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Gang member arrested in Yakima shooting

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:53:04 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - A 19-year-old gang member with a previous conviction for a drive-by shooting was arrested Wednesday in Wapato and accused of shooting at four members of a family in Yakima.

Yakima cops to take home patrol cars

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:11:28 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - The Yakima City Council voted Tuesday night to consider an ordinance that would give every police patrol officer a take-home cruiser they would use while off duty.

Chinook Pass reopens

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:20:45 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - The Transportation Department has reopened Chinook Pass.

Driver who hit Yakima boys sentenced to prison

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:13:20 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - A driver who was high on methamphetamine when he hit two boys waiting for a school bus in Yakima was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in prison.

Body found in abandoned Yakima house was homicide

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:04:49 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - An autopsy showed that the body of a woman found in an abandoned house in Yakima had been shot in the head.

Smaller Northwest cherry crop expected this year

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:11:09 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - Northwest cherry growers expect a 2013 crop of 18 million boxes, well short of last year's record 23 million boxes, but the average cherry size should be larger and the harvest is expected to start sooner.

WSU hops researchers take turn at Calif. brewery

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:02:25 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - Washington State University researchers who focus on production of hops in the state are turning more of their attention to the final product: beer.

Heart attack apparently caused Yakima Valley crash

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:17:55 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - The Washington State Patrol says a Yakima man who died in a crash into a home near Terrace Heights Monday afternoon apparently left the road because of a heart attack.

Tribes fight suicide, a leading killer of native youths

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:49:27 -0400

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Missing Yakima man's girlfriend charged with fraud

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:29:29 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - The girlfriend of a man missing from Yakima for nearly three and a half years has been charged with welfare fraud.

Yakima Co. residents want to curb manure spraying

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:35:51 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - A group of Yakima Valley residents want to limit dairy operators from spraying manure on fields when air quality is poor.

Men in fatal Yakima fight had been cellmates

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:46:31 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - Police say two men involved in a fatal fight in Yakima had been cellmates earlier this year at a prison in Connell.

Man killed in fight in Yakima basement

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:19:46 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - Police say a man was fatally injured in a fight Monday night in the basement of a Yakima residence.

Moos says hopes WSU rises in Year 3

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:22:09 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - Washington State athletic director Bill Moos believes Mike Leach's third season will be when the Cougars start winning.

Wapato jail sergeant accused of embezzlement

Fri, 03 May 2013 08:55:26 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - A jail sergeant for the city of Wapato is accused of embezzling more than $5,000 from the Wapato Youth Athletics League in 2011 when he served as the league's director.

New farm season arrives amid immigration debate

Thu, 02 May 2013 19:58:19 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - Several Washington farm leaders joined three immigrants at a forum Thursday before Democratic Sen. Patty Murray to stress the importance of ensuring a stable labor force and reuniting families torn apart by deportations.

Protesters charged in Seattle May Day mayhem

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:49:19 -0400

SEATTLE - Prosecutors started filing charges Thursday against some of the 17 people arrested during a violent May Day protest in Seattle.

Snowmobile fatality on Mount Adams

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:34:21 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - A man died in a snowmobile crash Sunday on Mount Adams.