(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...MORE...
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...MORE...
City selling out-of-town surplus land to state - The city of Yakima is moving to sell nearly 300 acres of land along State Route 410 it has owned since before the Great Depression. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is buying the land for $1.3 million in grant funds from the Bonneville Power Admi...MORE...
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...MORE...
Meth dealer gets 24 year-sentence - YAKIMA -- A Yakima man has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison in U.S. District Court for distributing methamphetamine and conspiring to manufacture the drug. Jose Luis Manzo, 32, was long the subject of an investigation into the...MORE...
Driver injured when pickup rolls - TOPPENISH— A 55-year-old White Swan man is in satisfactory condition at a Yakima hospital after rolling his pickup truck on McDonald Road, north of Toppenish, early this afternoon. The Washington State Patrol said George Norcross was trav...MORE...
Five face charges in marijuana bust - Five men are set to appear today in Yakima County Superior Court on drug trafficking charges stemming from a bust earlier this week in the Sunnyside area. The men were arrested on suspicion of manufacturing marijuana. The case stems from a tip that detect...MORE...
NEW: Convenience store robbed in Yakima - YAKIMA -- A man robbed Cruisin' Bill's convenience store last night of an undisclosed amount of money, Yakima police said. Police said the man entered the store at 702 W. Yakima Ave. just before 8:30 p.m. and demanded money. The man did not display a wea...MORE...
Cruisin' The Ave winds up summer - YAKIMA -- Tomorrow marks the summer's-end celebration known as Cruisin' The Ave. The event, which gives motorists and their families a chance to cruise downtown Yakima Avenue at a leisurely pace, starts at 6 p.m. and ends at 10 p.m. It is t...MORE...
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....MORE...
Campaign contributors - A dozen volunteers donned gardening gloves and got to work. Their task: some light landscaping, including weeding, trimming, and removing dead vines and a tree from the flower beds at Yakima's Allied ArtsCenter. But these jobs didn't daunt the folks fr...MORE...
Yakama Nation is suing state - The Yakama Nation and several cigarette retailers and distributors on the reservation have sued the state of Washington over cigarette taxes, the latest move in a long-running dispute over treaty rights. The lawsuit, which seeks to block the state from t...MORE...
Man's hobby finds a home at museum - One man's junk became another man's hobby and, eventually, the Yakima Valley Museum's treasure. Arnold Thomas, 93, has donated to the museum a 1925 Chevrolet one-ton pickup he spent as many as 20 years restoring. "It's a dandy," said his son, Chawley Th...MORE...
Schweppe has ringside seat - Yakima's Al Schweppe hadn't even heard John McCain's nomination speech yet on Thursday, and already he believed he'd witnessed history at the Republican National Convention. Like pundits across the country, Schweppe was impressed with Alaska Gov. Sarah P...MORE...
Former priest accused of abuse - A former Yakima resident filed a lawsuit Tuesday in King County against the Catholic Diocese of Yakima and a former priest here. A woman, identified only by the initials M.C., alleged that she was sexually molested as a teenager 40 years ago by Christop...MORE...
Hops processor welcomes 'Dirty Jobs' film crew - The job may not have been all that messy, but that didn't stop "Dirty Jobs" host Mike Rowe from picking hops in the Yakima Valley this week. "They worked hard and played hard. I liked it," said Ralph Olson, general manager and part owner of Hopunion at...MORE...
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...MORE...
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...MORE...
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...MORE...
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...MORE...
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 ...MORE...
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...MORE...
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...MORE...
Prep football -- Toppenish stays grounded, proves too much for Zillah - ZILLAH -- Staying exclusively with the running game, Toppenish ground out a 12-7 victory over Zillah in the season opener for both teams. The Wildcats got two long first-half scoring runs to jump ahead, and the Leopards, which attempted just seven passes ...MORE...
Grant County surpasses Yakima County in number of apple trees - No longer does Yakima County have more apple trees than any other county in the state. We may still have more acreage. But Grant County has more trees in the ground -- more than 19 million, compared with 18 million in Yakima County. The higher number refl...MORE...
09/05/08 Photojournal - Andrew Miller, Jake Sagare and Bob Schefter play a soccer juggling game at Randal Park on Wednesday. The trio has played organized soccer together since they were 13. c# Yakima Herald-Republic...MORE...
No heating funds available yet - Those flooding OIC's phone lines for help in paying heating costs this winter are being advised to call back later when funding becomes available. A Sunday story in the Yakima Herald-Republic about rising heating costs indicated aid through the Low Income...MORE...
NEW: Garage fire does $5,000 in damage - Yakima fire officials are estimating damage at $5,000 from a garage fire at Pleasant and Hamm avenues, south of Nob Hill Boulevard, early this morning. The fire was apparently caused by a short in electrical wiring leading from the residence to the garage...MORE...
Two area sites make state's hazardous list - It's commonly accepted that a rich or spicy Mexican meal can cause some "toxic" after-effects, but still it seemed odd that the La Bamba restaurant site in Union Gap was listed on the state Department of Ecology's newest list of hazardous sites. Alas, the...MORE...
Granger gains $4.2M travel plaza off I-82 - Travelers off Interstate 82 have a new pit stop. About 75 city and business officials gathered Thursday to celebrate the Granger Travel Plaza, which cost $4.2 million. The travel stop opened last month at 1221 Bailey Ave., off exit 58. The center incl...MORE...
LSD dealing sends former Yakima resident to prison - SPOKANE — A former Yakima man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 51/2 years in prison for distributing LSD. A yearlong investigation showed that Allen Lint, 27, was a selling the hallucinogenic drug at regional barter fairs, federal prosecutors sa...MORE...
Bake sale will help Asthma Walk - MOXEE — A team participating in the 2008 Yakima Asthma Walk for the American Lung Association will host a bake sale Saturday in Moxee. Team captain Shayna Dye will host the event, where the team will sell donated home-baked goods as well as items donate...MORE...
Work begins on new skills center for Valley students - It was all smiles, shovels and hard hats as more than 50 people gathered Thursday at the groundbreaking for the new Yakima Valley Technical Skills Center. The center will be built just east of State Fair Park at 1120 S. 18th St. The gathering drew school...MORE...
Future begins tonight - YAKIMA -- The Yakima Herald-Republic sports department is making a comeback of sorts. After giving readers the most complete coverage in print of the prep sports in the Yakima Valley, we're expanding our game on the Internet, where we've been lacking for...MORE...
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...MORE...
College football -- CWU looking for less drama - YAKIMA -- For their next act, Central Washington's Wildcats will seek to avoid late-game drama. They will try to make the fourth quarter less chaotic, will attempt to place less pressure on the arm of Mike Reilly and the foot of Garrett Rolsma and thereby...MORE...
Crews will be repaving two busy city streets - Motorists will surely take notice next week as Yakima's major street-repair project of 2008 gets started. Crews working for contractor Granite Northwest will begin prepping portions of Nob Hill Boulevard, one of the city's five busiest thoroughfares, for...MORE...
Semper Fi: Soldier's dying wish honored - When Cecilia Marsh thinks of her brother, she remembers a laughing 17-year-old who played trumpet and bellowed patriotic war songs. Like many of his friends, Calvin "Bill" Conner enlisted in the Marines during World War II and missed much of his senior ye...MORE...
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,...MORE...
Fall Prep Previews -- Change at the top for soccer? - YAKIMA -- The girls who have made up the lineup of each West Valley soccer team since 1996 have known only triumph, with a cumulative league record of 138-9-3 and not a single season in which the Rams did not win outright or tie for their league title. L...MORE...
Fall Prep Previews -- Girls soccer capsules - COLUMBIA BASIN BIG NINE CONFERENCE FAVORITES With graduation hitting perennial powerhouse Richland hard, this figures to be the year that PASCO -- which shared the conference title with the Bombers last year -- finally stands alone atop the final standin...MORE...
Fall Prep Previews -- Girls soccer, 2007 revisited - 2007 REVISITED CBL 4A W L Richland 11 1 Pasco 11 1 Eisenhower 8 4 Walla Walla 5 7 Wenatchee 4 8 Davis 2 10 Moses Lake 1 11 CBL 3A W L West Valley 12 0 Southridge 10 2 Kamiakin 8 4 Eastmont 6 6 Hanford 3 9 Kennewick 2 10 Sunnyside 1 11 CWAC North Divis...MORE...
Local Report - ELLENSBURG -- Rachael Schurman and Erin Norris combined for 21 kills Thursday night as Central Washington overwhelmed St. Mary's (Texas) 3-0 in the CWU Invitational in Nicholson Pavilion. Schurman had 11 kills and Norris 10 as the Wildcats won their home...MORE...
9/5/08 This Week on Track - YAKIMA SPEEDWAY What: Late Models, Super Stocks, Hobby Sportsman, Hobby, Bump to Pass, Hornets, Youth Hornets. When: Saturday. Gates open at 4 p.m., time trials at 5. Point leaders -- Late Models: Mike Longton 463, Mike Zamora 459, Owen Riddle 415, Ron Be...MORE...
Neighbors appeal Rosedell decision - Get ready for Rosedell Manor Round Two. On the last day they could, a group of Barge-Chestnut neighbors appealed a hearings examiner's decision to allow the owners of the Rosedell, located at 1811 W. Yakima Ave., to convert the historic mansion into a bed...MORE...
09/04/08 Lower Valley briefs - TOPPENISH -- The Toppenish Eagles lodge will hold two fundraising activities this weekend. On Friday, the Eagles will host a Johnny Cash impersonation performance by Vic Fatali of Arizona. The show begins at 8 p.m., with a dinne...MORE...
CEO of Prosser hospital resigns - PROSSER -- Jim Tavary, CEO of Prosser Memorial Hospital for almost 10 years, has resigned. The lead administrator for the public hospital has accepted a job as the CEO of the Ripon Community Hospital in Wis-consin. "My wife and I thought it was time to s...MORE...
CWU president will stay one year in emerita role - Central Washington University's lame duck president, Jerilyn McIntyre, is proving not to be so lame after all. McIntyre, who in January announced plans to retire at the end of the year, has reached an agreement with the university's board of trustees t...MORE...
Dead birds linked to West Nile virus - Four dead birds -- three from Yakima County and one from Benton County -- have tested positive for West Nile virus, state health officials said this morning. They are the first birds to test positive in the state this year. "This is just more evidence tha...MORE...
Yakima fruit storage company fined - YAKIMA -- A Yakima fruit storage company has agreed to pay a $16,746 fine for violations of the Clean Air Act. As part of a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday, Borton & Sons Inc. also agreed to spend at least $53,5...MORE...
Horses hit, killed on Interstate 82 - Three horses standing on Interstate 82, east of Zillah, were killed early this morning when a semi-tractor and trailer struck the animals, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers said Dennis Smith, 42, of Nibley, Utah was westbound on the free...MORE...
Razing, not redevelopment, for A Street block - The fate of a century-old block of downtown storefronts known as the A Street Buildings appears sealed, despite a pledge from historic preservationists to fight their impending demolition. The Yakima County commissioners on Tuesday formally approved pla...MORE...
Sex offender makes home in Yakima - YAKIMA -- A high-risk sex offender has notified authorities of his new address in Yakima, the Yakima County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday. Craig Marx, 39, will be living in the 400 block of North First Street. Marx was convicted in Klickitat County...MORE...
Guilty Pleasures — 'The Big Lebowski' - It's no secret that Guilty Pleasures' cinematic tastes run the gamut from the silly to the sublime. So this week, Guilty Pleasures mourns for Jerry Reed, the CB-talkin' truck driver from the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies who died Monday. But next week,...MORE...
09/05/08 Night life - NIGHT LIFE Blues/Jazz/Swing THE DEPOT RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE. 32 N. Front St. 469-4400. * 7:30-9:30 tonight. John Kuehl. (Pianist.) * 7:30-9:30 p.m. Sept. 13: David Aggett. (Jazz, blues electric guitar.) JACK-SONS SPORTS BAR. 6-11 p.m. Thursdays: Open bl...MORE...
09/05/08 Theater - ON STAGE "THE WARDEN MEMOIRS/LAS MEMORIAS DE WARDEN." 7 tonight. Heritage University, 3240 Fort Road, Toppenish. Student-written monologues presented by Warden High School students and WSU. Free. PLAN AHEAD September "MISTER ROBERTS." 7:30 pm. (new cur...MORE...
09/05/08 Art - ART WALKS FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK. 5-7 p.m. the first Friday of each month, Ellensburg. 15-plus galleries and nontraditional art spaces. List: www.ellensburgarts.com. OPENINGS "LANDSCAPES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTERIOR." Photography from Ed Thune. Ope...MORE...
Local projects miss out on state funds - Two major Yakima Valley recreation projects won't receive state grants to expand facilities for at least the next two years. A Yakima County request for $672,000 to extend the Yakima Greenway pathway on the former Naches rail corridor, northwest of Yaki...MORE...
09/05/08 Planner - AUDITIONS AKIN CENTER THEATRE. 7-9 p.m. Monday. Akin Center Theatre at Melody Lane, 2610-A W. Nob Hill Blvd. Roles for four men and two women ages 24-65. For "See How They Run." Show performance dates: Oct. 17-Nov. 8. 248-9623. YAKIMA YOUTH SYMPHONY ORC...MORE...
09/05/08 Books - READING/SIGNING WANDA E. BRUNSTETTER. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 13. The Amish Connection, 105 S. Toppenish Ave., Toppenish. Amish-themed author will sign copies of her new books. 865-5300. SUSAN MARIONNEAUX LA RIVIERE AND LARRY LA RIVIERE. 2 p.m. Sept. 14. P...MORE...
18 or 21? Drinking age debate heats up - To Matthew Robinson, lowering the legal drinking age makes sense. If 18-year-olds can vote for their country's president and get shot while serving in Iraq, he sees no reason why they shouldn't be allowed to drink as well. "My primary problem is I don't...MORE...
Rock the Bells ending its tour at the Gorge - Hip-hop hurray! The final stop on this year's Rock the Bells tour is Saturday at the Gorge Amphitheatre. The traveling festival of alternative, independent and underground hip-hop features old-school rhyme spitters A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul, as...MORE...
Mall owner to pay for ramp - Rampgate is over, assuming Joe Morrier's word is worth as much as his enormous property interests in downtown Yakima. "Our company will take the ramp down," Morrier, president of JEM Development and owner of the defunct Yakima Mall, told the City Council...MORE...
09/05/08 Death Notices - Richard Buhl, 73, of Cle Elum died Tuesday at Kittitas Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Buhl was born in Renton, Wash., and served in the armed forces. He lived and worked in Graham and Wenatchee before moving to Cle Elum. He work...MORE...
09/05/08 10 Days Out - Friday, Sept. 5 * Once again, Bellingham's Yogoman Burning Band is hopping on the dragon bus and heading for Yakima. A favorite of those who love to get down, the talented and infectious reggae/dance hall collective, led by the talented and charismatic J...MORE...
'Season to Change' fashion show tonight on Front Street - Carlynne M. Holtzinger, a young philanthropist and fashionista with a heart for the homeless, loves the changes taking place in downtown Yakima. The old-fashioned-looking street lamps and oversized flower pots. T...MORE...
09/05/08 Film Clips - OPENING TODAY "BANGKOK DANGEROUS" -- Nicolas Cage is an assassin whose loner life is altered as he connects with a shop girl and a street punk in this remake of a 1999 Thai thriller. Also starring Charlie Young, Shahkrit Yamnarm and Panward Hemmanee. Dir...MORE...
Red Gallery reception highlights Downtown First Fridays - As part of tonight's Downtown First Fridays events, Red Gallery and Studios will host a closing reception and open house. From 5-8 p.m., you can catch the last look at "Venus: Art According to Women," an exhibition of works by local female artists. You ca...MORE...
NEW: Power restored in Upper Valley - All power has been restored to more than 22,000 Upper Valley customers after an undetermined problem turned off the lights Thursday afternoon, officials said....MORE...
09/04/08 Death Notices - Paul Abram Hill Paul Abram Hill, 89, of Prosser died Monday at Lourdes Medical Center in Pasco. Mr. Hill was born at the family home on the Rattlesnake Hills. He was a lifelong Prosser resident. At age 15, he went to work for his uncles at Mercer and Hill...MORE...
09/03/08 Death Notices - Helen L. Browne Helen L. Browne, 79, of Ellensburg died Saturday at Royal Vista Care Center. Mrs. Browne was born in Desdemona, Texas. She worked as a secretary and bookkeeper in the manufacturing industry. She moved to Ellensburg five years ago. Survivor...MORE...
09/01/08 Death notices - June Elayne Paulsen, 67, of Yakima died Friday in Yakima. Mrs. Paulsen was born in Bend, Ore. She is survived by three sons, Derek Paulsen, Shane Paulsen and Tyson Paulsen, all of Yakima; a sister, Laurel Chapdelaine of Auburn, Wash.,...MORE...
08/30/08 Death Notices - Tom Akers Tom Akers, 66, of Yakima died Thursday. Mr. Akers was born in Phoenix, Ariz. Survivors include his wife, Freddie Akers; two daughters, Ronda Ross of Yakima and Renna Weeks of Wenatchee; a son, Tony Akers of Yakima; two sisters, Shirley Hughes of...MORE...
Golf -- Smith finishes with ace - TOPPENISH -- Dick Smith finished off his round of golf at Mount Adams Country Club in grand style Tuesday, recording a hole-in-one on the 18th hole. Smith used a 7-wood on the 147-yard hole, which he aced 20 years ago. It was witnessed by Boyd Gray, Jim L...MORE...
9/4/08 Bears update - Notes IT'S NOT SOMETHING HE'S PROUD OF: Brendan Duffy has been hit by pitches 15 times in 52 games and 161 at bats. It has contributed to a .417 on-base percentage, which starting play Tuesday ranked fifth in the Northwest League, but is nothing the Bea...MORE...
Local Report -- YVCC falls to Clark - YAKIMA -- Clark College of Vancouver swept Yakima Valley's young volleyball squad in the Yaks' home opener Wednesday at Sherar Gym. After beating Big Bend earlier in the afternoon, Clark topped Yakima Valley 25-17, 25-20, 25-17. Kinsey Doering, a freshman...MORE...
Fishing -- Stocking feat - YAKIMA -- Jeff Tayer's grin was that of a boy who had just pulled a big fish out of a lake, and this is why: He had just poured a bunch of little fish into a lake. Although he works for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Tayer is its regional...MORE...
Labs offer glimpses of hunting experience - On most any sunny afternoon I can look out into my backyard and see, lounging in the shade of the willow tree, a trio of dogs that represents my hunting past, present and future. The group of Labrador Retrievers, one black, one almost white and the third,...MORE...
What's Happening - Campgrounds begin to close for season With summer coming to a close, so too is the camping season nearing its end, with numerous Forest Service campgrounds in the Naches Ranger District scheduled for closure in the next couple of weeks. On the Chinook Pas...MORE...
Northwest League -- Bears finish with victory - PASCO -- They may have had a season to forget, but the Yakima Bears sure enjoyed a memorable finish. Starter Ryan Cook opened with four hitless innings and Brendan Duffy turned in his best effort of the summer as the Bears rolled to a 6-2 victory over the...MORE...
09/03/08 In process: Union Gospel Mission - Who: Hordan Planning Services, on behalf of property owners Doug Christen and Union Gospel Mission. What: Vacate a north-south alley located between Gordon Road and a vacated portion of North Front Street, south of Oak Street. Adjacent property owners wa...MORE...
Campaign's East-West factor - YAKIMA -- The farther west you go in Yakima, the less likely you'll be to find support for Vickie Ybarra's state House race. While Ybarra finished first in 43 of the 72 precincts in the 14th Legislative District primary on Aug. 19, a closer look shows th...MORE...
I-82 accident leaves 3 injured - ZILLAH -- A driver who drifted off Interstate 82 near Zillah late Monday morning was critically injured and taken to Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center along with two passengers, who are in satisfactory condition. Mary Segovia, 50, was driving a 2...MORE...
Heavy holiday traffic causes delays on I-90 - Holiday travelers heading west over Snoqualmie Pass on Interstate 90 today are experiencing delays due to heavy traffic that at one point created a nine-mile backup. The slowest traffic occurred between Cle Elum (near milepost 85) and t...MORE...
Cle Elum-Roslyn educator named Teacher of Year - A language arts teacher from Cle Elum-Roslyn High School was named regional Teacher of the Year by the Educational Service District 105. Susan Johnson is in her fifth year teaching 10th- through 12th-grade language arts. In that time she has become known...MORE...
Tucking in the trolleys for the season - They painted over graffiti, worked on signs and tinkered with the trolleys. No matter the task, the volunteers who converged at the Yakima Electric Railway Museum on Saturday were determined to make a difference. "There's a list of things that always nee...MORE...
Grandview woman hospitalized in Seattle after car wreck - YAKIMA -- A Grandview woman injured in a one-car accident late Monday morning has been taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Mary Segovia, 50, remains in critical condition, a Harborview spokeswoman said this morning. Segovia was injured when the...MORE...
Motorcycle accidents in Yakima Valley this year - March 5 -- Yakima motorcycle police officer Darryl Henning is injured after being struck on Summitview Avenue by a minivan whose driver didn't see him. June 15 -- A Pasco woman, who was not identified by authorities, is injured when her motorcycle crashe...MORE...
09/04/08 Summer in the Valley - Friday * Toddler and Preschool Art Studio, 10 a.m. to noon Fridays. Drop-in open studio for children age 5 and under. Cost: $5 per child. Red Art Gallery, 30 N. Third St., Yakima. 469-2766. * Preschool Story Time, 10:15-11 a.m. Terrace Heights Library, 40...MORE...
Familiar farewell - YAKIMA -- It had a last-game feel to it, well before the first pitch. A hazy sun was setting much earlier than it had back in June, when the Bears began a 76-game Northwest League odyssey that completed its home portion Tuesday night. Some players chatted...MORE...
More motorcycles, even more motorcycle deaths - Just as the price of gas has jumped this year, so has the number of motorcyclists on the road. And with the increase comes more accidents. So far this year, 48 motorcyclists have died statewide, including two in the Yakima Valley. That's five more than l...MORE...
Yakima Bears update - Next game Opponent: Tri-City Dust Devils. When, where: 7:15 p.m. today, Gesa Stadium, Pasco. Radio: KUTI (1460). Probable pitchers: Yakima RHP Ryan Cook (1-2, 5.33) vs. Tri-City RHP Juan Nicasio (2-3, 4.22). Notes NO ALL-STARS THIS TIME: For the first...MORE...
Open-and-shut case: Funding woes affect Sunnyside Community Center - Cutting back on parks and recreation may mean shutters for the Sunnyside Community Center. The building, on South First Street in South Hill Park, is home to adult classes, open gymnasium basketball, the Sunnyside School District's summer lunch program a...MORE...
Injured hiker being treated at Harborview - ELLENSBURG -- An unidentified hiker is being treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after suffering a deep ankle wound while chopping wood in the Ridge Lake area, north of Snoqualmie Pass, the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office said this morning. K...MORE...
Franks leads Central soccer - ELLENSBURG -- West Valley graduate Brittany Franks scored her first two collegiate goals Tuesday to power Central Washington past Corban College 5-0 in a non-conference soccer match at the CWU complex. Franks, a freshman, scored her first goal in the firs...MORE...
Quantity of funds sways Valley's quality of life - SUNNYSIDE -- Softball players may begin mowing their own fields. Dance teachers are looking for church basements. As for kids in youth soccer, they may not play at all. To help make up for a $1.1 million shortfall next year, Sunnyside city leaders have su...MORE...
Spaghetti dinner fundraiser for Humane Society on tap - SELAH -- A spaghetti dinner and raffle will be featured at the "Feed the Animals" event on Saturday. The fundraiser will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Selah Civic Center. In exchange for a donation of cat litter, food, toys and other pet-related item...MORE...
The cold, hard truth about heating oil - Like several fashion trends of the 1970s, the wood stove is in vogue again after decades of being passed over for more convenient heating methods. Stores in Yakima and throughout the nation have seen a spike in wood stove sales. Nationwide, sales were u...MORE...
Closed Tiger Marts scar Yakima's landscape - Howard Hinton doesn't know who owns the old Tiger Marts around town. Most people in Yakima don't. Nor does Hinton understand why the properties have been abandoned for so long. What he does know is that they look bad. Even after city officials recently f...MORE...
Paws in the Pool - Gus, an English bulldog, is unsure about the water while taking to Franklin Pool with his owner, Angela Holeman, during the second annual Paws in the Pool Day on Sunday. More than 60 dogs and owners participated in the event, which marks the closin...MORE...
Rivers in flux due to annual flip-flop - A boon to rafters on the Tieton River and a hazard to a part of the Yakima River, the Yakima basin's annual flip-flop is getting under way. Operators with the federal Bureau of Reclamation have started gradually cutting back on water in the upper arm of...MORE...
No one hurt in house fire near Granger - GRANGER -- A fire of unknown origin early Sunday caused $40,000 worth of damage at a modular home on Crewport Road north of Granger. No one was in the residence when firefighters from Yakima County Fire District No. 5 responded at about 1 a.m. When units...MORE...
Wine adviser: Quest for value ends with Zillah's Kamiakins - Two themes run consistently through much of the wine literature written during the past three decades. One is the quest for value. As long ago as the late 1960s, writers were bemoaning the fact that prices for first-growth Bordeaux (Lafite, Latour, Margau...MORE...
Club urges motorists to be aware of riders - At least one local motorcycle group wants motorists to be aware of the presence of riders in Yakima Valley. Drivers need to watch for motorcyclists, said Cheryl Rexroat, who belongs to the local chapter of Sober Riders, an international motorcycle club th...MORE...
Enjoyin' the ride -- Hasauer, Lowe win titles at Ellensburg Rodeo - ELLENSBURG -- Among professional sports, rodeo is profoundly different than its higher-paying brethren, in ways that are at once breathtaking and endearing. Because its athletes are typically more approachable than those in other athletic arenas, and unfa...MORE...
09/02/08 Ellensburg Rodeo results - Monday's results Bareback Riding Monday's finals: 1 (tie), Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., and Josi Young, Kimberly, Idaho, both 86 points; 3 (tie), Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, and Ryan Gray, Cheney, both 83; 5 (tie), Justin McDaniel, Porum Okla., and Jared...MORE...
Morgan masters Tri-City - YAKIMA -- Sean Morgan's stuff, they insist, had never been lost. He had retained the knee-buckling breaking pitches and grounder-inducing sinkers that had enticed the Arizona Diamondbacks into drafting him in the fourth round last year out of Tulane Unive...MORE...
Tidrick slows down Lewis at Yakima Speedway - YAKIMA -- It's been nearly impossible to derail Snohomish's Gary Lewis this season, but Yakima's BJ Tidrick pulled it off Sunday night in the ARCA West Late Model Challenge Series at Yakima Speedway. And another local driver, Mike Longton, handled Lewis'...MORE...
09/02/08 Bears update - Next game Opponent: Tri-City Dust Devils. When, where: 7:05 p.m. today, Yakima County Stadium. Radio: KUTI (1460). Probable pitchers: Yakima RHP T.J. Hose (4-4, 4.30) vs. Tri-City RHP Jonnathan Aristil (2-1, 2.74). Notes PLAYER OF THE MONTH: David Coop...MORE...
Northwest League -- Yakima pitchers freeze Tri-City - YAKIMA -- It was nothing close to a quality summer night at Yakima County Stadium, but it did become a quality Summers night. As in Houston Summers, who weathered unseasonable conditions Saturday and benefited from clutch relief pitching from Daniel Vasqu...MORE...
How can my kid be in high school? - The other day I ducked into the bathroom for something, and there was my son Michael, shaving. It wasn't his first time; we'd gotten him an electric razor a few months back and he's been using it. That day, though, he was using a disposable, and his face...MORE...
Camp fun, work pay - NACHES -- For many Naches Valley High School students, the perfect summer job is right in their backyard: the Wenatchee National Forest. In fact, 39 of this summer's 72 seasonal employees at the Naches Ranger District either have graduated from or current...MORE...
College Football -- Central wins a wild one - ST. GEORGE, Utah -- With so many heroes to pick from, Central Washington University's football team was probably most grateful for the last one Saturday night. J.R. Hasty bolted 25 yards on the opening play of Central's first overtime possession, bringing...MORE...
Centrum: It's an art camp, not a vitamin - "Centrum is a gathering place for artists of all ages, from all cultures, and in all phases of their development." — www.centrum.org Grace Whitmer, an incoming eighth-grader at Yakima's Discovery Lab School, attended a residence camp for the first time...MORE...
Local Report -- Tieton's Robbins advances to 35 final - YAKIMA -- Eric Robbins of Tieton beat Yakima's Kevin Kershaw 6-4, 7-5 in an all-local semifinal in the men's 35 singles of the Pacific Northwest Adult Sectional Championships at the Yakima Tennis Club on Sunday. Robbins advances to play David Ebel of Sea...MORE...
Northwest League -- Devils strike Bears early - PASCO -- Talk about getting things done in a hurry. Seven runs in the second inning were all the Tri-City Dust Devils needed to beat the Yakima Bears 7-0 on Sunday night at Gesa Stadium. Tri-City's starting pitcher Sheng-An Kuo (1-2), who came into the ga...MORE...
Yakima Herald-Republic weekly news quiz - 1. Champion saddle bronc rider Taos Muncy plans to be back in the saddle at the Ellensburg Rodeo after not competing for several months because A) he couldn't afford gas to travel the rodeo circuit B) he was su...MORE...
County sending one delighted delegate to GOP convention - Al Schweppe is giddy -- well, a very professional, Republican attorney version of giddy, anyway. After 32 years of wanting to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention, he gets his chance this year. He's flying to Minnesota today to help formall...MORE...
Options for flying are fewer - In 1959, singer Dinah Washington recorded her hit version of a song that declares "what a difference a day makes." In the airline industry, just an hour can make the difference between making or missing a connecting flight. Just ask the folks at Travel...MORE...
Ridin' high - John Payne, aka The One Armed Bandit, entertained the crowd during the annual Ellensburg Rodeo Parade in downtown Ellensburg on Saturday. The parade also featured rodeo royal courts, marching bands and plenty of riders on horseback. A large crowd showed u...MORE...
Riding the bus might cost more next year - YAKIMA -- Yakima Transit may increase bus fares next year to help offset rising fuel prices. The issue will be discussed at two upcoming public hearings. On Tuesday, the Yakima City Council is expected to approve the hearing dates, tentatively set for Sep...MORE...
Paleteria La Super - Pedro Estevez, 51, cycles his cooler of fifty flavors of ice cream from La Super 22 blocks to Sixteenth, often making a detour past Davis High School. h# la super b# c# Yakima Herald-Republic...MORE...
09/01/08 Senior Lunch Menus - Older American Nutrition Program (Call 574-2200 the day before by 4 p.m. to register for lunch.) Today: Labor Day, all sites closed. Tuesday: Veal New Orleans, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, peaches, brownie. Wednesday: Cheese burger, potato salad, lett...MORE...
09/01/08 Yakima County Agenda - Tuesday, 10 a.m. Commissioners' Hearing Room PUBLIC SERVICES Resolution 376-2008 -- In the matter of approval of final plat No. 436 "Sun Country Square" previously known as "Johnson's Keys Road Subdivision" submitted by Julie Devine. Resolution 377-2008 -...MORE...
09/01/08 Yakima City Agenda - Yakima City Council Tuesday, 6 p.m. Council Chambers -- City Hall CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS Consideration of 2007 annual report of the Yakima Police Department. Presentation of legal opinion regarding the mall ramp and ownership issues relatin...MORE...
09/01/08 In Basket - Education Perry Technical Institute has hired Jennifer McMurtrey as an instructor in its computer applications and office administration program. McMurtrey previously worked at Prosser High School as a school secretary, with Cadwell Laboratories in Kennew...MORE...
Local Report -- Franks' assist helps CWU soccer to victory - MONMOUTH, Ore. -- West Valley graduate Brittany Franks assisted on the lone goal of the match as Central Washington University clipped Humboldt State 1-0 on Saturday. Freshman Serena Tomaso scored in the middle off Franks' crossing assist in the 46th minu...MORE...
8/31/08 Bears update - Next game Opponent: Tri-City Dust Devils. When, where: 7:15 p.m. today, Gesa Stadium, Pasco. Radio: KUTI (1460). Probable pitchers: Yakima LHP Ian Harrington (6-5, 3.40) vs. Tri-City RHP Sheng-An Quo (0-2, 12.00). Notes CUTTING EDGE: A cutter, or cut f...MORE...
08/31/08 death notices - Donna Rae Marshall, 80, of Yakima died Friday in Yakima. Mrs. Marshall was born in Parma, Idaho, and moved to Yakima in the early 1960s. She worked for Barton Pharmacy for about 25 years. She is survived by two daughters, Linda Hagen of...MORE...
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