Naches News

It's a sight farmers and industry leaders haven't seen before: tons of cherries ready for harvest at the same time across much of Central Washington.

To Virginia Norton, it's not a cause. It's a bike. Specifically, it's a five-gear green, classic model Schwinn with a basket on the handle bars purchased used in 1984.

Big kids with big toys -- that's how Bill Petersen views his job of lighting fireworks.

Instead of having a family barbecue and watching fireworks on the Fourth of July, Sergio Cervantes of Grandview was A) fighting forest fires in Montana B) finishing his Tour Divide bicycle ride C) heading back to join his National Guard unit in Iraq D) fishing in a Bassmaster tournament 11.

The Washington State Department of Transportation is warning motorists to be careful along two highways at Naches and Yakima where fireworks will be set off today and Saturday.

People from all over the Yakima Valley enjoy the Greenway Trail. Many users would like to see even more miles of paved trail.

Cherry season is at its peak and you can find many roadside stands with fresh fruit but these days few growers let customers walk into the orchard and pick their own.

There'll be more to this Fourth of July weekend than fireworks, barbecues and watermelon; expect sweltering temperatures, traffic delays and high gas prices.

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

A domestic dispute turns into a knife attack at a party in Naches. A man showed up at a party early Sunday morning and began assualting his girlfriend.

It was a chaotic night for party goers in Naches. Yakima County Sheriff Deputies tell us an argument over a girlfriend escalated into a stabbing.

A single-engine plane has crashed in Washington state with three people aboard, and a young girl is the only survivor.

Yakima, wash. -- A 27-year-old Yakima man was stabbed at a party in Naches early Sunday morning.

As an excavator tears cracked panels of concrete from a section of Washington state's most heavily traveled east-west highway, construction worker Jason Antijunti prepares to drive a 16-ton grader over the soon-to-be repaved area.

It's been the place to gas up and grab a burger for years in Naches. But when the Chinook Center Texaco closed, it caught a lot of motorists off guard.

The winners are in. More than 400 wines from 94 Washington wineries were judged in the 2009 Washington State Wine Competition.

Crews will soon start building permanent protection for land threatened by high river water.

In honor of this official start to summer, The Tasting Room Yakima -- a winery cooperative that offers up wines from Harlequin Wine Cellars, Naches Heights Vineyard and Wilridge Winery -- is hosting a pig roast from 2-7 p.m. today.

A chili cook-off will highlight a day of fun activities Saturday at Summerfest, a benefit for the Nile Valley Volunteer Fire Department.

A fire destroyed about 50 acres, and fire fighters believe the battle has only begun if people don't start following the law.