In District 5, which covers Lewis, Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat and Skamania counties in Southwest Washington, the state patrol received 61 reports of "gold sellers" in 2024 and 57 reports between ...

A Washington state man in jail awaiting trial in one murder case has been charged with three more killings, and prosecutors say he lured all four victims by asking them to help dig up buried gold.

because authorities say there is a fake gold scam hitting the highways. According to Washington State Patrol, they have received at least 57 reports since January of individuals stopping on ...