LOCAL NEWS

NEW Is Puyallup’s Nearly Naked Fireworks stand too hot?
PUYALLUP, Wash. -- For many, bikini-clad women and fireworks stands are sure signs that summer is here. But some Puyallup ci...
NEW Yakima mayor: Reports of city layoffs are overblown
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Yakima Mayor Dave Edler said this morning that news reports that the city is preparing for layoffs are over...
NEW Grant aids dental program at Children's Village
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Children’s Village has been awarded a $166,000 grant from the Washington Dental Service Foundation to expan...

SPORTS

Oliphant resigns, other coaching news
Bob Oliphant has spent much of this week crabbing in the Camano Islands. Exactly the kind of thing he’s got more time for now...
Senior Legion update
Central Washington League W    L    Pct. Kennewick    14    2    .875 Yakima Valley    12    2    .857 Twin City    11    5  ...
Late lapse sinks Bears
Spokane sneaks past Yakima || YAKIMA, Wash. — You win a few, you lose a few and sometimes, for lack of a more...
7/2/09 Bears update
Next game Opponent: Spokane Indians. When, where: 7:05 p.m. today, Yakima County Stadium. Radio: KUTI (1460). Probable pitche...

OUTDOORS

Bruntjen hits 2,100-mile mark on Tour Divide
The 2,780-mile route of trails and rugged roads that make up the Tour Divide mountain bike race aren’t exactly the Yellow Bri...
6/30 What’s Happening
Selah teen shooter a  2-time state champ Todd Peterson, a 15-year-old from Selah, missed back-to-back shots in his first grou...
Sun sets on Triathlon
YAKIMA, Wash. — One of the Pacific Northwest’s first and most storied triathlons was already on life support. Now the p...

ON MAGAZINE

Start your Fourth of July weekend off with First Fridays
It may be Fourth of July weekend, but it’s also First Fridays in downtown Yakima, which means you’ll find new artworks at the...
Read the whole study cited in today’s front page story on local arts organizations and the economy
If you’d like to read the study {The Economic Recession’s Impact on Cultural Organizations in the Puget Sound} cited in today...
Guilty Pleasures goes viral
The Internet, with all its infinite uses — playing on Facebook, reading snarky hipster reviews on avclub.com, buying shoes — ...

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Daily Checkout: Sexy fireworks, anyone?
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Taking a page from the “sexpresso stands,” Rickk Martin opened a fireworks stand called Nearly Naked Firewo...

OPINION/EDITORIAL

Get ready for summer rerun of curfew saga
'Once more unto the breach" is a line from Shakespeare describing a desperate King Henry V who wanted his weary troops to ma...
Letters To The Editor

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Jesuit Volunteer Corps: helpful people, to the corps
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We all need to fight global warming
By SEAN NAGLE-MCNAUGHTON DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL I’ve been interested in the environment as long as I can remember. I’ve written pa...
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