Cowiche News

Paul Beveridge's Wilridge Vineyard grows organic grapes along the top of Cowiche Canyon, seen in the background.

The Highland School District's elementary school has received national recognition for improving students' reading ability.

Officials in Tieton want their small town to be seen as a viable place for doing business and spending money.

EDITOR'S NOTE: In some local races, the Yakima Herald-Republic posed questions to candidates about their positions on key issues in their communities.

YAKIMA, Wash. - The season's first snow dusted the lowlands of the Yakima Valley today.

Because smoke is in the air, discontent was in the wind. By Wednesday morning, the day after Forest Service fire management experts began igniting 4,500 forested acres at the west end of Bethel Ridge, the phones were lighting up with complaints to the Naches Ranger Station, air-quality experts and local media.

Labor Day Weekend is one of the busiest of the summer for area wineries. Economic concerns and rainy weather could've corked the festivities.

Since no one is running for 12 elected positions in Yakima County, a special three-day filing period will open Wednesday.

Three candidates -- Craig Chronister, John Kobli and Mary O'Dell -- are vying to become the newest commissioner on the board for Yakima County Fire District 1. The top two vote-getters in the Aug.

The city of Tieton is moving to take over operation of the Cowiche sewer plant as soon as the next few weeks.

When the commissioners in charge of the Cowiche Sewage treatment plant retired, they left the district with no decision makers.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife recently acquired 201 acres of what had been privately owned land near the Cowiche unit of the Oak Creek Wildlife Area.

Three candidates -- Craig Chronister, John Kobli and Mary O'Dell -- are vying to become the newest commissioner on the board for Yakima County Fire District 1. The top two vote-getters in the Aug.

The city of Tieton is moving to take over operation of the Cowiche sewer plant as soon as the next few weeks.

When Bardow Lewis was a youngster, there was no paddle journey. "When I was a kid you couldn't find a canoe," said the Suquamish Tribal Council member Monday, watching as a flotilla of about 100 traditional cedar canoes pulled into the Suquamish waterfront.

The future of the Cowiche Sewer District board is on many people's minds this election season.

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.