Area judge in center of 'Red Flag' case

COLVILLE — An Adams County Superior Court judge has found himself amidst a legal battle over so-called “red flag” laws that may be headed to the state Supreme Court.

Judge Steve B. Dixon presided over a hearing, as a visiting judge in the Stevens County Courthouse, earlier this month before siding with the State Attorney General’s Office in a lawsuit brought against the state over a law that went into effect last July.

Under the law, mental health counselors can direct law enforcement to remove firearms from the home of a patient believed to be a danger to themself or others due to a mental he...