Kittitas News

Election results are in. In Yakima City Council races, Maureen Adkison, Bill Lover and Micah Cawley have retained their council seats.

The city of Kittitas will receive $742,000 in federal stimulus money to improve its waste water treatment plant.

Here's a little something to whet the appetites of those anxiously awaiting election results tonight who are not otherwise engaged in get out the vote efforts .

Another hospital has come out against Initiative 1033. Earlier this week, the board of commissioners of Kittitas Valley Community Hospital passed a resolution in opposition to Tim Eyman's I-1033, saying it would threaten the hospital's financial viability and hurt its ability to provide quality health services.

An Ellensburg man was injured in a traffic crash early this morning on Interstate 90 two miles east of Snoqualmie Pass, authorities say.

Rain starting to fall across the region this morning should continue throughout the day, but forecasters are calling for relatively nice weather on Saturday into Sunday as the Inland Northwest enjoys a break between wet Pacific storm systems.

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Yakima and Catholic Family & Child Service of the Tri Cities are receiving a $900,000 federal grant to change the child welfare system in Central and Eastern Washington.

The city of Union Gap recently received a $700,000 grant, which will be used to install water and sewer lines in phase four of the Valley Mall Boulevard expansion project.

The Dispute Resolution Center of Yakima and Kittitas Counties needs more volunteer mediators, including Spanish speakers.

Jay Manning, director of the Washington Department of Ecology, is leaving his post to become chief of staff for Gov.

Police will be investigating the source of three suspicious letters that were apparently intended to target the criminal justice system in Kittitas County.

Ellensburg Police are trying to figure out who sent three suspicious packages filled with white powder.

It was a heated council meeting in Kittitas, where the attacks got personal. One of the council members resigned a few weeks ago, so the council had to appoint someone else to fill the spot.

Several buildings have been evacuated after a suspicious white powder was found in Ellensburg.

KITTITAS, Wash.- The open Kittitas City Council spot will remain unfilled until after the November election.

A 19-year-old man was transferred to a Seattle hospital this morning after the car he was riding in rolled and struck a tree on Interstate 90 about a mile west of Ellensburg.

Kittitas County is seeking a consultant to do a master plan for utility and infrastructure upgrades, including sidewalks and paving, scheduling and budgeting, at Kittitas County Airport/Bowers Field.

I'm not surprised that the Washington State Transportation Commission is considering selling company naming rights for our state's ferries.

Kittitas County commissioners and the state Department of Ecology have resigned themselves to waiting for an attorney general's opinion on the authority of the state and the county to regulate exempt wells in the upper county.

Over 80 percent of us have at least one sex offender living within a mile from where we live.