Yakima News

Violence wracked two insurgent strongholds in Iraq, leaving dozens injured and two dead.

The Yakima County Coroner's Office completes the autopsy on the woman who police say was shot to death by a hitch hiker she picked up.

It could have been worse. The teacher could have delivered it to the parents home, set it afire on their porch, and rung the doorbell.

While many in the industry are predicting the slowing economy will spell a continued slow down in visitors to the Yakima Valley, others will tell you, they're just not seeing it.

A Lake Tapps, Wash., man was critically injured in a two-motorcycle crash west of Cle Elum late Saturday, Kittitas County sheriff's deputies said.

Kittitas County Marine Units rescue a Renton man from the Yakima River. Deputies say Shawn Smith was rafting with friends Friday night when he went over a diversion dam.

YAKIMA, Wash. -- The state will reduce services at Ahtanum Meadows and Snow Cabin campgrounds in Yakima County in November due to budget cuts, according to the Department of Natural Resources.

Two families were displaced Saturday afternoon when their homes caught on fire. One fire was reported at 3 p.m. at 1401 E. Wine Country Road in Grandview.

Grandview Police hope to release additional information Monday concerning the death of a 2-year-old boy on Friday.

The city of Yakima is preparing for layoffs for the first time in more than 25 years.

The city of Yakima is preparing for layoffs for the first time in more than 25 years.

Erica Breder, 25, right, looks over at Aaron Weisinger, 26, both of Walnut Creek, Calif., after accepting his surprise wedding proposal while visiting the crown of the Statue of Liberty in New York, Saturday July 4, 2009.

Jennifer Kerney was 17, a senior at Eisenhower High School when she learned she was expecting twins.

A new group made up of familiar faces is putting out a call for photographers to focus their lenses on Yakima's abundance of light.

OUTLOOK, Wash. - Granger and Outlook fire crews are now battling a motor home fire in the 2000 block of Van Belle Road in Outlook.

YAKIMA, Wash.- The number of sponsors may be down this year but the program is still expected to be as strong as last year and the fireworks just as big.

A Washington kindergarten teacher who sent a 5-year-old student home with a bag of feces tucked in his backpack has been formally reprimanded.

YAKIMA, Wash. - A fire that destroyed a house Monday in the 7900 block of Englewood Crest Drive likely started from an electrical arc, authorities announced today.

It had been a long night for Stephen and his wife, driving all the way into Yakima from Montana.

Layoffs are not imminent, but Yakima City Manager Dick Zais has warned city staff to prepare for the possibility for the first time in 25 years.