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“It could translate down to average people in Yakima.”

Instead of spring in the air...snowflakes. Ice-cylces hang on fruit trees that should be thawed and blooming. via KAPP-TV Yakima

“There's a real need for legal services because immigration is so complicated”

ROD ANTONE/Yakima Herald-Republic Translator Zuni Ontiveros, left, and Holly Smith, right, a Seattle University law student, assist Guadalupe Hernandez of Yakima at Vida Nueva Church. via Yakima Herald-Republic

“Our goal is to get them through high school”

When Veronica Rodriguez gave birth to her daughter five months ago, bringing a new life into the world didn't necessarily mean the 18-year-old Davis High School senior would have to forgo completing her own ... via Yakima Herald-Republic

“There are a lot more people this time.”

Could it be, as local Democrats would have us believe, that the "big blue wave has finally hit"? Yakima County party leaders Saturday pointed to record turnout at their convention and FDR Dinner as further ... via Yakima Herald-Republic

“He sets the bar and then coaches people up and over it”

They are often considered to be the quiet leaders of our communities. Some of them have risen to the status of more formal leaders, but for the 17 men and women being honored at the 10th annual One World, One ... via Yakima Herald-Republic

“More competition is harder, but if we market well, we should be okay”

New wineries are sprouting up all over the Yakima Valley. That's more than 30 in the last four years, which amounts to a 41-percent increase. via KNDO - Yakima

“You kind of have to check whatever beliefs you have at the door, and be impartial, and it's very important for me to be courteous to the people who come before me”

When defendants come before him in Yakima County District Court, Ralph Thompson Jr. via Yakima Herald-Republic

AG Rob McKenna released his findings in a startling report this afternoon highlighting reasons our state's high gas prices. via KNDO

“Danielle takes pride in riding her favorite horse, Noel, which gives her self-confidence and great exercise.”

HANNAH NAUGHTON/ Mason and Christie Afualo make hand prints in a newly poured concrete slab at Tumbleweed Ranch while participating in the Pegasus Project recently. via Yakima Herald-Republic

After peeking into cribs for 30 years, two scientists will share what they've learned with Yakima audiences on May 1. It's a day-long focus on how babies learn, sponsored by Circle of Success. via Yakima Herald-Republic

Updated: YAKIMA, WA - Yakima County residents are invited to share their ideas for the future of trails in the County at two public meetings scheduled for Tuesday, April 8 in Yakima and Wednesday, April 9 in ... via KNDO

“When I first stared doing less realistic work and more abstract work, he was there, saying, 'Oh, I just love it -- don't stop -- keep going forward.'”

KRIS HOLLAND/Yakima Herald-Republic The Daniel DeSiga and Friends exhibition featured DeSiga's new mixed media works titled Plexipoly at the show's opening night at Central Washington University's Sarah ... via Yakima Herald-Republic

“We will be able to fund up to 40-thousand-dollars for recruits to start their own business when after they are done serving or buy a house”

Central Washington is one of five places in the country where the Army is trying new incentives to help boost new recruitments. via Kndu.com

“Now, as a musician, there's no reason to be there”

Original: BRIAN FITZGERALD/YHR Aging signs from past occupants still adorn the door to the former vanilla ice cream cooler in Ellensburg's Darigold building, now a haven for musicians and visual artists who ... via Yakima Herald-Republic

“There's definitely going to be enough water for the fish and the rafters and everybody else”

That snow you see still covering the Cascade foothills shows this is not a normal year. via KING-TV Seattle

“There will be an office/reception area and maybe a mezzanine that opens back to warehouse space. We already have a couple of interested parties for the flex space.”

A new upscale restaurant and wine bar will celebrate its groundbreaking today at the Creekside West business park development at South 40th and Washington avenues in Yakima. via Yakima Herald-Republic

From flower bookmarks and free trees to marimba music, the Yakima Area Arboretum will be a happening place this weekend. via Yakima Herald-Republic

“It's totally foreign to them. It'll give them some idea of what their ancestors went through.”

GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic History is being re-created at the Central Washington Agriculture Museum with the construction of a house that's a replica of the house lived in by Margaret Keys nearly a ... via Yakima Herald-Republic

Local developer Cottonwood Partners wants to create an 85-lot residential subdivision on South 64th Avenue. via Yakima Herald-Republic

“The true motivation is a revenue source. It's got nothing to do with safety.”

Going against a statewide trend, the Yakima City Council has quietly quashed any more talk of red-light cameras. via Yakima Herald-Republic