OLYMPIA, Wash. – Governor Bob Ferguson has ordered flags across Washington be flown at half-staff on Wednesday in honor of a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office sergeant who was killed in the line of duty.
All Washington state, and United States flags at state agency facilities will be lowered in memory of Sergeant Kenneth Salas. Gov. Ferguson’s order dictates that flags remain at half-staff until sunset or close of business on Wednesday, Aug. 20.
The backstory: — On Saturday, Aug. 9, Sergeant Kenneth Salas was killed by a motorist while he was working to remove a bale of hay that fell off a vehicle and was endangering other motorists along a stretch of eastbound I-90 near the Four Lakes exit.…