Tieton News

YAKIMA, Wash. - A Tieton man was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle Sunday evening after causing a three-vehicle crash on Summitview Road, authorities said.

After being without a board of commissioners since last spring, the Cowiche Sewer District has two commissioners back on board.

An ongoing problem with illegal dumping has one Tieton woman upset and frustrated.

NACHES, Wash. - U.S. Highway 12 will be closed tonight to allow for safe blasting of rock cliffs over the roadway.

An old landslide is seen on the east end of Toppenish Ridge from Highway 22. The slide may possibly have been triggered by a earthquake.

Naches is already a great place, but more could be done and relationships between various entities could be improved with better communication and coordination.

Service group representatives and residents in Naches are holding a meeting Thursday to seek ways to improve communication and cooperation.

Students who need extra help in math and reading might be able to receive free tutoring through Advantage Point Learning.

The Tieton Intermediate School Parent Association is holding its annual fundraiser on Saturday.

The Forest Service is in trouble for a controlled burn that filled the Yakima Valley with thick smoke for five hours in late September.

This editorial appears in the Nov. 5, 2009, Yakima Herald-Republic. Where there's smoke, there should be fire.

The Tieton City Council has scheduled a special meeting to consider whether the town's budget can absorb pay raises for several employees.

The Yakima Regional Clean Air Authority wants someone to answer for some breathing problems residents experienced late September.

The first day of elk hunting season didn't go well for a 68-year-old Colfax man.

The following transactions were recorded in July. Selah Residential property at 1702 W. Naches Ave., Selah, sold by Johnson Rental Properties, to Michael Monsen, $225,600. Residential property at 304 Hillview Ave., Selah, sold by Fred Wickholm, to Donald Rosio, $230,000. Residential property at 31 Hovde Lane, Selah, sold by Ronald Berry, to Terry ...

Officials in Tieton want their small town to be seen as a viable place for doing business and spending money.

EDITOR'S NOTE: In some local races, the Yakima Herald-Republic posed questions to candidates about their positions on key issues in their communities.

YAKIMA, Wash.- The election is three weeks away and your ballot should be in the mail by the end of the week.

The glaciers and peaks of Washington's Goat Rocks reflect in the inaptly named Warm Lake in the wilderness area's alpine meadows.

NACHES, Wash. - The 700-acre Twin Peaks fire burning in the Goat Rocks Wilderness Area should be contained by this evening, Forest Service officials say.