NEW New bottle manufacturing company opening in Union Gap - UNION GAP, Wash. -- A new company announced plans Friday to make sports bottles from recycled aluminum and sell them to outdo...
NEW Nearly 50 dogs found malnourished in Goldendale - GOLDENDALE, Wash. (AP) — Nearly 50 dogs were seized after being found living in unsanitary conditions in a residence 10 miles...
UPDATE Two from Mabton injured in I-82 rollover - BENTON CITY, Wash. — Two people from Mabton were hospitalized this morning when their car overturned after it crossed a cente...
Photo Journal -- Horses - SARA GETTYS/Yakima Herald-Republic Horses stand in a field near Iron Horse State Park near Thorpe last week.
Body showed no signs of foul play - An autopsy on Thursday found no sign of foul play in the death of a man whose body was discovered Wednesday in the Yakima Riv...
Conservancy planning fundraiser - Cowiche Canyon Conservancy is going Irish. The local conservation group, which oversees Cowiche Canyon and Snow Mountain, is ...
Four injured in Wapato accident - WAPATO -- A family of four was treated at a hospital and released when their car was rear-ended by a semi-trailer while stopp...
Fiesta de Salud is Saturday - Fiesta de Salud -- a free community health fair -- is back for a third year, providing diabetes screenings, blood pressure ch...
School board OKs raises for some - It's not a lot, but it's still an increase. The Yakima School Board has approved a 0.5 percent wage bump for its maintenance ...
Storm causes minor damage - YAKIMA -- A thunderstorm that blew through the Cascades and into the Yakima Valley on Wednesday evening dumped heavy rain in ...
Water woes run deep; Bickleton also has high nitrate levels - BICKLETON --Surrounded by vast wheatfields and a skyline studded with wind turbines, this tiny community high atop the Horse ...
Rotary seeks people to go to Bangladesh - Yakima Herald-Republic Rotary Clubs in the Yakima Valley are looking for young professionals who are interested in participat...
Tribe blocks Hawaii trash from being dumped in Basin - YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC SPOKANE -- A federal judge Thursday granted the Yakama Nation a temporary restraining order blocking s...
Gates Sr. pushes income tax initiative - By PAT MUIR YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Bill Gates Sr. believes the state income tax measure he's pushing could win votes even in ...
School board fills seat with David Garcia - By ADRIANA JANOVICH YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC David Garcia is the newest member of the Yakima School Board. And at 28, he's also...
Hospital board votes to close nursing home - By ROSS COURTNEY YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC PROSSER -- Prosser Memorial Hospital's nursing home, which has been part of the hospi...
No foul play found in death of man in river - YAKIMA, Wash. — An autopsy today found no sign of foul play in the death of a man whose body was discovered Wednesday in the ...
David Garcia appointed to Yakima school board - YAKIMA, Wash. -- David Garcia has been appointed as the newest member of the Yakima school board.
Thunderstorm starts small ‘smokes’ in Naches Ranger District - NACHES, Wash. -- A thunderstorm that blew through the Cascades and into the Yakima Valley on Wednesday evening dumped heavy r...
Indian Creek Road mudslide cleared away - WHITE PASS, Wash. -- U.S. Forest Service crews spent about five hours Wednesday night clearing a mudslide that separated a gr...

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Water woes run deep; Bickleton also has high nitrate levels

BICKLETON --Surrounded by vast wheatfields and a skyline studded with wind turbines, this tiny community high atop the Horse Heaven Hills shares a common problem with the Lower Yakima Valley: nitra...

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NEW New bottle manufacturing company opening in Union Gap - UNION GAP, Wash. -- A new company announced plans Friday to make sports bottles from recycled aluminum and sell them to outdo...
NEW Nearly 50 dogs found malnourished in Goldendale - GOLDENDALE, Wash. (AP) — Nearly 50 dogs were seized after being found living in unsanitary conditions in a residence 10 miles...
UPDATE Two from Mabton injured in I-82 rollover - BENTON CITY, Wash. — Two people from Mabton were hospitalized this morning when their car overturned after it crossed a cente...

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