Yakima News

“We're just doing our part. ... It's the right thing to do.”

KRIS HOLLAND/Yakima Herald-Republic Jim Rogers spreads dirt along the first-base line of a new baseball field under construction Wednesday in Union Gap. via Yakima Herald-Republic

“The slippery slope isn't a joke. It's a reality, and it's proven”

Washington would become the second state in the nation, after Oregon, to hold doctors legally immune if they participate in ending someone's life. via Yakima Herald-Republic

A 22-year-old Yakima man was charged with rape after prosecutors said a woman was drugged at a Yakima tavern Sunday. via Yakima Herald-Republic

“I tried to teach a friend, but I think I scared her with how excited I was”

KAYCEE PACHECO/for the Herald-Republic Skeins of brightly colored yarn are stacked in racks in The Little Red Hen knitting shop in Yakima. via Yakima Herald-Republic

The Yakima City Council took an important step today toward the creation of a pedestrian plaza in front of the Capitol Theatre. via Yakima Herald-Republic

At its first Breakfast with the Pros fundraiser, The First Tee of Yakima raised $37,000. The event took place Friday at the Yakima SunDome and was attended by about 270 paid guests. via Yakima Herald-Republic

“And this is only the beginning of the run”

SARA GETTYS/Yakima Herald-Republic Congressmen Doc Hastings, left, and Brian Baird, center, talk to Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission fish biologist John Whiteaker as they take a tour of the waters ... via Yakima Herald-Republic

Two more D-U-I accidents over the weekend have pushed the total this month in the Yakima-Sunnyside area to nine. via KNDO - Yakima

This isn't the first time peace advocates have met at Millennium Plaza. They gathered in 2004 when the death toll of American servicemen and women in the war in Iraq reached 1,000. And they convened a year ... via Yakima Herald-Republic

The Federal Reserve, seeking to ease a painful credit crisis, will be making $75 billion of much-in-demand Treasury securities available to big investments firms next week. via Kndu.com

“When we got here it was a little chaotic at first because we had so much fire, obviously before 911 was called something happened because there was a lot of fire when we got here. We usually don't see that much fire first on scene. ”

A fire in Yakima tonight completely destroys a West Valley home. It happened around 5:15 this evening near Hazen Road and West Slavin. via Kndu.com

“We are working on partnerships with prominent agriculture institutions to expand the scope and the entertainment value of the market”

Yakima's Farmers Market promises to be bigger -- literally -- and better than ever this year as the summerlong event celebrates its 10th anniversary in downtown Yakima, according to organizers. via Yakima Herald-Republic

A new pilates studio opened today in Yakima and they are going after some different clients, men. via KNDO - Yakima

“I was as 'out' as you can be in high school”

Margaret France has always loved to tell elaborate lies at parties. She likes to convince people she has a tattoo on her back of the women from the '80s TV show "The Golden Girls" and the phrase -- written in ... via Yakima Herald-Republic

The victim was treated at Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center and released within hours, Yakima police said. via Yakima Herald-Republic

“We really like the atmosphere. The people are really supportive.”

The new medical school in Terrace Heights has filled out its first ever class. Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences admitted the last student in its first class yesterday. via KNDU.com

“Whatever you feel is going to dictate future success”

But Angelos Angelou also recommended other steps the Yakima Valley should take to be successful in an increasingly competitive business recruitment arena where many communities are trying to woo the same ... via Yakima Herald-Republic

“Once a pesticide becomes unusable, it is no longer an asset and becomes a potential liability in the storage shed”

Unused agricultural and commercial-grade pesticides can be disposed of in Yakima on May 19-20 under an annual program run by the state Department of Agriculture. via Yakima Herald-Republic

“Our first human artists carved, scratched and painted images of their lives on rock”

For a moment, when you first see the carved hieroglyphs and dancing figures, your imagination transports you to an ancient ruin or a cave in Africa. via Yakima Herald-Republic

A gang member has been charged in connection with an attack last week in which two brothers on their way home from school were forced to remove their blue shoes. via Yakima Herald-Republic