Kittitas County News

They're struggling to balance the budget in Kittitas County. They have a more than $3 million deficit that they're trying to bring back to zero.

Jane Gutting, superintendent of the Educational Service District 105, plans to retire next year.

High Definition TV has come the the Yakima/Tri-Cities area! KNDO and KNDU are the first commercial stations in the area to broadcast in HD.

Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES - After a fourth round of ballot counting today , incumbent John Calhoun still leads Brad Collins -- now by 17 votes -- in the seesaw race for the Position 3 seat on the three-member Port of Port Angeles board of commissioners.

One more piece of the Yakima River Basin salmon recovery puzzle -- this one marked Kittitas County's Taneum Creek -- will be fitted into place today.

Note to Tim Eyman now that the votes are counted in the Nov. 3 election: You need to move.

The American Red Cross prepares communities for emergencies and keeps people safe in disasters.

Puget Sound Business Journal Twenty-two more wind turbines began cranking out electricity Monday at Puget Sound Energy 's Wild Horse wind facility near Ellensburg in Kittitas County.

Water on Vashon, as Islander Donna Klemka pointed out in a recent interview, is the ultimate property right.

Coal -- one of the dirtiest sources of energy around -- was once king in this Upper Kittitas County town.

Another hospital has come out against Initiative 1033. Earlier this week, the board of commissioners of Kittitas Valley Community Hospital passed a resolution in opposition to Tim Eyman's I-1033, saying it would threaten the hospital's financial viability and hurt its ability to provide quality health services.

YAKIMA, Wash. - A convicted scam artist accused of targeting senior citizens was sentenced this morning to 10 years in prison, more than double the standard range.

Landslides, flooding, we've seen it all in this area. And the clean up is always costly.

As soon as she was blindfolded, Lorie Morris felt isolated. She couldn't see who was sitting next to her at the dinner table.

ELLENSBURG, Wash. -- A man accused of choking his sister was arrested Saturday night after leading officers on a short chase, Ellensburg police say.

A solar power plant set for Cle Elum could bring major money to Kittitas County.

Joe Peck would rather go to jail than close his city's water tap. But every time drought parches the dry side of the Cascade Mountains, the state of Washington orders him to shut its valve.

Kittitas County commissioners issue an emergency proclamation for H1N1 or swine flu.

Kittitas County has 300 injectible and 100 nasal mist Swine Flu vaccines on the way this week.

Kittitas County commissioners are giving the go ahead for public works to create a Flood Mitigation Task Force.