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Kittitas (pronounced 'KITT-i-tass') County is located in central Washington State. It spans from the lush forested Cascade Mountains to the upper Yakima River Valley plains and the Columbia River.
Kittitas County, WA - 08/11/2014 - Sheriff's Rescue Boat deployed for a family trapped on a log jam.
Responding to a call from members of the group who were swept down-river, the Sheriff's Swift-Water Rescue Team launched one of the Jet Boats about 1 hour before sundown to search for the family, said to be 2 adults and 4 small children. The family was located in the middle of one of the worst log jams in the county. Per rescue personnel, "it is a blessing no one was injured". All of the victims, their rafts visible in the photograph, were pulled onto the boat and re-united with their friends. Members of the rescue team remind people to call the Sheriff's Office 509-925-8534 for information of the the hazards and recommendation for the river.
Kittitas County, from the Cascades to the Columbia, and online at http://www.co.kittitas.wa.us
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Contact: Clayton Myers, Undersheriffclay.myers@co.kittitas.wa.us509-925-8534