Washington ranchers demand a jury to decide their fate in legal battle with state

Washington ranchers demand a jury to decide their fate in legal battle with state

Roughly three and a half hours east of Seattle, there’s a nearly 13,000-acre cattle ranch in Grant County. King Ranch is owned by Wade and Teresa King and has been in their family since the 1950s. They’re now facing legal action from the state over their ranch, but the Kings are fighting back in more ways than one. Not only are they pushing back against state allegations, but they’re also challenging who will be judging this case and just filed …