Lance Tormey

A helicopter crash in British Columbia on Saturday resulted in the death of Monson Fruit Company President Michael Monson. According to Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 48-year-old Monson was on a helicopter fishing trip in the Cambell River area when the helicopter clipped a tree and crashed

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A man with a knife robbed the Terrace Heights Subway store on Monday morning. Yakima County Sheriff’s deputies say The female clerk reported that while preparing to open for the day she responded to a knock at the back door believing that it was an early morning delivery. She

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Gang members fired at a man entering a local grocery store and he fired back. It happened at about 1:00 p.m. Sunday in the 6 hundred block of South 3 Street. Authorities say the victim told them as he and a friend were walking into the store several people in the parking lot shouted gang slurs at them and fired shots at them

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Thanks to an alert neighbor 2 burglary suspects were arrested on Friday. Yakima County Sheriffs' Deputies say the burglary happened at a home on Borton road at about 9:15 a.m. Friday morning. A neighbor saw two young men enter a house and quickly leave with a large flat screen TV

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A 27-year-old man faces assault charges after stabbing his ex-girlfriend at a home in the 1000 block of North Naches avenue Friday night. Yakima Police say the man then turned the knife on himself

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The average retail gasoline prices in Yakima have fallen 1.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.57/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 91 gas outlets in Yakima. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5

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Pay attention when you drive through a work zone. The message is simple and it's coming from the Washington State Department of Transportation. Spokesperson Summer Derrey at the WSDOT office in Union Gap says next week is National Work Zone Safety Awarness Week

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The legalization of marijuana has forced the early retirement of the Yakima Police Department’s two drug dogs. Yakima City Manager Tony O'Rourke says the city however still has 4 police dogs that help catch wanted suspects

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It is called Yak Back and it is a new Yakima City service designed for you to send your concerns to city officials. Spokesman Randy Beehler tells KIT News Yak Back “is a great service that allows people to let the city know about areas in the city that need attention.”

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OLYMPIA – Transportation workers, along with all roadway and utility workers, ask drivers to remember one rule when they see those bright orange signs and cones: just slow down.

It’s that simple

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