Toppenish News

In the 1950s, Catholic Credit Union was nothing more than a few card tables set up in front of St.

Dee Eberhart used to hear the guns go off at the Training Center when he was growing up in Toppenish.

Jesus Sanchez stands in a hop yard near the Toppenish home where he grew up. Sanchez, now the operations manager for the city of Shoreline, is among the first group of Mexican-Americans who went to college in the state.

The warm weather is making it a busy weekend for firefighters. A 20 acre brush fire had Yakima County and Yakama Nation Fire Management working alongside Highway 97 outside of Toppenish Sunday.

Washington State Patrol says a driver on drugs may be to blame for the death of a baby outside of Toppenish Friday night.

One man has been arrested after police say he stabbed another man, then broke into a neighbor's house.

Yakima, wash. -- A 27-year-old Yakima man was stabbed at a party in Naches early Sunday morning.

A tragic accident east of Toppenish Friday night ends with an eight-month-old baby dead.

The state is closing two National Guard armories in central Washington because of budget cuts.

To Aurelio Rodriguez and Nikki Holly Palomarez of Yakima, a daughter, Nevaeh Marie Rodriguez, 6 pounds, 9 ounces, at 11:51 p.m., on June 11, 2009.

After denying their sole applicant a vacant position on the City Council earlier this month, council members for a second time will advertise the position in hopes of garnering more interest.

A truck towing a trailer loaded with cattle wrecked on U.S. Highway 97 south of here on Monday evening, leaving the driver in critical condition, authorities said.

Yakima Police Department Officer Phil Posada explains at a press conference June 18, 2009 how the Automatic License Plate Reader works.

Micheala Hansen completes the finising touches to her fish painting before letting it dry on the line during an ArtsVan event in 2004.

A truck hit a man Monday night, leaving him in the hospital and investigators on the hunt for the vehicle that left him there.

Like many crops in the Mid-Columbia, mint season is a little behind schedule this year because of the cool spring.

A recent Pasco High graduate was crowned Tri-Cities Miss Juneteenth 2009 on Saturday night after a nearly 2 1/2-hour pageant.

Kids in Washington can get a free ride through college. The College Bound Scholarship is for for kids of low-income families or in foster care.

Valerie Sampson hands a bag filled with bottles of beer to her friend, William Olney while walking along North Track Road in Wapato, Wash.

YAKIMA, Wash. -- A special filing period has been established for the 12 Yakima County elected positions that so far have failed to attract any candidates.