From hot, dry Horse Heaven Hills come award-winning red wines of Washington

19 May 2012, 10:18 am

Not far from the 50-mile-long, 20-mile-deep hills between the Columbia and Yakima valleys where 25 percent of Washington's wine grapes grow are the tasting rooms of Prosser, Wash.... Read More »

Deadline for Miss Yakima pageant June 15

18 May 2012, 11:52 pm

YAKIMA, Wash. -- A June 15 deadline is approaching for the Miss Yakima County pageant. Any one wishing to enter the pageant should go to www.missyakimacounty.org or find the organization on Facebook under Miss Yakima County Scholarship Program.... Read More »

Elks' Yakima-area donations boost vets, students, YWCA

17 May 2012, 11:52 pm

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Veterans, high school students and domestic violence survivors are a few of the groups in Yakima to benefit from charitable donations by the Order of the Elks, the organization announced in a news release this week.... Read More »

It’s official: Lower Yakima opens today

16 May 2012, 11:33 pm

YAKIMA, Wash. — Regional fishery officials hoping to open the lower portion of the Yakima River to fishing for hatchery spring chinook either Tuesday or today got their wish when the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today’s opening. Starting this morning (Wednesday, May 16), ... Read More »

Good prices for near-record Washington apple crop

14 May 2012, 11:58 am

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Most of Washington’s 2011 apple harvest has been sold and growers say prices for the near-record crop have been good for them.... Read More »

Yakima medical college celebrates first class

13 May 2012, 9:44 am

With its first graduating class, a new medical college in Yakima, Wash., is realizing a dream.... Read More »

You may be safer in Yakima than other popular Washington cities

10 May 2012, 10:11 pm

Stats for all of Washington for 2011 have been released by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, and as KIMA learned, Yakima's improving in some major categories.... Read More »

Hostess warns 250 state employees, including some in Yakima, of possible layoffs

9 May 2012, 8:21 am

Hostess Brands warned its 250 employees in Washington state, including some in Yakima, they could lose their jobs in 60 days, a spokesman for the state Employment Security Department said Tuesday.... Read More »

Report: South Lake Tahoe City Manager offered new job

28 April 2012, 8:12 am

There are reports that South Lake Tahoe City Manager Tony O’Rourke has been offered the same job in Yakima, Washington.... Read More »

Auction of state’s liquor stores ends - Sat, 21 Apr 2012 PST

21 April 2012, 12:31 am

YAKIMA – Washington state’s voter-mandated exit from the booze business moved another step forward Friday with the conclusion of an online auction of its state-run liquor stores. The auction marked ...... Read More »