Kittitas County News

Consider changes to Kittitas County Water Code

Notice is hereby given that a joint public hearing will be held by the Board of County Commissioners...

Kittitas County Law & Justice Council Grant Application 2024

The Kittitas County Law and Justice Council is offering mini grants to organizations and community p...

KCPHD Releases 2022 Annual Newsletter

The Kittitas County Public Health Department (KCPHD) is excited to release the 2022 Annual Report. ...

Kittitas County Public Health Champion Recipients Announced

The Kittitas County Board of Health Advisory Committee (BOHAC) is pleased to announce that the Kitti...

17-Year-Old Drowned in Floating Accident on Cle Elum River

On Saturday, May 20, a group of seven young people from the Moses Lake and Warden area launched down...

Worth Remembering

When someone dies the coroner searches for their family. But what happens when someone dies estrange...

Notice of public hearing to Consider Amending KCC 14.04 and Title 20 to Adopt 2021 International Building Codes

The Board of Kittitas County Commissioners will meet at 2:00 pm on June 6, 2023 in the Commissioner&...

Call for sealed bids for the replacement of the scales at the Cle Elum Transfer Station

This call for sealed bids is for the replacement of the scales at the Cle Elum Transfer Station loca...

Monthly Upper County Builder Outreach Meetings

Kittitas County Community Development Services (CDS) will begin holding monthly Builder Outreach mee...

Electronic Submittals Now Accepted for Residential Building Permits and Fire Marshal Permits

Kittitas County Community Development Services is now accepting electronic submittals for residentia...

Notice of Upcoming Candidate Filing Week

Beginning on May 15th and continuing through May 19th, the Kittitas County Auditor’s office will acc...

Kittitas County Agencies Work Together to Locate Toddler

At around 9:20 this morning, 4/25, a family in the Umptanum area several miles southwest of Ellensbu...

Auditors Office Partners with Secretary of States Office to Invest in Election Security

The Kittitas County Auditors Office has been approved by the Secretary of States Office for up to $8...

Kittitas County Coroner applauds unanimous passage of Senate Bill 5523 addressing forensic pathologist shortage.

Rural counties in Washington State are having to deal with a lack of forensic pathologists, and the ...

Kittitas County Seeks Applicants for Planning Commission Vacancy

Kittitas County is seeking applicants to fill one vacancy on the Kittitas County Planning Commission...

Funding Received for New Search and Rescue/ Emergency Operations Center

The Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) celebrates the inclusion of $1,186,120 in t...

Armed Standoff in Cle Elum Peacefully Resolved

Members of the Kittitas County Regional Tactical Response Team (KCRTRT) and the Kittitas County Regi...

Lodging Tax Funding Recommendations for 2023

The county-wide consolidated lodging tax workgroup met Friday, November 18, 2022, to review 2023 gra...