(Don't) walk this way - 
Jean Stotts is so annoyed about the sidewalks in her Yakima neighborhood that she recently attended a City Council meeting to complain about it. Stotts lives in the 1000 block of South Sixth Street, one of the city's older neighborhoods, but by no means...

Classified staff wants same raise as teachers - 
TOPPENISH -- Classified workers want the same wage increase that the state required for teachers and that is now blamed for a budget crunch in the Toppenish School District. Classified employees are maintenance, food service, transportation and office wor...

Photojournal - 
Charles Larkin IV watches his putt on the eighth hole at Fisher Park Golf Course while golfing recently with his father, Charles Larkin III, who said, "If we're not working, this is usually where we're at." The Larkins own a general contracting business....

Trim around fire hydrants in Selah - 
SELAH -- Residents are asked to cut vegetation around fire hydrants before the fire department begins its annual testing next week. The testing will begin Tuesday and will take place through mid-October. The vegetation should be cut three feet away from...

Ike opens at Qwest Field - 
YAKIMA -- Coming off back-to-back 7-3 seasons, Eisenhower's football program will enjoy one of its all-time highlights today when the Cadets play at Qwest Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks. With nine returning starters on both sides of the ball, Coach D...

Prep football -- Vikings feel at home on new field - 
SELAH -- Never underestimate the positive effects of sod. Or, for that matter, a nice new spread of dirt under it. Energized by a huge crowd and the debut of a renovated field, Selah's football team pitched a shutout with five interceptions to take a 42-0...

College football -- Ranked Mesa looms for CWU - 
ELLENSBURG -- The opponent figures to be better this time, but so does Central Washington. After rallying for an overtime victory last week at Dixie State, the Wildcats will seek to rid themselves of a few opening-game wrinkles in today's 1 p.m. home open...

Local Report -- Vea helps CWU to victory - 
ELLENSBURG -- Brandie Vea broke the school record for digs with 50 as Central Washington beat Sonoma State 3-1 in the CWU Invitational volleyball tournament Friday in Nicholson Pavilion. The Wildcats followed that victory by beating Chaminade 3-0, improvi...

Prep Football -- La Salle upends defending champs - 
YAKIMA -- If openers are a predictor of how a team's season will go, expect the La Salle Lightning to be in the state playoff mix this year. With junior quarterback Mike McGree completing of 9 of 13 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns -- both to Jake ...

9/6/08 Prep Football Roundup - 
Prosser 34 Redmond 29 REDMOND -- Jordan Durbin threw for four touchdowns -- and the Mustangs needed every one of them to rally for a victory. Durbin's final two scoring tosses, 21 yards to Corey Christen and 10 yards to Kirby Moore, came in the fourth qua...

West Valley gets physical - 
YAKIMA -- Friday night's halftime discussion in the visitors' locker room at East Valley could be boiled down to two words: more physical. "At halftime, we challenged our guys up front and said, 'Don't be surprised if we don't run outside the tackles the...

09/06/08 death notices - 
Rudy H. Slupsky, 75, of Sunnyside died Wednesday in Yakima. Mr. Slupsky was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He and his wife moved to Sunnyside in 1960. He taught at Sunnyside High School and retired in 1990. Survivors include his wife,...

09/06/08 Faith Happenings - 
The Terrace Heights Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is hosting an open house today. The event is from 3 to 5 p.m. at 105 Hillcrest Drive. The church building, featuring additions and an expansion of the park...