During the operation, another suspect came up. The operations conducted May 22-23 and resulted in several arrests, and some female victims were given support and protection. During that operation, Officers learned a 37-year-old Yakima man had contacted the ringleaders and was interested in obtaining sex from some of the trafficked women.