Yakima County News

PROSSER, Wash. - A 20-year-old Grandview woman was killed in an accident on Interstate 82 near Prosser early this morning when a pickup crossed over into the wrong lane of traffic and drove into her car.

The police department is looking to fill more spots in its Citizens Academy, a program that helps the public learn more about how YPD operates and what they can do to keep their community safe.

YAKIMA, Wash.- The look of Yakima is changing every year. Hispanics now make up nearly 60 percent of the students in our local schools and 48 percent of the general population in Yakima County.

Election night is over. The ballots are still being counted, and final numbers aren't expected until the end of the week, at the earliest.

Incumbents are out in Sunnyside, conservatives are in on the Yakima City Council, Latino candidates fared poorly countywide against non-Latino candidates, a handful of races are way too close to call, and a candidate who withdrew more than a month ago won big in Toppenish.

The 3/10ths of a penny law and justice sales tax is up for renewal on this year's ballot.

Nothing is as it was just three weeks ago along this stretch of Nile Road. Certainly not State Route 410 or the Naches River.

An elk hunter shot himself in the lower leg when he apparently slipped while walking in Yakima County Saturday evening, according to the Yakima County Sheriff's Office.

The first day of elk hunting season didn't go well for a 68-year-old Colfax man.

It's hard to picture a bigger landslide than the one that buried a quarter-mile of Highway 410 in Yakima County this month.

Washington State Patrol troopers patrolling Highway 97 south of Toppenish pulled over a 2000 Toyota Camry for speeding and confiscated nearly 15 pounds of pot and $7,000 in cash.

Jesus Vega Barcenas used to teach at Adams Elementary in Wapato. The 28-year-old accused of having sex with one of his 12-year-old students.

A man who was shot in the head early Sunday morning during a Halloween party near downtown Yakima has died, authorities confirmed.

Zillah, Wash.- Lower Valley residents are asking Yakima County Commissioners to reconsider proposed and possibly dangerous road changes.

Coats For Kids Over twenty years ago both KNDO and KNDU started an annual public service campaign to aid local children who needed warm coats for the winter.

YAKIMA, Wash.- Yakima County had six homicides in the last 30 days, five of them were in the City of Yakima.

Sheriff's deputies are looking for three men who walked into an unlocked home, tied up a woman and held her family at gunpoint to steal money, jewelry and other items.

Residents in the area around a landslide in central Washington that wiped out portions of a highway are being told to stock up just in case they become isolated for long periods.

Almost any firefighter will tell you that volunteers are the backbone of the department.

Since last week's landslide blocked State Route 410, the Department of Transportation's been working nonstop to get an alternate road built.