Cowiche News

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

YAKIMA, Wash. - A brush fire that blackened 10 acres along the 5900 block of Cowiche Canyon Road is being investigated as suspicious, officials say.

Underneath the American flag raised Sunday at the Tieton town square flew the black flag that has become symbolic of the effort to recover America's missing and captured military members.

By Jim McCausland, Sunset Magazine Favored with abundant sunlight, sharply defined seasons, and plenty of avid gardeners to take advantage of these things, Yakima puts on a splendid annual garden tour.

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

Otto Cruz put in for the leave before he left for Iraq. Two weeks at the beginning of June.

The following editorial appears in the June 3, 2009, Yakima Herald-Republic. "Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." PLATO, PHILOSOPHER "Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair." GEORGE BURNS, COMEDIAN Being an elected public ...

Their paths crossed in fourth-period chemistry class, where both cultivated a passion for compounds and a desire to become doctors.

A brush fire in an area where two men were target shooting west of Yakima kept firefighters busy for a few hours today.

Firefighters had to call for back up on a large brush fire today. Five acres of sage brush caught on fire off Pioneer Way in Cowiche.

Joe Schons a contract operator for the Cowiche Sewer Plant, collects a composite sample of water to test in the plant's lab.

Carmelo Ramos talks to 9th grader Mauricio Mancera in his cubicle at Davis High School.

The U.S. Geological Survey Tribal Journey Water Quality Project, which helps study marine ecosystems with an eye toward restoring Puget Sound, recently received the Department of the Interior's Partners in Conservation Award.

With its draw-span tower still attached, the largest of four east-half Hood Canal Bridge sections -- the 928-foot flanking pontoons known as "the bulge" -- was detached and towed north toward Canada late Thursday afternoon.

This editorial appears in the Yakima Herald-Republic on May 8, 2009. It takes a vision to build a trail.

A former Roman Catholic church employee in Yakima is pleased that an Oregon court has dismissed a child pornography charge against him.

When the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy formed nearly 25 years ago, its main focus was to convert a 2.9-mile stretch of abandoned railroad line into a trail.

Yakima's Korean Presbyterian Church of Washington has announced its new English-language contemporary service, beginning Sunday.

The U.S. Forest Service is conducting a proscribed burn near Oak Creek, prompting several concerned phone calls.

A school superintendent in rural western Montana has accepted the top post at the Highland School District.