Union Gap News

It had been a long night for Stephen and his wife, driving all the way into Yakima from Montana.

Two local school districts now looking into school uniforms. White, black and grey uniform's are already the rule for Union Gap students.

STEVE TURNER. 7 p.m. Monday. Inklings Bookshop, 5629 Summitview Ave., Chalet Place.

Yakima Masada Shriners greet specators at the Union Gap Old Town Days parade Saturday, June 20, 2009 as they make their way down Main Street.

Action News has confirmed the problem of mosquitoes in the Lower Valley is real and we've uncovered why it may not be going away.

If you drove past Ahtanum Youth Park Sunday, you probably heard some of our own American Idol contestants! Twenty-six finalists in three categories competed for the grand prize: $1,000. Several contestants were fresh from the "Yakima's Got Talent" competition.

Romy, a women's clothing store that specializes in providing boutique styles at lower prices, recently opened at the Valley Mall in Union Gap.

Union Gap School kindergarten teacher Katy Larsen makes a last-minute adjustment to the mortarboard worn by Alejandra Castaneda before kindergarten graduation there June 18, 2009.

They call it the first step in making Union Gap even safer. At a meeting, police met with dozens of residents to launch block watch programs throughout the town.

The Union Gap man injured in a Friday bicycle crash remains in critical condition, Yakima police said Sunday afternoon.

Vintage tractors, including Kris Kiser's 1957 Mc Cormick Farmall 350, center, are parked in the field at Fullbright Park in Union Gap after completing the Harrah Tractor Run Saturday, June 13, 2009.

When students in Union Gap go back to school in the fall, they'll have a brand new safer school for learning.

A Wednesday evening fire blamed on fireworks was expected to keep firefighters busy through early today after it started on Lookout Point.

Pauline Brownlee with Yakima County Food Services says goodbye to Shirley Rinehold after delivering meals for her and her three dogs in Yakima, Wash.

Now that Naches has built more than a mile of paved trail near its historic depot, community leaders are spearheading a fundraising campaign to link the trail to the Yakima Greenway.

He does it every year, but it doesn't get any cooler up on the roof of the Top Foods in Union Gap.

Amanda Huff, 16, a sophomore at Stanton Academy, secures a ramp to a post while her Construction Technology teacher Ben Elliott holds it steady, and Richard Lopez levels a board behind her .

Former managers and employees of Western RV in Union Gap have filed suit in federal court for reimbursement of unpaid benefits and damages.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a 21-year-old suspect in the armed robbery of a meat market in Union Gap last week.

Anthony Gaylord Garvin is no longer guilty of methamphetamine possession, at least not in the case that the state Supreme Court heard today .