Harrah News

A brush fire destroyed about 200 acres between Harrah and White Swan on Friday night.

"They're running out of land there and they're moving out here, and we're putting a loud voice for it, we do not want them here," Harrah Resident, Jan Whitefoot, said.

A group opposed to any new dairies or feedlots on the Yakama reservation is inviting tribal members to a meeting explaining the impacts of such operations on communities.

Kilts, cabers and Celtic music are on the menu today at the eighth annual Scottish Fest and Highland Games.

Firefighters from Yakima Country Fire District 5 put out a vehicle fire after extinguishing a mobile home fire on McKinley Road near Toppenish on Monday.

Microsoft is getting into the business of pickup lines. OK, not exactly, but a new deployment of Microsoft Surface tabletop computers at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas comes with a software ...

Chukar Cherries will participate in a top-flight food and wine tasting event this weekend in Aspen, Colo.

Katie Sealock loves her school. The 17-year-old senior from Wapato has experienced both public and private education.

It'll be a little bit harder to get in on the action in the NBA finals. Harrah Entertainment Inc., owner of 13 casinos in Nevada, is barred from taking bets on the Lakers-Celtics series.

William Libbrecht, left, sits with his children Jules, 5, and Elyzabeth, 7, on Sunday in Harrah, where he lives at his father's home Libbrecht was shot in the yard of the home by a man running through his yard ...

A Sunnyside family's plan to erect a dairy that would hold up to 7,000 cows near a national wildlife refuge on the Yakama reservation is drawing fire from hundreds of residents.

Members of the Yakama Nation have voted for a moratorium on new or expanded feedlot operations on the 1.2 million-acre reservation south of Yakima. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Updated: Governor Christine Gregoire is planning to have her staff evaluate damage to the state's fruit crops which means local growers could be getting some relief. via KNDO - Yakima

Yesterday we told you that kennewick police had arrested seven people for posession of drugs and guns. via KNDO - Yakima

A man suspected in a weekend shooting spree in Harrah was charged Wednesday with assault, robbery, kidnapping, and being an alien in possession of a firearm. via Yakima Herald-Republic

“I grew up here -- It's always been you could leave your keys in your car and your doors unlocked”

Business appeared normal Monday at Harold's General Merchandise, just two days after a bizarre robbery saw a fleeing gunman fire at deputies and shoot a father, who moments earlier had been working in his yard. via Yakima Herald-Republic

Police continue to investigate a shooting and armed robbery at Harold's General Store in Harrah. via KNDO - Yakima

A Harrah man was shot in the groin Saturday by a robbery suspect trying to escape from sheriff's deputies, according to the Yakima County Sheriff's Office. via Yakima Herald-Republic

A 22-year-old White Swan man was killed this morning after crashing into a power pole south of Harrah. via Yakima Herald-Republic

“With their help and encouragement, many Japanese families were able to get off to a new start”

Photo courtesy of the Yakima Valley Museum A 1942 photo of a newly constructed Japanese evacuation center in Toppenish. via Yakima Herald-Republic