Toppenish News

A 21-year-old Toppenish man was killed about 1:30 this morning when his car, which was traveling in the wrong lane, struck another vehicle head-on on Van Belle Road one-half mile east of Granger, the Washington State Patrol reported.

There's a career fair Monday at the Yakama Nation Cultural Center in Toppenish. High school students, parents and counselors are invited to the event, dubbed "Native Networking for our Community, Preparing for the Future." According to organizers, the aim of the free fair is to inform students and other participants about networking opportunities ...

Sunnyside police arrested two suspected car prowlers after residents called 911 about a vehicle pulling in and out of driveways in the area, authorities said.

They call it the Bulb Eater, and it's hungry for your spent fluorescent lamps. Benton Rural Electric Association bought one of the contraptions for its Prosser office about six months ago and recently added another to its West Richland branch.

Washington State Patrol troopers patrolling Highway 97 south of Toppenish pulled over a 2000 Toyota Camry for speeding and confiscated nearly 15 pounds of pot and $7,000 in cash.

A Toppenish resident is suing the police chief and an officer for jailing him when he attempted to file a complaint against the officer.

TOPPENISH, Wash. - As many as 10 cows died this morning after being struck by two semi trucks on U.S. Highway 97 south of Toppenish, state troopers say.

Nearly a year after a Wapato youth was fatally shot less than a block from home, authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a 19-year old man they believe was the shooter.

You've heard of haunted houses and graveyards. Now the Northern Pacific Railway Museum in Toppenish dares you to check out a haunted train.

This endorsement editorial appears in the Oct. 22, 2009, Yakima Herald-Republic. When proponents of Yakima County's criminal justice sales tax use words like "devastating" and "catastrophic" to describe what would happen if voters turn down its renewal on Nov.

A Toppenish man was sentenced to 39 years in prison for shooting a man as he left work at a convenience store.

A Toppenish man convicted of gunning down a convenience store clerk has been sentenced to nearly 39 years in prison.

Work history: Retired; founded Wenatchee Office Supply in 1978 and ran it for about 20 years; active duty in Army for two years; Army Reserves for 28 years; worked for Crown Zellerbach for eight years; was finance commissioner for the city of Wenatchee for six years; commercial banker for two years; regional emergency response coordinator ...

Authorities are at the scene of a fatal crash on South Shaker Church Road near the Fort Road intersection.

Toppenish Police Department Officer Derrick Perez checks for outstanding warrants on a man found sleeping outside a convenience store in Toppenish Oct.

Photographs of Native Americans from Oregon and Washington are featured in a new exhibit at Heritage University.

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

A proposal to require all Toppenish businesses' signs to follow a Western theme isn't getting the warmest reception.

High school students from around the Yakima Valley are heading to Heritage University in Toppenish today to take part in a math and science camp, sponsored by the University of Washington's GEAR UP program.

Melissa Moore endured much as a child and a teenager -- her parents' divorce, poverty, rape, abortion and the revelation that her father, whom she loved and feared, was a serial murderer.