Yakima News

A classmate of the Fort Hood shooting suspect says Maj. Nidal Hasan was an outspoken opponent of the U.S. war on terror and called it a "war against Islam." Dr.

An appeals court has ruled Pennsylvania State Police botched a prostitution investigation in which troopers gave an informant money to pay for sex four times at a massage parlor, along with a total of $180 for the man's trouble.

It's a nationwide epidemic, and prescription drug abuse is on the rise in Yakima.

Last month, Horizon Air officials visited Yakima to promote its service to and from Seattle in hopes of boosting passenger levels.

With the winter flu season approaching we wanted to know what the Yakima School District is doing to prevent the spread of H1N1 or swine flu.

For the past three years Yakima's homeless have had a place to sleep when temperatures dip below freezing, but extreme weather shelters may shut down without more volunteers.

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.

A jury has found a former Wapato teacher accused of raping 1 of his fifth-grade students guilty of 2 of the five charges against him.

Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Texas.

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.

What's working to boost the economy in the Yakima Valley? A recent study says tourism is providing a big boost.

A drive-by shooting leaves one injured and locks down two Yakima schools. Officers have two people in custody, they found the men hiding in the bathroom of a home near where the shooting took place.

The Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic has purchased 3.39 acres near the new medical college in Terrace Heights with an eye toward building a new clinic in the next several years.

The FBI says it has made an arrest in the slaying of a nun who worked on a New Mexico Indian reservation.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is recovering from a bullet wound in his leg after a target shooting instructor accidentally shot him.

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.

KNDO's Family Food Drive is only a month away, but donations are already headed Northwest Harvest's way.

Attorneys and the East Valley School District say they have enough probable cause to terminate Michelle Taylor.

A thick sweat shirt may have offered some protection to the victim of a gang shooting in Yakima.

November 03, 2009 - Yakima Police Department in Washington has gone live with CrimeMapping.com, a nationwide service that allows residents to map out and report on crime activity near any address.