Thorp News

The following editorial appears in the June 3, 2009, Yakima Herald-Republic. "Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." PLATO, PHILOSOPHER "Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair." GEORGE BURNS, COMEDIAN Being an elected public ...

The potatoes are planted inside the box, the first row of boards is installed and the dirt or mulch can now be added to cover the seed potatoes.

Bail has been set at $500,000 for a man accused of robbing an Ellensburg-area convenience store with his 9-year-old daughter at his side.

The man accused of taking his 9-year-old daughter along while he robbed a Thorp convenience store at gunpoint is back in Kittitas County, officials confirmed Monday night.

Kittitas County Superior Court is preparing for Daniel Webb's return. Webb made national news by holding up a convenience store in Thorp, just outside west of Ellensburg, with this nine-year-old daughter in tow.

Robert Daniel Webb's 1,200-mile-plus odyssey ended quietly in the driveway of a north Yakima home Saturday afternoon.

Robert Daniel Webb is transported from the Yakima Police Station to Yakima County Jail just before 5 p.m. Saturday April 4, 2009 after he turned himself in to Yakima Police around 1 p.m. Links Comments Accompanied by girl, man robs AM/PM mini-mart near Ellensburg Suspect sought in Ellensburg mini-mart robbery After the robbery Dad escapes police ...

A father wanted for holding up a convenience store near Ellensburg with his 9-year-old daughter is in Yakima police custody.

The 9-year-old girl who was with her father as he robbed an Ellensburg-area convenience store has been found in northern California.

The surveillance video captured everything- a dad robbing a gas station in with his daughter right beside him.

Cyclists use headlights to navigate the 2.3-mile Snoqualmie Pass Tunnel, one of five old railway tunnels closed on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail, which need an estimated $9 million in repairs.

Coming out of a tunnel on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail near Thorp, Wash. Tunnels 46 through 50, from Snoqualmie Pass east to Thorp on the Iron Horse State Park /John Wayne Pioneer Trail, have been closed by the ...

At 192 pounds, I weigh less than Oprah. Earlier this week, the ever-popular talk show host from Chicago confessed she has been expanding at a rate equal to our national debt.

The annual Thorp Community Christmas Celebration is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday centered at the Kittitas County Fire Dist.