Yakima man injured in Interstate 90 crash - CLE ELUM, Wash. — A Yakima man was hurt Wednesday when he hit a concrete barrier and a semi truck while changing lanes on Int...
What’s Happening Today — Thursday, May 17 - • Selah Community Days Hobo Feed at the Selah Civic Center, 216 S. First St., 4:30-8 p.m. Price: $6 for ages 13 and older; $4...
Wash. Supreme Court to hear I-1183 challenge - The Washington Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today over the constitutionality of a voter-approved initiative privati...
Outlook good for Washington wheat crop - When it's harvested this summer the crop should reach the five-year average of 145 million bushels. Farmers are hoping prices...
C. Speck Motors celebrates 100 years - SUNNYSIDE, Wash. -- When Clayton Speck founded a garage in 1912, he started with a livery and a Buick dealership.A hundred ye...
4th Congressional District shapes up in filings - Wednesday was a fairly quiet day for election filing.U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, who filed earlier this week officially picked up...
Official finds Sunnyside building ambitious tribute to veterans - SUNNYSIDE, Wash. -- First gentleman Mike Gregoire was surprised by the ambition behind a veterans memorial planned here that ...
Yakima tables car tab fee until after citizen survey - YAKIMA, Wash. -- Instead of deciding whether to send a car tab fee to voters in November, the Yakima City Council has opted ...
Cherry growers upbeat about crop - YAKIMA, Wash. -- Northwest cherry growers are optimistic about the looming cherry harvest, one that is expected to be long on...
73-year-old accused of trying to hire hit man - A 73-year-old man is in custody after he tried to hire a hit man to kill his former daughter-in-law, Yakima County sheriff's ...
Union Gap mayor alerted to City Hall mold issues 8 months before evacuation - UNION GAP, Wash. — Some Union Gap city officials were alerted to mold issues in City Hall more than eight months before the f...
Selah to interview three city administrator finalists today - SELAH, Wash. -- The Selah City Council will interview three candidates for city administrator this afternoon.The special meet...
Ex-Wapato Legion bar manager faces theft, forgery charges - WAPATO, Wash. -- A lengthy investigation into missing money from the American Legion post in Wapato has resulted in dozens of...
Planned bridges will allow avalanches to pass below Interstate 90 traffic on Snoqualmie Pass (video) - YAKIMA, Wash. — Every winter, frustrated drivers add hours to their trips across the state when Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie...
Man arrested minutes after Yakima drive-by shooting - YAKIMA, Wash. -- Yakima police made a quick arrest in connection with a drive-by shooting Tuesday night.Jose Alvarez-Medina, ...
Wapato Road blaze causes $180,000 damage - WAPATO, Wash. -- A house fire on South Wapato Road on Tuesday caused one firefighter to suffer dehydration as a crew battled ...
Yakama Nation opens $12 million, state-of-the-art jail - TOPPENISH, Wash. -- Born of controversy over unsafe conditions at the previous facility, a new state-of-the-art jail was unve...
Yakamas open new jail - TOPPENISH, Wash. — A crowd of more than 200 gathered in front of the Yakama Nation’s new state-of-the art jail Wednesday to g...
Jury convicts Steve Powell of voyeurism charges - TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday convicted Steve Powell on all 14 charges in a voyeurism case that stemmed from an in...
Next phase of Snoqualmie Pass project on track - Construction workers prepared to blast a section of the rock face near Lake Keechelus on Wednesday as part of the Interstate ...

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Planned bridges will allow avalanches to pass below Interstate 90 traffic on Snoqualmie Pass (video)

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Yakima man injured in Interstate 90 crash - CLE ELUM, Wash. — A Yakima man was hurt Wednesday when he hit a concrete barrier and a semi truck while changing lanes on Int...
Wash. Supreme Court to hear I-1183 challenge - The Washington Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today over the constitutionality of a voter-approved initiative privati...
What’s Happening Today — Thursday, May 17 - • Selah Community Days Hobo Feed at the Selah Civic Center, 216 S. First St., 4:30-8 p.m. Price: $6 for ages 13 and older; $4...
Outlook good for Washington wheat crop - When it's harvested this summer the crop should reach the five-year average of 145 million bushels. Farmers are hoping prices...
Union Gap mayor alerted to City Hall mold issues 8 months before evacuation - UNION GAP, Wash. — Some Union Gap city officials were alerted to mold issues in City Hall more than eight months before the f...
Yakima tables car tab fee until after citizen survey - YAKIMA, Wash. -- Instead of deciding whether to send a car tab fee to voters in November, the Yakima City Council has opted ...
Cherry growers upbeat about crop - YAKIMA, Wash. -- Northwest cherry growers are optimistic about the looming cherry harvest, one that is expected to be long on...
73-year-old accused of trying to hire hit man - A 73-year-old man is in custody after he tried to hire a hit man to kill his former daughter-in-law, Yakima County sheriff's ...

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Carl's Jr. could open in Yakima this summer - YAKIMA, Wash. -- Nearly two months after Carl’s Jr. opened in Ellensburg, I’ve received word that franchisee Paul Jones is lo...
Jimmy John's opens in downtown Yakima - YAKIMA, Wash. -- In my column yesterday, I wrote that Jimmy John’s was likely to open earlier than planned.

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Face Time: Back in the trophy game - EDITOR'S NOTE: Face Time is a monthly feature profiling local business people in a first-person format. A small farm in Moxe...
Shop Talk: You don't need to travel to find good eats and shopping - Readers have been filling up my inbox since last week's column with stories of their adventures in getting their favorite Tra...