Union Gap News

New roads, zoning, bike and walking paths and more are all heading to the West Valley.

A Yakima police officer is recovering after being knocked unconscious as he struggled with a suspect in a speeding truck.

It's Green Week on NBC with environmentally themed programming on the network each day as efforts to "go green" are happening locally as well.

Major residential development in West Valley will all but cease under a new Yakima city policy that makes it tougher for developers to get sewer hookups outside city limits.

People were waiting at the door when Applebees Bar and Grill opened Wednesday. To thank veterans and active military personnel Applebees offered free entrees.

UNION GAP, Wash. -- Students and teachers from La Salle and Wapato high schools are headed to Seattle today to participate in "Hutch High." About 250 high school students - mostly sophomores - from across the state will be attending the program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

The annual Toys for Tots campaign kicked off Friday in Yakima, with organizers taking donations and applications through Nov.

November 03, 2009 - Yakima Police Department in Washington has gone live with CrimeMapping.com, a nationwide service that allows residents to map out and report on crime activity near any address.

A Union Gap plastic extruding facility is going under a new name as its parent company tries to unify all the services it offers under one brand.

Yakima Valley shoppers want more retail. On the Shop Talk blog, posts about new stores coming to the Valley usually garner the most comments.

Some local shoppers got a bit excited when C enterCal Properties posted a site plan on its Web site that named tenants for vacant spaces at the Valley Mall .

This editorial roundup appears Nov. 1, 2009, in the Yakima Herald-Republic. During the past few weeks, the editorial board for the Yakima Herald-Republic has provided its opinion on a number of races for public office, a countywide criminal justice sales tax and two statewide measures.

A Union Gap nursing home is in big trouble after one of its residents slips away and goes missing.

Union Gap- A surprising decision at the Union Gap City Council meeting Monday night.

Despite protests from about 50 residents and city employees, the Union Gap City Council voted 5-1 to cut 51/2 positions Monday night.

Union Gap City Council will decide the fate of its community service officer. He could lose his job or be cut back to part time.

I got another piece of the puzzle of a possible new mystery tenant at the Valley Mall Plaza .

Police said Friday they have arrested three people in connection with the shooting death last November of 16-year-old Ricky Cabrera of Wapato.

Almost a year after 16-year-old Ricardo Cabrera died during a shooting on North Track Road, the Yakima Sheriff's Office takes three people into custody.

Happy birthday, Shop Talk. One year ago today, we launched the Shop Talk blog . And boy has it been a busy year - we covered the closure of several big retailers, the opening of several new restaurants and everything in between.