TODAY'S NEWS
NEW Snoqualmie and White passes both open this morning
- YAKIMA, Wash. -- Both major cross-state mountain passes linking Central Washington to Puget Sound are open this morning.
NEW Union Gap man knocked unconscious after being struck by pickup
- YAKIMA, Wash. -- An 18-year-old Union Gap man who dashed into traffic was hurt when a pickup hit him Thursday on Nob Hill Bou...
NEW Woman hit by car on North First Street
- YAKIMA, Wash. — Authorities say a 69-year-old Yakima woman was hit by a car Thursday as she crossed North First Street.
Avalanche control impedes traffic
- Drivers heading to Seattle this morning shouldn't run into any road problems -- but it doesn't hurt to check conditions first...
Right Pro Hardware closing after 15 years
- YAKIMA, Wash. -- A local hardware store is closing its doors for good on Saturday. Right Pro Hardware has spent the last mon...
Wapato homicide is county's 20th this year
- WAPATO, Wash. -- The Wapato man found shot to death at a dark intersection near his home Thursday morning once told a state t...
Woman's family sues for medical negligence
- YAKIMA, Wash. -- A Sunnyside man has accused four Yakima doctors of medical negligence in connection with the death of his wi...
Recount for Selah CIty Council race is Dec. 7
- SELAH, Wash. -- A mandatory recount in the ever-so-close Selah City Council race for the Position 1 seat is tentatively sched...
Shortfall may force budget cuts in Wapato
- WAPATO, Wash. -- Cuts may be inevitable as the city of Wapato grapples with a projected $350,000 shortfall in next year's ope...
Local job growth gets a financial lift
- YAKIMA, Wash. -- Yakima and Klickitat counties are receiving part of $3.3 million in loans and grants to create job and busin...
Saving young fish from dying channel
- NILE VALLEY -- Call it the Great Fish Rescue of 2009. Some 35 biologists sloshed hip deep through the frigid backwaters of a ...
Police officer from Yakima shot to death in Las Vegas
- MOXEE -- Trevor Nettleton liked to call his dad Chevy after the character portrayed by actor Chevy Chase in the movie "Nation...
EPA picks Valley for well project
- YAKIMA, Wash. -- The Yakima Valley has been selected as one of 10 communities nationwide for a special project to reduce heal...
President of Pacific Northwest University abruptly leaves
- YAKIMA, Wash. -- Dr. Stan Flemming, president of Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, has abruptly left his posit...
Snoqualmie Pass shut for avalanche control
- SNOQUALMIE PASS, WASH. -- Traffic on Interstate 90 on Snoqualmie Pass was stopped at 3:30 p.m. today so road crews can conduc...
Recount date set in Selah City Council race
- YAKIMA, Wash. -- A mandatory recount in the ever-so-close Selah City Council race for the Position 1 seat is tentatively sche...
Davis HS grad killed in Las Vegas robbery attempt
- NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A Las Vegas police officer who grew up in Yakima was shot to death in his garage in North Las Vegas e...
TOP STORY
Saving young fish from dying channel
NILE VALLEY -- Call it the Great Fish Rescue of 2009. Some 35 biologists sloshed hip deep through the frigid backwaters of a dying river channel Thursday. Working in teams of three, one attracted a...
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UPDATES
NEW Snoqualmie and White passes both open this morning
- YAKIMA, Wash. -- Both major cross-state mountain passes linking Central Washington to Puget Sound are open this morning.
NEW Union Gap man knocked unconscious after being struck by pickup
- YAKIMA, Wash. -- An 18-year-old Union Gap man who dashed into traffic was hurt when a pickup hit him Thursday on Nob Hill Bou...
NEW Woman hit by car on North First Street
- YAKIMA, Wash. — Authorities say a 69-year-old Yakima woman was hit by a car Thursday as she crossed North First Street.
BLOGS
Where can you find Black Friday coverage? Right here, of course.
- YAKIMA, Wash. -- We’re just one week away from the crazy shopping day known to many as Black Friday.
Saturday is final day for Right Pro Hardware
- YAKIMA, Wash. -- A local hardware store is closing its doors for good on Saturday.
CEO aims to make Albertsons "more simple"
- YAKIMA, Wash. -- The Star Tribune in Minneapolis had a story today on new SuperValu CEO Craig Herkert. Herkert, who came to t...

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