Out of sight, out of mind, rural riverbanks get trashed - TOPPENISH -- It's a nice drive down East Branch Road, where towering cottonwoods lining the Yakima River serve as a backdrop to the rural homes that dot the area. But if you hang a right at Wierman Road and follow i...MORE...
Church scandal -- Adult's allegations raise more questions - YAKIMA -- It's a thorny ethical problem, the kind any Catholic would be loath to confront. When a priest engages in a sexual relationship with another adult -- is it abuse? Or isn't it? It's a topic that has been brewing here ...MORE...
Church scandal -- Former seminarian tells his story - YAKIMA -- The 37-year-old at the center of a controversy reverberating through the Catholic Diocese of Yakima blames a local priest for destroying his aspirations to join the Catholic clergy. It began, Juan Jose González...MORE...
Skinner bows out of politics - YAKIMA -- State Rep. Mary Skinner stunned the local political establishment Wednesday, announcing her retirement one month after assuring supporters she would seek an eighth term. Her...MORE...
Ski areas finish strong season - YAKIMA -- Ski areas around the Pacific Northwest had such great snow throughout the 2007-08 winter that neither its November absence nor its road-closing, mid-winter surplus could prevent a banner year for the winter-sports industry. Several resorts -- in...MORE...
Arterial to Terrace Heights could run through mill property - With redevelopment of the old Boise Cascade mill property as the jewel in the middle, local officials are again focusing on a new east-west arterial that would serve the property and meet several other transportation...MORE...
Guest worker program gains popularity but could lead to discord - New statewide numbers show that growers are increasingly more comfortable with a federal guest worker program that allows them to hire documented foreign help instead of local workers who may not have legal immigra...MORE...
As mercury soars, rivers could rise - Weather forecasters and emergency managers are keeping an eye on local rivers as mountain snowmelt raises the possibility of flooding. ...MORE...
05/15/08 Around the Lower Valley - Grandview readies spring concerts GRANDVIEW -- The city has ironed out its spring concert lineup for Country Park. Nonprofit groups and community clubs will take turns staging free outdoor concerts and meals Tuesday nights at Coun...MORE...
05/15/08 Around the Valley - House shot at, firebombed TOPPENISH -- Police are looking into separate gang-related shootings and a firebombing at the same home over the past several days. The most recent incident was shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block ...MORE...
Toppenish police investigating incidents at same house - TOPPENISH -- Police are looking into separate gang-related shootings and a firebombing at the same home over the past several days. The most recent incident was shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of East First Avenue. Residents in a home there...MORE...
Sheriff's Office seeks suspects in Wapato shooting - WAPATO -- A 32-year-old man is hospitalized in satisfactory condition this morning after being shot in the chest outside of Wapato on Tuesday, according to the Yakima County Sheriff's Office. The incident took place about 5:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Win...MORE...
Sunnyside city manager finalists announced - SUNNYSIDE -- The city of Sunnyside has announced the names of four finalists for the city manager position. They are: * Mark J. Gervasi, city manager of Tillamook, Ore. * Mark Roath, city manager of McAlester, Okla. * Michael Stampfler, owner and managing...MORE...
Brief power outage hits Sunnyside, Grandview - SUNNYSIDE -- A Lower Valley power failure struck about 14,000 customers this morning, according to Pacific Power officials. The power outage started at 9:43 a.m. and affected residents and businesses in Sunnyside, Grandview and the Sulfur Creek area east...MORE...
Ceremony to recognize nation's fallen officers - YAKIMA -- The public is invited to a Thursday morning ceremony to honor the nation's law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Thursday is National Peace Officers Memorial Day, part of National Police Week....MORE...
Yakima man dies of bullet wounds - Yakima police have opened a homicide investigation after a 31-year-old Yakima man wounded in a drive-by shooting last month died from complications of his injuries. ...MORE...
Winter Relief - YAKIMA -- On the first day of May, the Oak Creek Wildlife Area opened its gates to shed hunters who had waited patiently for the opportunity to scour the hillsides for the prized elk antlers shed over the winter and spring by bull elk. And wildlife area m...MORE...
Northwest Sportsman -- Bass are on the rise - Bass fishing in the Northwest is not nearly as big as it is in other parts of the country. But that's not to say there aren't plenty of bass anglers around. Actually, there are more and more people getting into bass fishing, and according to Mike Meseber...MORE...
Bobo Brayton Day proclamation - A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Yakima has great sports legends and heroes with regional, national and worldwide sports acclaim, we honor our Sports Legend, Bobo Brayton. WHEREAS, our community seeks to pay tribute to individuals who lived in the Yakima Valley an...MORE...
Bat sale will benefit PYSF - The Parker Youth and Sports Foundations is taking a swing at fundraising by selling commemorative baseball bats. The wood bats were made by Hillerich & Bradsby, the company that makes Louisville Sluggers, and honor the careers of former Yakima Valley ...MORE...
5/15/08 What's Happening - Local fly guru to show how to catch a salmon A presentation on catching salmon on a fly -- yes, it can be done -- will be the centerpiece of Tuesday's meeting of the Yakima Fly Fishers Association. The meeting, and the presentation by local fly-fishing gu...MORE...
A day all his own - If a marriage of bureaucracy and baseball at first seems a bit odd, consider that the primary proponent of this one, Dave Edler, played third base for Bobo Brayton at Washington State. Also be reminded that Edler, Yakima's mayor, became visibly emotional...MORE...
Local report -- Awards keep coming for Central's Nilsen - SPOKANE -- Central Washington's Jamie Nilsen, coming off a record-setting senior year, has won two significant awards. Nilsen was named GNAC baseball player of the year for the second straight season, the conference announced Wednesday, and later was tabb...MORE...
Rep. Mary Skinner announces she won't seek re-election - YAKIMA -- Two years after she was diagnosed with colon cancer, Rep. Mary Skinner, R-Yakima, announced today that she will retire from the Legislature, ending 14 years of service....MORE...
Fund set up to aid search for 3 missing fishermen - TOPPENISH -- A benefit fund has been established to help in the search for three Yakama fishermen missing since their boat capsized a week ago Tuesday on the Columbia River. Donations will be used primarily to buy food as well as fu...MORE...
Fun's the word in Selah - When asked why folks should check out Selah Community Days, event organizers say the answer is obvious: It's going to be fun....MORE...
05/15/08 Death Notices - Kym Renee Boob Kym Renee Boob, 40, of Yakima died Monday at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Boob was born in Sheridan, Wyo., and had been a resident of Yakima for 10 years. She worked for the state of Washington as a community corrections officer. S...MORE...
5/15/08 Valley Sports Weekly bulletin board - BASEBALL: West Valley Little League Juniors baseball registration will be taking place from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the West Valley Middle School Commons, and at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Cottonwood Elementary. Players (ages 13-14) can also register online at...MORE...
5/15/08 Valley Sports Weekly results - Fastpitch Pistoresi's 5, Little Brown Smoke Shop 1 Lit. Brn Smoke Shop 000 000 1 -- 1 4 0 Pistoresi's 000 410 x -- 5 5 4 Coleman, George (6) and Foster, Cuillier (6); Seward and Feist. Highlights: P Lyle Carey (P) 2-3, 2 RBI; Tim Lee (P) 1-2, RBI. Golf...MORE...
Brooklyn Baseball teams take second place - YAKIMA -- The Brooklyn Baseball Club's 12-U and 13-U teams both finished second in the Yakima Mothers Day Tournament last weekend at Kiwanis Park. The 13-U team started 5-0, outscoring the opposition 66-16, before losing 11-9 to the Seattle Sting in the c...MORE...
Snow keeps many areas closed - YAKIMA -- It's going to be a scorcher in the lowlands this weekend, but jumping right into those summer activities you've been waiting for might be a problem. Or even impossible. In some cases, they might not even be doable by Memorial Day weekend. In th...MORE...
Judge throws out shooting evidence - An Ellensburg man arrested but never charged in a home-invasion shooting at a Terrace Heights residence in November won a victory in a Kittitas County case that has links to the Terrace Heights in...MORE...
Investing in the green housing movement - Cathy Goshorn buys biodegradable cleaning supplies. She uses cloth bags when she shops, and she shares a compost bin with her neighbor. Her quest to protect the environment also influenced how she remodeled her home in Yakima a year ago. She used recycled...MORE...
05/14/08 Yakima People - Arboretum's rose blooms for Ester Huey The bloom is on the rose -- or soon will be -- for Ester Huey and all women who have a positive influence on their communities. The Zonta Club of Yakima Valley planted a yellow rose Tuesday at the Yakima Area Arboret...MORE...
Armed services honored Saturday at Bickleton museum - The Bickleton Pioneer Carousel Museum is celebrating Armed Services Day on Saturday with music and displays. The museum has received a collection of World War II memorabilia from Darrell Seely, a retired principal of Connell High S...MORE...
Prep roundup -- Grizzlies, Hounds advance - YAKIMA -- Relying on their defenses to do most of the work, Sunnyside and Grandview took care of home-field business on Tuesday and advanced in the state boys soccer playoffs. After a scoreless first half, Sunnyside pulled away for a 2-0 victory over Kami...MORE...
State soccer -- A refreshing win - COWICHE -- They were worn out, they didn't impress their coach with team play and their best shots hit more post than net. But in the first round of the Class 1A state boys soccer playoffs, it would require much more than that to derail the two-time defen...MORE...
Yakima's early learning effort will receive $5 million - Thrive by Five Washington and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the first round of funding that will be used to boost early learning for children in east Yakima....MORE...
Away at School -- Moseley snaps EWU's 1,500-meter mark - YAKIMA -- CAMILLE MOSELEY (Kittitas), a senior distance runner on the Eastern Washington track and field team, set a new school record in the 1,500-meter run this season with a time of 4 minutes, 30.33 seconds, breaking Hannah Lohrmann's 1999 mark of 4:31...MORE...
How students rate on financial savvy - According to the JumpStart Coalition's 2008 Financial Education Survey, high school seniors have a lot to learn about managing money. The survey was administered to 300 students across the state. It consisted of 31,...MORE...
Union Gap tightens animal laws - UNION GAP -- Tired of wearing earplugs to drown out your neighbor's cock-a-doodle-dooing rooster every morning? Good news. If you live in Union Gap, those days are drawing to a clos...MORE...
05/14/08 Wine Q&A - Q. A recent wine column in the Wall Street Journal stated a large disappointment in merlots that cost $20 to $50. The final listing of nine were California only despite the authors including Washington labels in their tastings. I'm not too sure how much I...MORE...
Prosser reaches to Bellevue for new administrator - PROSSER -- The city of Prosser has selected its new administrator. Mayor Paul Warden has chosen Charlie Bush, currently an assistant to the city manager for the cit...MORE...
Program focuses high-schoolers on finance - YAKIMA -- Eduardo Mejia was clueless about money. He never heard of interest rates and finance charges. He didn't know how to budget his income, yet alone invest it. Credit cards, too, were a mystery....MORE...
Sunnyside narrows city manager choices - SUNNYSIDE -- The city of Sunnyside is getting closer to hiring a new manager and residents will have an opportunity to interview the final four candidates. A series of interviews and meetings is scheduled later thi...MORE...
Stock spring picnic with affordable Washington wines - A few weeks ago, I was asked to organize a wine tasting for a private event. The table was laid out with an assortment of picnic foods: olives, nuts, cheeses, pâté, salmon spread, various dips and salads and a cold pork tenderloin. Rather t...MORE...
Search goes on for missing fisherman - HOME VALLEY, Wash. -- A search will continue today for three Yakama tribal fishermen whose boat was found capsized last week on the Columbia River. Officers with both the Yakama Nation and Colum...MORE...
Downtown fun back in season at farmers market - An Elvis impersonator, brandywine tomatoes and teriyaki jerky, with a little jewelry and custom artwork thrown in for good measure. All that and more -- don't forget the fresh-baked bread -- could be found at the opening day of the Yakima Farmers Market. ...MORE...
Costco looking for call center workers - Costco is now accepting applications for its new call center in Yakima. WorkSource Yakima, a job agency, has already received several inquires about the call center....MORE...
NEW: Truck driver's death under investigation - ELLENSBURG -- State Patrol troopers are investigating what caused the death of a truck driver who was found in his vehicle on the side of Interstate 82 in Kittitas County on Monday night. Scott E. Waser, 54, of Washougal was found 11 miles east of Ellensb...MORE...
Gates gives local education a lift - After listening to students in a preschool class sing two songs, Bill Gates Sr. declared, "It's going to be a good day," prior to announcing the first round of funding that will be used to boost early learning opportunities for children in east Yakima. An...MORE...
Alternative school asks former grads to return - When the Toppenish School District's EAGLE Alternative School first opened in November 1988, the aim was to give students at risk of not finishing school a path to a diploma. Now, 20 years later, school officials are inviting all past graduates to return...MORE...
PREP REPORT -- La Salle shuts out Bridgeport in district opener - UNION GAP -- Whitney Anderson and Elise Fenich drove in two runs as the La Salle fastpitch team beat Bridgeport 9-0 in a loser-out Class 2B district game Monday. Anderson went 3-for-3 at the plate and also scored a run, and teammate Lauren Nichols added a...MORE...
Yep, we're WEIRD ... but in a good way - Consider it a place where "weird" is a compliment. That's how museum hostess Leah Huntington of Goldendale took it when she learned a bit of her community's folklore is listed in a new book outlining the state's odder places and people....MORE...
Chinook Pass workers are the real snow men - CHINOOK PASS -- When April arrives, Rick Lawson and several other state Department of Transportation workers leave their routine highway maintenance chores and head for Chinook Pass to remove snow. Using large excavators, snowplows and snowblowers, a crew...MORE...
It's curtains for longtime Yakima Ave. storefronts - The curtain has already fallen on Cascade Shade. Any day now, the same fate awaits Sullivan's Dry Cleaners and its neighbor, Instant Press. In their place a new Walgreens drugstore will soon rise, remaking a block of downtown Yakima Avenue that has alwa...MORE...
No sign of missing fishermen as search continues - Authorities and volunteers searched the Columbia River with no luck Friday for three missing Yakama tribal fishermen. The Yakama Nation released the names of the three men, who have been missing since they went out Tuesday to check their salmon nets from...MORE...
Child in serious condition after crash - SUNNYSIDE -- A 4-year-old Mabton boy was in serious condition Saturday evening at a Seattle hospital after a two-vehicle crash, officials said. Jose Birrueta was being treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after first being taken to Sunnyside C...MORE...
Protect kids from hazards on the farm - Ahhh, springtime on the farm. Open fields, fresh air, peaceful winds, flowers ... what's not to love? Children living in rural areas, such as Yakima, are at a greater risk of unintentional injury than city kids. According to Safe Kids USA, each year in t...MORE...
05/13/08 Around the Valley - North First Street to be cleaned up YAKIMA -- North First Street is about to get its spring cleaning done. Organizers are hoping at least 150 volunteers will take part Saturday in the third annual effort to increase the visual appeal of...MORE...
Family reeling after longtime pet found dead, missing spleen - The mystery involving Peanut hasn't been solved entirely, but investigators are pretty sure they know how the pet died. When neighbors discov-ered Debbie Zorrozua's dog on her front lawn along 85th Avenue earlier this week, the 10-year-old dachshund mix w...MORE...
You make the call ... to Mom - Calling my mother on Sunday morning had become a ritual ever since my dad died more than a decade ago. When Mom answered the phone, her first words would always be the same: "How's the weather out there?" Familiar words spoken with a familiar voice. Today...MORE...
Wrecking yard opponents fight on - WAPATO -- Opponents of Yakima County's plan to move a wrecking yard on the road to wine country spent an afternoon at the disputed site recently, discussing landscaping details with county officials. But they were adamant their cooperation does not mean ...MORE...
Scholarship available for low-income students - Middle-schoolers are invited to apply for the Washington State College Bound Scholarship. The four-year scholarship pays for tuition, books and fees not covered by other state and federal aid for students from low-income families. As part of the applicati...MORE...
Soroptimists honor local students - Soroptimist International of Yakima recently awarded several scholarships. Amber Baumgarden, a senior at Naches Valley High School, received the Violet Richardson Award and $500 in recognition of her volunteer work in the community. Mireya N. Galvez, re...MORE...
Caffeine a necessary evil for teens - Starbucks, Rockstar, Monster, Red Bull. These are teens' fuels of choice. With the WASL, SATs, college courses, homework, sports, deadlines, college applications and other extracurricular activities, today's high school students are staying up late just...MORE...
Guest speaker sheds light on squirmy subject - Even for abstinent teenagers like me, the topic of sex is a big one. So there was a feeling of excitement when the student body of La Salle High School gathered on a recent morning to listen to a presentation by Brad Henning on exactly that topic. Hennin...MORE...
Senior project is the Ultimate rush - One of the new graduation requirements for 2008 graduates in the Yakima School District is completing and presenting a senior project. These projects can be anything the student chooses as long as they're geared toward community-mindedness. To that end,...MORE...
Ample snowfall aids area water supply - The snow will begin to melt -- soon. That's what water-supply officials promised Friday. Unseasonably cold weather has kept snowpack in the Central Cascades and elsewhere in the state well above normal and, in some cases, at record levels. The Bureau of R...MORE...
Prep fastpitch -- Going the distance for split - ELLENSBURG -- Renee Cuillier's facial muscles have as much wear and tear on them as her arm this year. Because the East Valley starter smiles after every delivery home no matter what happens with the batter. She grinned right through a 1-0 loss to Ellensb...MORE...
LOCAL REPORT -- Longton takes Late Model race - Yakima -- Moxee's Mike Longton made an outside pass with 30 laps remaining and took the 75-circuit ASA Late Model race Saturday at Yakima Speedway. Longton, who had the second fastest time in qualifying, passed Mike Zamora to the lead. Zamora finished sec...MORE...
Farmers market 'bigger, better' this year - Cooking demonstrations, kids' activities and musical entertainment are on tap for the 10th year of the Yakima Farmers Market starting Sunday. "It's going to be bigger and better than ever before, that's for sure," said Victor DeLong, a Yakima attorney an...MORE...
College football -- Spring in their step - ELLENSBURG -- The whole point of spring football games is to not pay too much attention to them. To the points, that is. What counts is whether experienced players perform to expectations, whether newcomers show promise and whether anyone gets hurt. So ba...MORE...
Sunnyside zoning issue to be argued in court - SUNNYSIDE -- Retired farmer Don Padelford has filed a lawsuit against the city of Sunnyside for not allowing him to develop the airport neighborhood he envisions. Padelford, 60, wants to build more than 400 homes -- some with their own hangars -- just nor...MORE...
Prep soccer -- Grizzlies win regional title - SUNNYSIDE -- It's been home sweet home for Sunnyside's boys soccer team. Playing on their home field for the third straight regional game, the Grizzlies once again rode their powerful defense to a 2-0 victory over Eastmont in the championship match Saturd...MORE...
Baseball roundup -- Forgey fans 10 as Rangers claim SCAC district - MOSES LAKE -- Lucas Forgey scattered five hits and struck out 10 as Naches Valley claimed the SCAC District baseball title with a 3-1 win over Connell on Saturday night. The win earned the Rangers, Class 1A state runners-up last year, the district's No. ...MORE...
Fastpitch roundup -- Powers helps NV claim share of SCAC West - NACHES -- Stephanie Powers collected four hits and three RBI, and pitcher Casi White struck out 15 for the day as Naches Valley swept Goldendale 7-6, 12-10 to earn a share of the SCAC West fastpitch title on Saturday. Powers finished 4-for-6 for the day...MORE...
Tennis/Golf roundup -- Davis' Chang, Ike's Bemis reach 4A semifinals - YAKIMA -- Davis' Abe Chang and Eisenhower's Eric Bemis stormed through their respective singles brackets to reach the semifinals of the CBL 4A boys district tennis tournament Saturday at Kissel Park in Yakima. After first-round byes, both players posted t...MORE...
Local report -- CWU's Nilsen shines in finale, despite losing pair to NNU - NAMPA, Idaho -- Central Washington lost both games of a doubleheader to Northwest Nazarene on Saturday to end its season, but CWU senior Jamie Nilsen nonetheless went out in a blaze of glory. Though the Wildcats fell 10-8 and 6-5, Nilsen's remarkable care...MORE...
Semi-pro football -- Mavericks still undefeated - SPOKANE -- The Yakima Mavericks inched closer to matching the program's best start with a patient 26-16 victory against the State Line Miners on Saturday at North Central High School. Jesse Cardenas scored rushing touchdowns of 4 and 5 yards to go with Mi...MORE...
PNGA Cup -- Washington team rallies to beat Oregon - BEND, Ore. -- Dan Whitaker and his Washington teammates staged a stunning rally Saturday to capture the PNGA Cup in a sudden-death playoff over two-time defending champion Oregon. Whitaker won his singles match Saturday, 2 and 1 over British Columbia's Cr...MORE...
5/11/08 Letter to sports - CWU women set records as well To the sports editor -- I really enjoyed Roger Underwood's column about the first 49 years of CWU's Nicholson Pavilion. Yes, the men's teams were quite dominant. I also remember a women's team that holds a record on that co...MORE...
5/11/08 Prep standings - CWAC Final W L x-Othello 17 1 x-East Valley 15 3 x-Ellensburg 15 3 x-Selah 13 5 x-Quincy 7 11 x-Ephrata 7 11 x-Grandview 7 11 x-Prosser 5 13 Toppenish 2 16 Wapato 2 16 x-qualified for district Saturday's results Ellensburg 1-0, East Valley 0-3 Grandview...MORE...
Prep track and field -- Selah's Blanshan blazes to 10.36; Wandling false starts - Two state champions took dramatic wrong turns in CWAC sub-district track and field meets on Friday, but Brett Blanshan flew straight ahead faster than ever. The Selah junior clocked an automatically timed 10.36 seconds in the 100 meters at the North meet...MORE...
Local report -- CWU baseball earns split - NAMPA, Idaho -- Kevin Walkenhauer and Nate Rylaarsdam each doubled twice and Rylaarsdam finished with three RBI as Central Washington beat Northwest Nazarene 9-4 Friday for a split of a GNAC doubleheader. The Crusaders' 9-6 first-game win eliminated Centr...MORE...
Farmers markets up and running - For the past couple of weeks, local muralist Rick Fuller has been painting the North Third Street windows of the former Liquidation World building. His latest public work features a brick facade and the different Yakima Farmers Market posters from over th...MORE...
Guilty Pleasures -- Brews at the beach - Back in the day, beer was beer was beer. That was until several years ago, when Guilty Pleasures became intimately involved with the beer business. Well, more accurately, intimately involved with someone in the beer biz. During that time, Guilty Pleasure...MORE...
College football -- Another new era begins for CWU - YAKIMA -- Unlike most spring games, where a mostly new team runs the previous season's plays, Central Washington will offer an intriguing variation today. The Wildcats, for the second straight year, will unveil a new coach and a new system when they concl...MORE...
Sayler pleads guilty to child rape, molestation - A former West Valley youth coach pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon to raping and molesting three teenage boys who played on his teams. Prosecutors are expected to recommend that Randy Sayler, now 46, face a minimum prison sentence of 23 years. A state rev...MORE...
State puts ignition interlock devices to the test - Yakima County, No. 7 in the state for population, ranks third for the number of drunken-driving deaths. Hundreds of Yakima County residents are charged each year with driving under the influence of intoxicating drugs or alcohol. Perhaps as many as three-q...MORE...
Pair of Valley diversity advocates recognized - CENTRALIA, Wash. -- Two of the Yakima Valley's own were honored Thursday at Centralia College for their work in fostering ethnic diversity. Tomás Villanueva, a longtime farm worker activist, and state Rep. Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney, D-Seattle, were ...MORE...
PDL soccer -- Reds leave Surge blue - YAKIMA -- Welcome back, Junior. Prior to Friday night, the last time Junior Garcia played on the field at Marquette Stadium was last June when he suffered a season-ending injury that proved equally devastating to the Yakima Reds offense. Friday, Garcia wa...MORE...
Advocates hear story of a life turned around - Liz Murray's parents partied too much in the '70s and got hooked on drugs. After Liz was born in 1980, their addictions continued and she was raised in a Bronx tenement where the daily trade-off was drugs or food, paid for with the monthly welfare check...MORE...
Prep baseball/fastpitch roundup -- Viks, Red Devils to meet for CWAC title - Selah and East Valley, who split two regular-season games last month, will meet tonight for the CWAC district baseball championship. The Vikings, who won the league title, earned their berth by downing Ellensburg 4-1 in a semifinal game Friday on their ho...MORE...
Favorable winds for wind farm dedication - About 300 people showed up Thursday to dedicate Klickitat County's second major wind farm. The White Creek Wind Project is a 205-megawatt wind farm about 12 miles south of Bickleton. Its 89 turbines on 9,500 acres of ranchland will generate enough elect...MORE...
05/09/08 Film Clips - OPENING TODAY "MARRIED LIFE" -- This chamber piece set in the late 1940s is a romantic quadrangle involving a stockbroker who'd rather kill his wife than deal with the fallout of his affair with a young war widow. Starring Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson...MORE...
Gathering celebrates lawsuit that changed women's sports - It took long hours, dedication and a sprint to the finish, but she won. In a way, all women did. On Thursday evening, Karen Troianello of Yakima took time to look back on history as part of a Seattle event celebrating a legal victory that changed the c...MORE...
It's all about emotion for acclaimed guitarist Feriante - There's something about the guitar, says classical guitarist Andre Feriante. It has a sound that just pulls at your heart. That's especially true with Feriante, who spent part of his childhood in Yakima. His romantic...MORE...
Local report -- Central signs Spokane point guard - ELLENSBURG -- Central Washington, which lost starting point guard Nate Jackson to graduation, has possibly found a successor. Jon Clift, who helped lead Spokane to a runner-up finish to Yakima Valley in the NWAACC Tournament in March, has decided to conti...MORE...
05/09/08 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 YVCC DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION. Works by students and faculty. Open...MORE...
Spring fashion goes electric - This season's "color" is not pink. It's not black, brown or blue, either. It is electric. Electric, saturated hues. ...MORE...
Prep golf -- Overcoming over and over - YAKIMA -- In the opening minute of what would be one of the biggest victories in the history of West Valley's girls basketball program, Liz Tikriti was forced to do something which for her was unthinkable. She sat. Inside her right knee was so much ligame...MORE...
Downtown shop goes eclectic - Though tables of flowers greet you as you round the corner and ceramic pots flank the entrance, it's the clothing that catches your eye when you walk through the door of Garden Dance. "Home, garden, and fashion fro...MORE...
5/9/08 This week on track - YAKIMA SPEEDWAY What: Late Models, Super Stocks, Hobby Sportsman, Hobby Stocks, Hornets, Bump to Pass, Youth Hornets. When: Saturday. Gates open at 4 p.m., racing at 5. Note: Quiet since the Apple Cup, the Speedway hosts its first full local slate of raci...MORE...
Prep report -- Small-school vaulting flying high with TL-G - Is it track and field for the Trout Lake-Glenwood program or, more specifically, simply track and pole vault? Hard to tell since nine of the 15 boys in the two-school program have competed in the event and three of them are among the top four 1B vaulters...MORE...
Yakima Valley track and field leaders - THROUGH WEDNESDAY BOYS 100 -- FAT: Brett Blanshan (Selah) 10.79, Cade Wandling (Prosser) 10.86, Marco Martinez (Toppenish) 11.00, Dana Wells (Riverside Christian) 11.23, Cody Bruns (Prosser) 11.43, Jonathan Newport (Eisenhower) 11.43. Wind aided: Blanshan...MORE...
CBA -- Potential Sun Kings owners emerge - YAKIMA -- While work progresses on a deal with local investors to buy the Sun Kings, another potential buyer has emerged -- and he's one quite familiar to fans. Otis Harlan said Thursday that he's seriously interested in reaquiring the team that he owned ...MORE...
CWU Hall of Fame -- Central marks a season of firsts - YAKIMA -- More than one member of the 1987-88 Central Washington women's basketball team admitted to memory lapses when asked about the historic team. "That was, after all, 20 years ago," one of them explained. True. But closer examination reveals that a...MORE...
5/9/08 Hot Tickets - TODAY BASEBALL: Take your pick between these two CWAC district semifinals -- Ellensburg at Selah and Ephrata at East Valley. Both start at 4 p.m. Meanwhile, Naches Valley hosts Kiona-Benton in a SCAC semifinal. SATURDAY BOYS SOCCER: Sunnyside hosts Eastm...MORE...
5/9/08 Prep standings - Fastpitch CWAC W L Othello 15 1 East Valley 14 2 Ellensburg 14 2 Selah 13 3 Grandview 5 11 Prosser 5 11 Quincy 5 11 Ephrata 5 11 Toppenish 2 14 Wapato 2 14 Today's games Othello at Selah (2), 3:30 p.m. Saturday's games Prosser at Grandview (2), 10 a.m. T...MORE...
Prep Roundup -- Mercado's goals lift Selah - YAKIMA -- Senior Israel Mercado scored early and late -- both times with the help of Michael Fadden -- and lifted Selah to a 2-1 overtime victory over East Valley in a loser-out CWAC district boys soccer match on Thursday. Mercado scored on an assist from...MORE...
Latin music celebration at YVCC - The Yakima Valley Community College Latin Music celebration has evolved from a series of Internet clinics to a three-day festival that incorporates education and performances. In its second year of hosting a formal celebration, YVCC has brought in thre...MORE...
Slice: Tennis title is a long time coming for Yakima woman - The security guards at Mobile (Ala.) Regional Airport weren't sure what to make of one piece of Barbara Kinloch's carry-on luggage. Its pyramid base might conceivably be used as a weapon, and then there were all of those sharp edges -- and, on top, that c...MORE...
Still looking for missing fishermen - HOME VALLEY, Wash. -- Authorities are still searching for three Yakama tribal fishermen who went missing on the Columbia River after their boat capsized earlier this week. Today, officers with the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Yakama Natio...MORE...
Ross starts campaign for return to Olympia - State Rep. Charles Ross, R-Naches, likes being seen as a law-and-justice legislator. The Naches Repub-lican, who kicked off his re-election campaign Thursday morning outside the Yaki-ma police station, gained the reputation this year by successfully pu...MORE...
May Crowning -- Catholic grade schools mark the occasion - Bring flowers of the fairest Bring flowers of the rarest From garden and woodland And hillside and vale Our full hearts are swelling Our glad voices telling The praise of the loveliest Rose of the vale -- "Queen of the May," also known as "Bring Flowers ...MORE...
05/09/08 Around the Valley - Union Gap water system maintenance UNION GAP -- The city of Union Gap will conduct routine maintenance of its water system by flushing water through fire hydrants from Monday to May 30. To cause the least disruption for residents, this activity will be do...MORE...
05/09/08 Theater - "BOOKBOUND." 8 tonight-Saturday. Warehouse Theatre in the Allied ArtsCenter, 5000 W. Lincoln Ave. Tickets: $15 general admission, $12 seniors and students through the Warehouse Theatre box office, 966-0951. Box office hours: 3-6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, noon...MORE...
05/09/08 Planner - AUDITIONS YAKIMA VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOLLIES. 6 tonight: cast meeting at Memorial Hospital auditorium, 2811 Tieton Drive. 1 p.m. Saturday: auditions at The Seasons, 101 N. Naches Ave. For May 17 performance of "Spontaneous Combustion." www.memfound....MORE...
05/09/08 Books - READING/SIGNING MARY VINE. 2 p.m. Saturday. Inklings Bookshop, 5629 Summitview Ave., Chalet Place. Former Valley resident will sign "Maya's Gold." 965-5830. T. LLOYD WINETSKY. Local author will discuss how he incorporated the May 18, 1980, ash fall from...MORE...
05/09/08 Just announced - JAMES AND ERNIE. 6:30 p.m. May 17. Toppenish Community Center, 101 Meyers Road, Toppenish. $12. Info: Roy Dick, 314-9241, Odena Howard, 865-5121, ext. 4450. (Native American comedy duo.) SMOKEY ROBINSON. 8 p.m. Aug. 2. Yakama Nation Legends Casino outdoo...MORE...
YVCC Salsa Band's 'Clavecide!' CD highlights Latin music fest - At the beginning of the school year in September, Yakima Valley Community College jazz instructor David Blink promised his Latin jazz students the opportunity to record a CD if they came up with an entire set of original tunes. They did, and this week "Cl...MORE...
YVCC student and faculty exhibit opens Monday - Artworks created between the 2007 spring quarter and the 2008 winter quarter at Yakima Valley Community College will go on display next week in the annual YVCC Department of Visual Arts Student & Faculty Exhibit, a fixture at the Larson Gallery for mo...MORE...
05/09/08 10 Days Out - Friday, May 9 * Critically acclaimed jazz vocalist Kendra Shank, who started as a folk singer-guitar strummer, performs tonight at The Seasons, 101 N. Naches Ave. With a voice described by noted music critic Terry Teachout as "warm-toned, fine-grained, q...MORE...
05/09/08 Night life - NIGHT LIFE Blues/Jazz/Swing THE DEPOT RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday. LaLoni Lee Brown. 32 N. Front St. 469-4400. (Smooth pop standards.) JACK-SONS SPORTS BAR. 6-11 p.m. Thursdays. Open blues/jazz jam. 432 S. 48th Ave. 966-4340. JOHNNY'...MORE...
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