State puts ignition interlock devices to the test - Yakima County, No. 7 in the state for population, ranks third for the number of drunken-driving deaths. Hundreds of Yakima County residents are charged each year with driving under the influence of intoxicating drugs or alcohol. Perhaps as many as three-q...MORE...
Sayler pleads guilty to child rape, molestation - A former West Valley youth coach pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon to raping and molesting three teenage boys who played on his teams. Prosecutors are expected to recommend that Randy Sayler, now 46, face a minimum prison sentence of 23 years. A state rev...MORE...
Still looking for missing fishermen - HOME VALLEY, Wash. -- Authorities are still searching for three Yakama tribal fishermen who went missing on the Columbia River after their boat capsized earlier this week. Today, officers with the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Yakama Natio...MORE...
Favorable winds for wind farm dedication - About 300 people showed up Thursday to dedicate Klickitat County's second major wind farm. The White Creek Wind Project is a 205-megawatt wind farm about 12 miles south of Bickleton. Its 89 turbines on 9,500 acres of ranchland will generate enough elect...MORE...
Advocates hear story of a life turned around - Liz Murray's parents partied too much in the '70s and got hooked on drugs. After Liz was born in 1980, their addictions continued and she was raised in a Bronx tenement where the daily trade-off was drugs or food, paid for with the monthly welfare check...MORE...
Ross starts campaign for return to Olympia - State Rep. Charles Ross, R-Naches, likes being seen as a law-and-justice legislator. The Naches Repub-lican, who kicked off his re-election campaign Thursday morning outside the Yaki-ma police station, gained the reputation this year by successfully pu...MORE...
Slice: Tennis title is a long time coming for Yakima woman - The security guards at Mobile (Ala.) Regional Airport weren't sure what to make of one piece of Barbara Kinloch's carry-on luggage. Its pyramid base might conceivably be used as a weapon, and then there were all of those sharp edges -- and, on top, that c...MORE...
Prosser winery village offers lots of choice in a small area - PROSSER -- It was less than four years ago that Wade Wolfe built the first winery in a neighborhood of new streets and empty lots that only marmots called home. Today, Vintner's Village is all but maxed out with 11 ...MORE...
Latin music celebration at YVCC - The Yakima Valley Community College Latin Music celebration has evolved from a series of Internet clinics to a three-day festival that incorporates education and performances. In its second year of hosting a formal celebration, YVCC has brought in thre...MORE...
Cold weather can't hurt cherry crop - PASCO -- Cold temperatures may have destroyed an estimated 20 percent of the Northwest cherry crop, but it's still expected to be the third largest on record. "There is definitel...MORE...
Library trustees at odds with director - YAKIMA -- Yakima Valley Regional Library trustees are at odds over the authority granted to Executive Director Monica Weyhe and how she wields it. A minority of the board contends some o...MORE...
Guilty Pleasures -- Brews at the beach - Back in the day, beer was beer was beer. That was until several years ago, when Guilty Pleasures became intimately involved with the beer business. Well, more accurately, intimately involved with someone in the beer biz. During that time, Guilty Pleasure...MORE...
05/09/08 Film Clips - OPENING TODAY "MARRIED LIFE" -- This chamber piece set in the late 1940s is a romantic quadrangle involving a stockbroker who'd rather kill his wife than deal with the fallout of his affair with a young war widow. Starring Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson...MORE...
El Mirador opening new restaurant - YAKIMA -- One of Yakima's more festive Mexican restaurants is opening a second location this summer. El Mirador, now at 418 W. Walnut St., will operate at the former Fredrick's on the Green restaurant in th...MORE...
Local report -- Central signs Spokane point guard - ELLENSBURG -- Central Washington, which lost starting point guard Nate Jackson to graduation, has possibly found a successor. Jon Clift, who helped lead Spokane to a runner-up finish to Yakima Valley in the NWAACC Tournament in March, has decided to conti...MORE...
Prep golf -- Overcoming over and over - YAKIMA -- In the opening minute of what would be one of the biggest victories in the history of West Valley's girls basketball program, Liz Tikriti was forced to do something which for her was unthinkable. She sat. Inside her right knee was so much ligame...MORE...
5/9/08 This week on track - YAKIMA SPEEDWAY What: Late Models, Super Stocks, Hobby Sportsman, Hobby Stocks, Hornets, Bump to Pass, Youth Hornets. When: Saturday. Gates open at 4 p.m., racing at 5. Note: Quiet since the Apple Cup, the Speedway hosts its first full local slate of raci...MORE...
Prep report -- Small-school vaulting flying high with TL-G - Is it track and field for the Trout Lake-Glenwood program or, more specifically, simply track and pole vault? Hard to tell since nine of the 15 boys in the two-school program have competed in the event and three of them are among the top four 1B vaulters...MORE...
Yakima Valley track and field leaders - THROUGH WEDNESDAY BOYS 100 -- FAT: Brett Blanshan (Selah) 10.79, Cade Wandling (Prosser) 10.86, Marco Martinez (Toppenish) 11.00, Dana Wells (Riverside Christian) 11.23, Cody Bruns (Prosser) 11.43, Jonathan Newport (Eisenhower) 11.43. Wind aided: Blanshan...MORE...
CBA -- Potential Sun Kings owners emerge - YAKIMA -- While work progresses on a deal with local investors to buy the Sun Kings, another potential buyer has emerged -- and he's one quite familiar to fans. Otis Harlan said Thursday that he's seriously interested in reaquiring the team that he owned ...MORE...
CWU Hall of Fame -- Central marks a season of firsts - YAKIMA -- More than one member of the 1987-88 Central Washington women's basketball team admitted to memory lapses when asked about the historic team. "That was, after all, 20 years ago," one of them explained. True. But closer examination reveals that a...MORE...
5/9/08 Hot Tickets - TODAY BASEBALL: Take your pick between these two CWAC district semifinals -- Ellensburg at Selah and Ephrata at East Valley. Both start at 4 p.m. Meanwhile, Naches Valley hosts Kiona-Benton in a SCAC semifinal. SATURDAY BOYS SOCCER: Sunnyside hosts Eastm...MORE...
5/9/08 Prep standings - Fastpitch CWAC W L Othello 15 1 East Valley 14 2 Ellensburg 14 2 Selah 13 3 Grandview 5 11 Prosser 5 11 Quincy 5 11 Ephrata 5 11 Toppenish 2 14 Wapato 2 14 Today's games Othello at Selah (2), 3:30 p.m. Saturday's games Prosser at Grandview (2), 10 a.m. T...MORE...
Prep Roundup -- Mercado's goals lift Selah - YAKIMA -- Senior Israel Mercado scored early and late -- both times with the help of Michael Fadden -- and lifted Selah to a 2-1 overtime victory over East Valley in a loser-out CWAC district boys soccer match on Thursday. Mercado scored on an assist from...MORE...
Farmers markets up and running - For the past couple of weeks, local muralist Rick Fuller has been painting the North Third Street windows of the former Liquidation World building. His latest public work features a brick facade and the different Yakima Farmers Market posters from over th...MORE...
Controlled burns to start next week - Controlled burns in the Naches Ranger District of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest will begin next week, if weather conditions are favorable. The spring burning program is scheduled to star...MORE...
It's all about emotion for acclaimed guitarist Feriante - There's something about the guitar, says classical guitarist Andre Feriante. It has a sound that just pulls at your heart. That's especially true with Feriante, who spent part of his childhood in Yakima. His romantic...MORE...
Gathering celebrates lawsuit that changed women's sports - It took long hours, dedication and a sprint to the finish, but she won. In a way, all women did. On Thursday evening, Karen Troianello of Yakima took time to look back on history as part of a Seattle event celebrating a legal victory that changed the c...MORE...
Molesters use trust as a weapon - Yakima -- Michael was a popular music teacher who was beloved by students and adored by parents, all the while molesting his own children, their friends and other kids. As he tells his story to...MORE...
Spring fashion goes electric - This season's "color" is not pink. It's not black, brown or blue, either. It is electric. Electric, saturated hues. ...MORE...
05/09/08 Art - ART WALKS FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK. 5-7 p.m. the first Friday of each month, Ellensburg. 15-plus galleries and nontraditional art spaces. List: www.ellensburgarts.com. OPENINGS YVCC DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION. Works by students and faculty. Open...MORE...
Officials search Columbia for missing Yakama anglers - Authorities will continue searching the frigid waters of the Columbia River today for three fishermen believed to be Yakama tribal members whose boat capsized. The fishermen have yet to be identified, but Yakama Gen...MORE...
Downtown shop goes eclectic - Though tables of flowers greet you as you round the corner and ceramic pots flank the entrance, it's the clothing that catches your eye when you walk through the door of Garden Dance. "Home, garden, and fashion fro...MORE...
Sportsmanship in the spotlight - From a softball diamond in Ellensburg to "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" to a swanky resort on the Gulf Coast, three college women are enjoying a fantastic finish to their athletic careers....MORE...
Zillah Alumni group marks anniversary - The Zillah Alumni Association will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a dinner Saturday at Zillah High School. There will be a social gathering at 5 p.m. in the high school commons, followed by a catered dinner at...MORE...
05/09/08 Around the Valley - Union Gap water system maintenance UNION GAP -- The city of Union Gap will conduct routine maintenance of its water system by flushing water through fire hydrants from Monday to May 30. To cause the least disruption for residents, this activity will be do...MORE...
If you learn your child is abused, remember the following - * Believe them and stay calm. * Don't ask the child why they did not tell you before. * Tell them you are glad they told you and that you will take care of things. * Call the appropriate law enfo...MORE...
05/09/08 Theater - "BOOKBOUND." 8 tonight-Saturday. Warehouse Theatre in the Allied ArtsCenter, 5000 W. Lincoln Ave. Tickets: $15 general admission, $12 seniors and students through the Warehouse Theatre box office, 966-0951. Box office hours: 3-6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, noon...MORE...
05/09/08 Planner - AUDITIONS YAKIMA VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOLLIES. 6 tonight: cast meeting at Memorial Hospital auditorium, 2811 Tieton Drive. 1 p.m. Saturday: auditions at The Seasons, 101 N. Naches Ave. For May 17 performance of "Spontaneous Combustion." www.memfound....MORE...
05/09/08 Books - READING/SIGNING MARY VINE. 2 p.m. Saturday. Inklings Bookshop, 5629 Summitview Ave., Chalet Place. Former Valley resident will sign "Maya's Gold." 965-5830. T. LLOYD WINETSKY. Local author will discuss how he incorporated the May 18, 1980, ash fall from...MORE...
05/09/08 Just announced - JAMES AND ERNIE. 6:30 p.m. May 17. Toppenish Community Center, 101 Meyers Road, Toppenish. $12. Info: Roy Dick, 314-9241, Odena Howard, 865-5121, ext. 4450. (Native American comedy duo.) SMOKEY ROBINSON. 8 p.m. Aug. 2. Yakama Nation Legends Casino outdoo...MORE...
Report cites Voter Act violations - Another Whitman College report; another finding that local election systems violate the federal Voting Rights Act by keeping Latinos out of office. Along with research on Latino voter m...MORE...
Signs your child might be molested - * A change in behavior regarding modesty, ranging from being overly concerned about their body to inappropriate sexual behavior. * Physical symptoms can include genital pain, itching, discharge and bleeding. Children c...MORE...
YVCC Salsa Band's 'Clavecide!' CD highlights Latin music fest - At the beginning of the school year in September, Yakima Valley Community College jazz instructor David Blink promised his Latin jazz students the opportunity to record a CD if they came up with an entire set of original tunes. They did, and this week "Cl...MORE...
Child abuse prevention tips - * Don't expect your children to protect themselves. * Communicate with your children and believe what they tell you. Children rarely lie about child abuse. * Watch for any child abuse symptoms, from physical pain in their gen...MORE...
YVCC student and faculty exhibit opens Monday - Artworks created between the 2007 spring quarter and the 2008 winter quarter at Yakima Valley Community College will go on display next week in the annual YVCC Department of Visual Arts Student & Faculty Exhibit, a fixture at the Larson Gallery for mo...MORE...
05/09/08 10 Days Out - Friday, May 9 * Critically acclaimed jazz vocalist Kendra Shank, who started as a folk singer-guitar strummer, performs tonight at The Seasons, 101 N. Naches Ave. With a voice described by noted music critic Terry Teachout as "warm-toned, fine-grained, q...MORE...
05/09/08 Night life - NIGHT LIFE Blues/Jazz/Swing THE DEPOT RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday. LaLoni Lee Brown. 32 N. Front St. 469-4400. (Smooth pop standards.) JACK-SONS SPORTS BAR. 6-11 p.m. Thursdays. Open blues/jazz jam. 432 S. 48th Ave. 966-4340. JOHNNY'...MORE...
South Seattle wineries showcase wares, facilities - Saturday afternoon, the South Seattle Artisan Wineries (Cadence, Fall Line, :Nota Bene and OoS) will "Celebrate Spring" with a four-winery open house from 1 to 5 p.m. They are all relatively small boutiqu...MORE...
Co-op will benefit when old buildings are razed - An old feed store and grain elevator thought to date back at least to the 1920s are slated to make room for improved parking at the Yakima Co-op farm store. The buildings comprise a compound of sorts at the co-op's location at 501 S. Front St., alongside...MORE...
Growers back county property tax to fight pests - YAKIMA -- Several commercial fruit growers backed a proposal today to assess all property in Yakima County to control pests that threaten the county's largest industry. Growers said assessing homeowners and business owners to fight pests is fair since so...MORE...
05/08/08 Around the Lower Valley - Bands hit stage at Princess Theatre PROSSER -- The Princess Theatre will be loud Saturday. That's when four bands will play live music beginning at 6:30 p.m. The lineup consists of metal bands Rise My Beloved, Fourth & Forever and Deminished, as well ...MORE...
Wapato loses another member of its City Council - WAPATO -- Lloyd Benscoter resigned from the City Council on Monday night, the second council member to quit in as many months. Benscoter didn't attend Monday night's meeting, but instead submitted a resignation letter citing a need to spend more time with...MORE...
05/08/08 Around the Valley - Kittitas County OKs wind farm ELLENSBURG -- Kittitas County commissioners have approved a 69-turbine wind farm. Commissioners gave the go-ahead for the $250 million project Tuesday. It's the first project approved in the county's 500-...MORE...
Northwest river rafting guide - Here are the state's primary rafting rivers, placed -- subjectively, admittedly -- in descending order, from best to worst. Their order is based on each river's attractiveness as a rafting destination for people from this part of the state, taking into ...MORE...
5/8/08 Valley Sports Weekly bulletin board - BASEBALL: Yakima National Little League will be hosting an all-you-can-eat spaghetti feed at 6 p.m. Saturday at the V.F.W. Post 379 located at Fifth and Walnut avenues. Tickets are $20. There will be door prizes, a silent auction, and music by Wise Blood....MORE...
Northwest Sportsman -- Boaters prove to be quite crafty - YAKIMA -- If you ever wanted to get a flavor for the different types of boats available to people who like to fish, you might want to spend a day or two at Drano Lake or the Wind River in the next couple of weeks. A predicted large number of spring chinoo...MORE...
Rec notes -- Rebels teams win tourney titles - YAKIMA -- Two Yakima Rebels teams posted top-two finishes in their inaugural Rebel Yell youth baseball tournament last weekend at Elks Park. The U-10 Rebels won the championship, defeating the Moses Lake GTLs 12-2 on Sunday afternoon. The U-12 Rebels were...MORE...
Ex-seminarian due to be out on bond - YAKIMA -- A former Catholic Diocese of Yakima seminarian will be released from federal custody pending payment of a $25,000 bond, an immigration judge ruled Tuesday. Juan Jose Gonzál...MORE...
05/08/08 What's Happening - Shrub-steppe event Saturday in canyon The ninth annual Get Intimate with the Shrub-Steppe, a day of field trips, exhibits and hands-on activities for outdoor lovers and kids, returns to the Umtanum recreation site in the Yakima River Canyon. The various f...MORE...
Growers back fee for pests - Comments come in favor of proposed assessment on every county parcel YAKIMA -- Saying a major piece of the Valley's economy could be at risk without action, fruit growers Tuesday favored a proposa...MORE...
Trail blazer -- Klickitat Trail no longer a walk on the wild side for hikers - YAKIMA -- Passing from a painful period of controversy and confrontations, the Klickitat Trail near Goldendale now seems on a smoother path to acceptance and enjoyment. Although armed opponents once challenged the right of public access to the 31-mile rai...MORE...
Retired sergeant to help veterans - YAKIMA -- Yakima County has hired retired Army First Sgt. David Brown as its first full-time veterans coordinator to work with poor, homeless and incarcerated veterans. "It's our continued...MORE...
Southeast is center of debate - Words get heated over plan to put Ready by 5 program into Southeast Community Center YAKIMA -- The fight for the Southeast Yakima Community Center has begun. In a sign of things to come, vocal...MORE...
State puts brakes on Yakima driving instructor - YAKIMA -- A Yakima driving school owner arrested on a training drive with a student had his state operating license temporarily suspended on Tuesday. The state Department of Licens...MORE...
Yakima council asks for state audit - YAKIMA -- The Yakima City Council on Tuesday formally invited the Washington State Auditor's Office to conduct a first-in-the-state performance audit of the city's operations. According to the language of the invitation, the cou...MORE...
Coach's molesting plea hearing delayed - YAKIMA -- A plea hearing for a West Valley youth coach charged with molesting some of his players has been rescheduled. Randy Sayler, 46, was to enter a plea agreement on Tuesday in Yakima County Super...MORE...
Prosser raises water rates 11 percent - PROSSER -- Water rates are going up in this city. Prosser City Council members Tuesday night voted to raise water rates by 11 percent for average residential users. Also Tuesday, cou...MORE...
Sarg Hubbard will be kids' fishing central - YAKIMA -- Some 800 kids between the ages of 5 and 14 will be hitting the shores of the Greenway's Sarg Hubbard Pond in waves this Saturday for the eighth annual Fishing Kids event. Kids who have already registered -- and the deadline has passed -- will g...MORE...
Local report -- Wilkins' double helps lift Yaks to split - YAKIMA -- Ezzard Wilkins' two-run double highlighted a four-run eighth inning and lifted Yakima Valley to a 10-7 win over Blue Mountain and a split of its Eastern Region doubleheader Wednesday at Parker Field. The Timberwolves won the opener 9-3. Wilkins'...MORE...
Big Nine realignment separates Ike, Davis - YAKIMA -- Ike and Davis. Davis and Ike. For decades, games between the two Yakima city rivals have been a mark-your-calendars event. More than just contests between the athletes on the court or field, they have been a cult...MORE...
What to expect when hiring a guide service - Wannabe rafters looking for a good guide service in Washington have plenty to choose from. Some offer plenty of amenities, like lavish post-trip feasts, while others are more bare-boned. Make safety a top priority, and remember: No outfitter runs every ri...MORE...
Prep roundup -- Sunnyside soccer nabs state berth - SUNNYSIDE -- Who needs 80 minutes to win a soccer match when you only need three? Sunnyside's boys punched in a goal just that quick on Wednesday and it stood up for a 1-0 victory over Kamiakin in the Class 3A regional tournament. With their eighth consec...MORE...
Ross aims to keep his job - YAKIMA -- State Rep. Charles Ross, R-Naches, will formally announce his re-election bid Thursday morning. Ross, a 35-year-old funeral director and former Naches mayor, focused on public safety issues during his firs...MORE...
Rafters figure to be riding high this season - YAKIMA -- As the office manager and a lead guide for the state's largest whitewater rafting service, Brad Coleman has a simple routine when it comes to helping customers plan their adventure. "I tend to try to find out when people are going on vacation,"...MORE...
CWU Hall of Fame -- An early call - YAKIMA -- A lengthy look at the grand scheme of Central Washington basketball, plus a cursory glance at the Wildcats' record book, makes clear that since Ryan Pepper's departure in 1995, his induction into the school's hall of fame would be less a matter...MORE...
Gregoire lends ear to Latinos - YAKIMA -- In a quick, almost unnoticed visit, Gov. Chris Gregoire met with Yakima Valley Latino leaders Tuesday during a campaign tour for re-election. During an almost two-hour morning meetin...MORE...
5/8/08 Valley Sports Weekly results - Golf Apple Tree MEN'S DIVISION May 4 First Flight -- Gross: 1, Van Johnson 76; 2, Mike Sutton 81. Net: 1, Butch Lenberg 68; 2, Jack Shaw 76. Second Flight -- Gross: 1, Kirk Galloway 85; 2, Joe Lenberg 93. Net: 1, (tie) Jack Shaw 73, Stan Hinson 73. WOMEN...MORE...
A new version of King announces re-election bid - YAKIMA -- The King is dead; long live the King. The Curtis King who disdained PAC contributions and criticized his 14th District state Senate opponent, incumbent Jim Clements, for w...MORE...
05/08/08 Death Notices - Paula Bemrose Paula Bemrose, 97, of Yakima died Tuesday at Arbor House. Mrs. Bemrose was born in Sacramento, Calif. She was a teacher. Survivors include two sons, Clifford Bemrose of Vancouver, Wash., and Gordon Bemrose of Port Orchard, Wash.; a daughter,...MORE...
Logging accident kills Chewelah man - ELLENSBURG -- A 55-year-old Chewelah, Wash., man was killed Monday morning in a logging accident north of Ellensburg, Kittitas County sheriff's deputies said. The name of the victim or the company he was working for were not immediately available Monday. ...MORE...
Historic Celilo Village starting anew - CELILO VILLAGE, Ore. -- Ray Colfax recalls getting soaked from the heavy mist that once covered Celilo Falls when the waters crashed over the jagged basalt. That was before The Dalles Dam was built roughly eight miles to the west in 1957. Dam doors were c...MORE...
Yakima's crime rate plummets to lowest in decades - Yakima's crime rate continues to dip to levels not seen in decades, thanks to a dramatic 19 percent drop in property crime last year. Statistics for 2007 show that...MORE...
How to help Myanmar cyclone victims - Anyone interested in helping victims of the Myanmar cyclone may donate to local chapters of the American Red Cross. Checks or letters should indicate that the donor wants the money to go to the Myanmar relief effort. *...MORE...
City close to taking over ownership of West Valley park - Environmental concerns added about a year to the process, but Yakima County is now set to transfer ownership of a West Valley park to the city of Yakima. The bulk of West Valley Community Park, which is just within the western city limits, will become cit...MORE...
Benton County courthouse to undergo renovation - PROSSER -- The Benton County Commissioners agreed Monday to renovate and expand the courthouse here, as well as build a three-story administration building in Kennewick. The construction will cost an estimated $16.5 million, and might not start for anothe...MORE...
Tribe considers ban of new dairy feedlots - Worried about possible health risks from feedlot and dairy operations, Yakama tribal members want to limit such operations on the reservation. Tribal members not only complain of the smell and dust they believe might be causing illnesses, but are also con...MORE...
05/07/08 Around the Valley - Latino political clout to be topic of meeting TOPPENISH -- Latinos remain politically underrepresented in rural communities of Central Washington, according to a study a group of Whitman College students will present tonight in Toppenish. The study, the t...MORE...
I-82 work may cause delays near Selah Creek Bridges - YAKIMA -- Travelers on Interstate 82 west of Yakima should be prepared for delays this week due to a construction project, the state Department of Transportation announced Monday. The work will take place today through Friday during the day. Shoulders wil...MORE...
Horses need West Nile vaccinations - OLYMPIA -- Horse owners should vaccinate their animals against the potentially deadly West Nile virus as soon as possible, according to a reminder from the state Department of Agriculture. All eight infected horses reported in Washington last year came fr...MORE...
Sun shines on thousands who attend Cinco de Mayo festival - Maybe it was the dancing horses, or the great weather, or the mix of mariachis and lederhosen. Whatever it was that drew people to Yakima's Seventh Annual Cinco De Mayo celebration Sunday, it worked. Thousands of people hit South Third Street for the musi...MORE...
Prep baseball -- Forgey leads Ranger blowout - NACHES -- Finding the difference between this year's Naches Valley baseball team and last year's state-runner-up version wasn't easy against River View. There's still plenty of patience at the plate and starter Lucas Forgey's whiff-inducing pitching hide ...MORE...
5/7/08 Fastpitch standings - Fastpitch CWAC W L Othello 15 1 East Valley 14 2 Ellensburg 14 2 Selah 13 3 Grandview 5 11 Quincy 5 11 Ephrata 4 10 Prosser 4 10 Toppenish 2 14 Wapato 2 14 Tuesday's results Othello 6-5, East Valley 2-1 Ellensburg 13-16, Toppenish 0-1 SCAC West W L Zi...MORE...
Union Gap looks at alternatives to Yakima Transit - Union Gap -- Wanting more bang for their buck, Union Gap is advertising for a new busing company to take over its public transportation system. "If we go with a private syst...MORE...
Prep soccer -- Grandview gets defensive in win over East Valley - GRANDVIEW -- Nice time to bring out your best defensive performance of the season. With a trip to the Class 2A state playoffs on the line, Grandview's boys soccer team rode the eight-save effort of junior goalkeeper Teclo Perez to a 1-0 victory over East ...MORE...
Local report -- Walkenhauer named to GNAC All-Academic team - ELLENSBURG -- West Valley graduate Kevin Walkenhauer was among six Central Washington baseball players named to the GNAC Academic All-Conference team, the conference announced Tuesday. Walkenhauer, a sophomore chemistry major, has compiled a 3.86 grade-po...MORE...
Prep baseball -- Edwards leads WV in regional win - YAKIMA -- Cody Edwards struck out 10 in six innings and clubbed a three-run homer to lead West Valley to a 7-3 victory over East Valley of Spokane in a 3A regional loser-out game on Tuesday. The Rams (11-10) advance to play at Mount Spokane (9-12) on Frid...MORE...
Prep golf/tennis roundup -- Crockett, McElrath defend GCB titles - SELAH -- Riverside Christian's Matt Crockett and La Salle's Ariana McElrath both successfully defended their district championships, leading their respective teams to district titles in the Greater Columbia B District golf tournament Tuesday at the Yakima...MORE...
05/07/08 Death Notices - Frederick F. Forcier Frederick F. Forcier III, 41, died Sunday at his home. Mr. Forcier was born in Snoqualmie, Wash. He was a logger and worked in the timber industry most of his life. Survivors include his father, Frederick Forcier Jr. of Wapato; his mo...MORE...
King to announce re-election bid today - State Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, plans to formally announce his re-election campaign today. King was elected last year, ousting Alex Deccio's midterm replacement, Jim Clements, R-Selah, after a high-profile, high-expense campaign. He ran on a promise to...MORE...
Former state Supreme Court justice Brachtenbach dies - Robert F. Brachtenbach, one of only five Yakima Valley residents to serve on the state Supreme Court, died Friday morning at his home in Cottage Grove, Ore. He was 77. Brachten bach, who grew up in Yakima and practiced law in Selah, spent 22 years on the...MORE...
How the inspections are done - At least once a year, depending on the type of establishment, health inspectors will drop in unannounced at a local eatery. They typically enter through the main door and announce their presence to the owner or person in cha...MORE...
Salvation Army luncheon set for May 13 - The Yakima Salvation Army is holding its Civic Luncheon on May 13. The event raises funds for the Salvation Army's summer day camp in Milroy Park and honors longtime volunteer Pauline Hunter. It's held in conjunction with National Salvation Army Week, May...MORE...
Health inspectors remember the 1 percent that fail - Jared Keefer and Ryan Ibach have seen it all. Cockroaches dripping down walls. Buckets overflowing with goat blood. Mold covering food like fuzzy blankets. They're Yakima Health District inspectors, and their job is to ensure patrons have a safe dining e...MORE...
Auditor passes on complaints to CWU - Allegations of cronyism, retaliation and interference at Central Washington University made its way from the Washington State Auditor's Office to the university's Board of Trustees earlier this week. In a letter from state auditor Brian Sonntag that trus...MORE...
LOCAL REPORT -- CWU's Holtman named GNAC's best player - ELLENSBURG -- Central Washington senior first baseman Mallory Holtman got plenty of kudos for her sportsmanship this past week, and Monday the Great Northwest Athletic Conference honored her play. Holtman was named the conference's fastpitch player of the...MORE...
News of new grandson not difficult to get used to - We got an interesting e-mail from our son Shawn in Berkeley, Calif., last week. "We had the ultrasound this morning," it began, "and learned the sex of our baby. It's a ..." followed by several blank lines, then "a ........" and more blank lines, and ano...MORE...
AWAY AT SCHOOL -- Locals drive Pirate tennis - KATIE STAUDINGER (Eisenhower), a freshman on the Whitworth women's tennis team, finished 21-1 overall in singles play this year and 20-2 in doubles. JUSTINE HAYS (La Salle), a junior on the team, finished the season with a record of 18-3 in singles play...MORE...
'Expelled' examines knowledge war - A war is raging. It's a fierce battle that encompasses religion, cultural diversity, education and morality. And Ben Stein's documentary, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," faces it with heavy artillery, some of the world's greatest thinkers from both s...MORE...
With loss of daughter, mom sees a loss of justice - Sometimes when Kimberly Lobdell thinks of her youngest daughter, she sees her smiling angel, the one who wanted to be a veterinarian and have 10 children of her own. Then she remembers how her daughter's body was found after being set afire and left to bu...MORE...
Buena teen believes the work is paying off - TOPPENISH -- Deisy Magaña works weekends -- up to 12 hours a day both Saturday and Sunday -- at a ranch in Buena. Like most teens, she uses some of her paycheck to buy clothes. Unlike most teens, she also pays rent and other household bills. And, w...MORE...
Three-ring requiem to honor devoted circus man - SELAH -- A conventional funeral wouldn't have been any good -- for one thing, there's normally very little cotton candy or popcorn. And any memorial for Terrell Jacobs simply had to include cotton candy and popcorn. And a circus big top, and an animal-sho...MORE...
Bickleton sophomores get T.A.T.U.'d - BICKLETON -- This spring, the sophomores of Bickleton High School -- a total of 10 students -- got on a bus and traveled to Yakima to attend a Teens Against Tobacco Use program at the Education Service District 105 office. The training was part of their ...MORE...
The desire for a better life eclipses all else - Everyone knows the United States of America as the land of the free. It's a country full of promise and opportunity, a place where people can be whatever they want to be. It's also a second chance at getting life right. It says so on the Statue of Liberty...MORE...
Greenway expansion hinges on two grants - Two state grants are being sought to expand the Yakima Greenway pathway complex, including its foray beyond 40th Avenue toward Naches. A three-mile stretch of what was the old Naches rail line would be made into a pathway under a $1.3 million grant applic...MORE...
Kids respond to one cool cat - Gus commands attention without saying a word. He's blue. He's a cat. And he adorns his 7-foot frame with a top hat and bow tie. For 30 first-graders at Barge- Lincoln Elementary School, his looks make him a star....MORE...
Finding a home in the Dome - YAKIMA -- Fallout from the Yakama Sun Kings closing operations hasn't slowed plans to place an arenafootball2 franchise in Yakima -- possibly as soon as 2009. Brady Nelson, majority owner of the Spokane Shock and a member of af2's executive committee, eve...MORE...
Selah apartment fight reaches Superior Court - Determined to halt construction of an apart-ment complex in their neighborhood, a group of Selah residents is taking its fight to Yakima County Superior Court. "This is our final, last stand," said Dave Hoffert, a spokesman for the 90-member South Selah...MORE...
Prep baseball/fastpitch roundup -- Guyer, Butterfield lead La Salle to GCB title - YAKIMA -- David Guyer and Nick Butterfield both pitched two-hit shutouts as La Salle captured the Greater Columbia B baseball title with a 10-0, 10-0 sweep over Klickitat/Trout Lake-Glenwood on Saturday. The Lightning (14-6) finished 7-2 in league, a game...MORE...
Plea deal discussed for former coach - A plea deal is in the works for a former West Valley youth coach charged with molesting some of his players. Randy Sayler, 46, is scheduled for a plea hearing Tuesday in Yakima County Superior Court, according to court documents. Sayler is accused of mol...MORE...
College roundup -- Central men take fifth in GNAC championship - ELLENSBURG -- Without their injured 400-meter ace, Central Washington's men slipped from the first-day lead to a fifth-place finish in the GNAC track and field championships Friday at Tomlinson Stadium. The Wildcats totaled 1511/2 points in the tightly-bu...MORE...
Prep track and field roundup -- Wandling, Johnson shine at Prosser Invite - PROSSER -- Cade Wandling of Prosser and Crystal Johnson of Davis were named the top athletes at Saturday's 48th annual Prosser Rotary Invitational track meet at Fiker Stadium. Wandling set a meet record in the 400-meter dash of 48.69 seconds and he ran on...MORE...
Teens suspected of making bomb threat - NACHES -- Two freshman boys were booked into Yakima County Juvenile Detention on Friday for allegedly making a bomb threat at Naches Valley High School. The Yakima County Sheriff's office is seeking felony charges, according to a sheriff's news release. ...MORE...
Prep soccer/tennis roundup -- Wenatchee dashes Davis' postseason hopes - WENATCHEE -- Home field was just enough advantage for Wenatchee to end Davis' season Saturday night. The Pirates led early but, despite a big defensive effort, fell 2-1 in a shootout in the Columbia Basin 4A district semifinals at the Apple Bowl. League c...MORE...
Senior projects help students become better citizens - Rosie Marquez's senior project is a far stretch from her interests four years ago when she was a freshman at Grandview High School. In Mike Manship's art class, she struggled and knew little about painting beyond the vertical brush strokes she used to pai...MORE...
Semi-pro football -- Mavericks respond to Skagit challenge - YAKIMA -- The on-off switch for these undefeated Yakima Mavericks must be in an easy place to bump. Because the semipro football team was its usual Jekyll-and-Hyde self against an outmanned Skagit Valley Lightning team Saturday at Zaepfel Stadium. Yet the...MORE...
CBA -- League official remains hopeful Sun Kings can find investors - YAKIMA -- Little has changed on the fate of the Sun Kings since the Yakama Nation's stunning announcement three weeks ago that they were shutting the team down, but at least one CBA official remains optimistic something will materialize to bring the team...MORE...
LOCAL REPORT -- DeGrood, Baldwin break through at SunTides - YAKIMA -- It might have been the matching flowered trousers. It might have been the first truly spring-like day of the year. But it also might have been Corey DeGrood's seven birdies that carried he and Jeff Baldwin to their first Central Washington Two-M...MORE...
PDL Soccer -- Sagare, Garcia lead Reds to win in opener - SPOKANE -- Yakima's new-look front line paid immediate dividends, helping the Reds get their season off to a solid start. Jake Sagare and Junior Garcia made triumphant returns to the Reds, collecting all of the goals as Yakima blanked the Spokane Spiders ...MORE...
Local report -- DeGrazia, Diede take share of lead in two-man best ball - YAKIMA -- Perennial winner Chris DeGrazia once again laid claim as possibly the best golfer ever to visit SunTides Golf Course as he and a new partner staked a share of the lead in the 39th-annual Central Washington Two-Man Best-Ball Tournament on Saturda...MORE...
5/4/08 Prep standings - BASEBALL Greater Columbia B Final W L La Salle 7 2 Lyle 6 3 Riverside Christian 3 6 Klickitat-TLG 2 7 Saturday's results La Salle 10-10, Klickitat-TLG 0-0 Lyle 15-8, Riverside Christian 4-4 FASTPITCH CWAC W L East Valley 14 0 Othello 13 1 Selah 13 3 El...MORE...
5/4/08 Letter to sports - Criticism of 3A hoops was unfair To the sports editor -- I'm surprised nobody else called me on it, but I'll do it myself, albeit three weeks late because of the Herald-Republic editorial board's once-a-month letter policy that could have been waived but ...MORE...
Prosser nursing home sold to Eagle Healthcare - PROSSER -- Prosser Memorial Hospital has decided to sell its nursing home to Eagle Healthcare, Inc. The public hospital's board of directors voted 4-3 Thursday night to sell its aging, cramped nursing home to the private provider. The decision allows the ...MORE...
Prep baseball/fastpitch roundup -- Chapman pitches Pirates into tie for 2nd - YAKIMA -- Sophomore Chris Chapman threw a three-hitter with nine strikeouts to lead Davis to a 3-2 win over Wenatchee in the second game of a Columbia Basin League 4A baseball doubleheader at Davis Field on Friday. Wenatchee won the opener 10-6 and the sp...MORE...
Local report -- Yaks sweep, stay in playoff contention - ONTARIO, Ore. -- Breanne Mettie's two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday gave Yakima Valley a sweep of its doubleheader with Treasure Valley and kept the Yaks in the Eastern Region playoff hunt. Mettie's hit completed a 13-3, 4-2 YVCC s...MORE...
College football -- CWU to scrimmage at Bothell - YAKIMA -- Central Washington, hoping for a banner season under first-year coach Blaine Bennett, will hold its first spring football scrimmage today. The Wildcats will gather at Pop Keeney Stadium in Bothell at 1 p.m. Following two practices next week, Cen...MORE...
Workshops to focus on kids' safety - GOLDENDALE -- Law enforcement agencies in Klickitat County are hosting a new program that will offer a monthlong series of workshops to help educate parents and children. Short for Community Action Minded Police, the C.A.M.P. workshops will focus on keepi...MORE...
Students to speak at D.C. conference - Two students from Granger High School will speak this weekend at a Washington, D.C., conference hosted by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, or NALEO. Nick Guerra and Lee Sekaquaptewa will speak during a Saturday luncheon...MORE...
Livestock show starts Sunday in Toppenish - TOPPENISH -- Youngsters once again are preparing to show off their animals during the Central Washington Junior Livestock Show, which begins Sunday. Interest in the four-day event is still holding strong, as there is a similar number of animals entered as...MORE...
Local youths share their thoughts on prayer - The 57th annual National Day of Prayer was Thursday. In conjunction with the event, held annually across the country on the first Thursday of May, a committee made up of members of several local churches sponsored a student essay contest. Youths were aske...MORE...
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