The Toppenish school board placed John M. Cerna on paid, non-disciplinary administrative leave at its meeting Wednesday night.
Yakima County is returning more than $2 million in emergency funds for homeless services to the state Department of Commerce because it didn’t receive enough projects to exhaust the funds.
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CWU football’s signing class Pos. Name School Height Weight WR Cooper Beltz Clackamas (Ore.) 63 190 TE Jesse Benge Naches Valley 6-4 250 OG Garrett Bickley Anacortes 6-3 270 RB Blake Borup Eastlake 6-0 215 CB Bo … Read moreNaches Valley's Benge signs to play tight end as one of 29 new Central Washington freshman
February is here already, and Explore will not let the groundhog’s prediction stop us from sharing a weekend full of things to do. Read moreWeekender picks Feb. 3-5: First Friday in Yakima, salsa dancing and live music
Eleven cases nationwide, including one in Washington, have resulted in vision loss, hospitalizations and one death. Authorities blame EzriCare Artificial Tears. Read moreCDC urges people to stop using eye drops brand that infected WA resident
A new report says that Israel’s West Bank settler population now makes up more than half a million people. That figure crosses a major threshold and it is set to continue to surge under Israel’s new ultranational… Read moreIsraeli settler population in West Bank surpasses 500k
Supporters of establishing a Lower Valley public hospital district have pulled off an impressive feat in gathering the signatures of more than 1,100 people who’d like to see the idea appear on a ballot. Read moreOpinion: Toppenish hospital district is a commendable cause
Jennifer Lopez is selling her house for $42 million - $14 million more than she paid for it in 2016. Read moreJennifer Lopez selling house for 14m profit
A three-mile stretch of Fruitvale Boulevard doesn’t resemble anyone’s modern idea of a highway. But a closer look provides clues of the road’s history before a new U.S. 12 spur opened in the early 1970s. Read moreAs Fruitvale Boulevard has changed, businesses lining it adjust with the times
Three school districts in Yakima will have funding measures on the ballot in the Feb. 14 special election. Read moreOn the ballot: Local school districts seek community funding in February election
This month’s issue is dedicated to travel and adventure, which might be sort of redundant. Travel always leads to adventure, doesn’t it? Read moreNote: Wherever you travel, you always find adventures
