Zillah News

A couple of churches are hosting a luau in Yakima's Franklin Park on Sunday afternoon.

Patrick Haluptzok, left, and Desmond Scanlan slide down a snow field in an avalanche chute along the Source Lake trail hundreds of feet above Snoqualmie Pass.

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.

Looking for some fun and entertainment? Planning a vacation and looking for a destination? There's an abundance of wine and food, beer and food, and just plain food events in the Northwest in the next few weeks.

Tri-City business and public leaders celebrated the recent launch of a new direct flight from Pasco to San Francisco with a ceremony Tuesday at the Tri-Cities Airport.

OUTLOOK, Wash. -- A haystack containing an estimated 700 tons of hay is burning this morning on Dekker Road, north of Outlook.

Today we wrap up our tour of Washington's Rattlesnake Hills Appellation with an overview of a few more wineries I visited there last month.

A Kennewick woman wanted for allegedly forging multiple prescriptions was arrested Thursday, two weeks after Kennewick cops searched her home and busted her husband for the same crime.

This year, the organizers of the eighth annual Sunshine & Wine event at State Fair Park weren't satisfied with just hosting an all-you-can-drink-and-eat festival of fine wine and food.

Diabetes screening, free health information, food and raffles will be featured at a health fair June 27 at Stewart Park in Zillah.

It would be difficult to dedicate adequate space to all of the wineries in Washington's Rattlesnake Hills Appellation.

Tad Fewel pumps waste veggie oil from a pair of barrels into his biodiesel making machine at his Zillah-area farm June 9, 2009.

A Zillah man recently received national recognition for helping make health care accessible to low-income people for more than 30 years.

YAKIMA, Wash. -- The people on the bus go "Hooray, hooray, hooray!" That's because three students are regional winners in the annual Educational Service District 105 School Bus Poster Contest.

Established in 2006, the Rattlesnake Hills Appellation encompasses over 1,500 vineyard acres from Yakima to Sunnyside on the north side of Interstate 82.

After Sunnyside's city manager was fired and the city attorney and the finance director resigned in protest, who took over as interim city manager? B) the public works director 11.

As the U.S. continues to battle what many call a childhood obesity epidemic, one local school is doing its part to make sure getting fit becomes a part of what their student's do every day.

Construction will begin soon on Zillah's first street light. City leaders say the work involves expanding First Avenue from Interstate 82 to Cheyne Road.

Each day, week or month, the financial choices facing us grow more difficult. The recession has led many of us to question how we can best feed our families on a tight household budget, or whether we can still afford to go out to a restaurant.

Chad Crossley files for an open Zillah City Council seat in the 2009 election Monday afternoon, June 1, 2009 at the Yakima County Courthouse.