Yakima Metro News

Yakima's new medical students showed up for their first day of class today, nervous but excited to be the first class at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences.

The Yakima City Council is expected to approve a request to increase the city's fuel budget by almost half a million dollars for 2008.

A group of A.C.E.S., American Citizens Encouraging Support, wanted to show their gratitude for the 81st Brigade before they deploy to the Middle East.

Michael Spencer cries as he testifies during his murder trial on Wednesday, Aug.

The public is invited to attend a hearing Wednesday on plans for a new taxing district that has been hailed as a key component in the resurgence of downtown Yakima.

A Selah man recently sentenced for causing thousands of dollars of graffiti damage in downtown Yakima is set to be back in court this afternoon.

A recreational vehicle company is expected to begin production in Yakima by the end of the month.

YAKIMA, Wash- Hot rods and classic cars from all over the state rolled into Yakima for the 34th annual Vintiques Car Show.

Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire and her Republican challenger Dino Rossi will debate in Yakima.

A little communication would go a long way. That's what City Council members here are saying to Mayor Velva Herrera.

If you look up the definition of moral in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, it says, "relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior." What's right and what's wrong when it comes to sex? Society ...

YAKIMA, Wa.- The housing market isn't getting any better, so instead of buying a house more people are looking to rent.

For the fifth time, a drug task force has raided a vineyard in the lower Yakima Valley, this time seizing more than 4,400 plants.

YAKIMA, Wash- Sun Dogs Agility Club raised some money today doing something they love--washing dogs.

YAKIMA, Wash. - A retired man who died with his wife in a plane crash on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range was an experienced pilot who had just finished a dream trip in a plane he spent 10 years ...

Drugs agents seized 4,409 marijuana plants from a vineyard near Sunnyside on Saturday morning, bringing the season total for Yakima County to slightly more than 77,000 plants.

A man and a woman die in a plane crash that happened on Chinook Pass around 3:00 p.m. Friday afternoon.

A Yakima County judge on Friday agreed to unseal some of the billing records in a double-murder case that cost taxpayers more than $2 million in spending by court-appointed defense attorneys.

Oh man, what a night. A big, big thank you goes out to everyone who turned out for the second annual Guilty Pleasures Party last Friday at the Yakima Sports Center -- and to those who were patient in the bar ...

Washington State Troopers reportedly 51-year-old Reyes Gonzalez Junior of Grandview died at the scene of a three truck accident on State Route 127.