Lance Tormey

A crash in White Swan on Tuesday night has resulted in the death of a 34 year old man. State Patrol Troopers say 34 year old Nicolas Starr was eastbound on Birch Avenue at Signal Peak Road. Starr apparently lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a an unoccupied car parked in the White Swan Trading Post parking lot

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A Yakima County Superior Court judge on Tuesday refused to drop charges against Frank Sweet. The former city manager in Selah and Sunnyside. Sweet faces charges of destroying public documents and theft from the city of Selah while he was the Selah city manager

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With the revitalization of downtown and more people expected to enjoy the downtown area this spring and summer police patrols will start in mid June. Yakima Police Chief Dominic Rizzi says at any one time you will see four officers in the downtown area 7 days a week

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Actress, singer and former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello has passed away at the age of 70 from complications stemming from her battle with multiple sclerosis.

Funicello first entered households in the mid-1950s as a 12-year-old Mouseketeer, and later parlayed her fame onto the big screen, starring in a string of ’60s movies with Frankie Avalon like ‘Beach Blanket Bingo’ and ‘Beach Party.’

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Springtime cues crews up to Chinook Pass. After a careful assessment last week, Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance workers began clearing the 5,430-foot pass. Each year crews blast, plow and blow their way through 20 to 30 feet of snow to clear the highway

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Westbound traffic on Nob Hill Blvd. is reduced to one lane from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. this week between 8 avenue and 18 avenue. City crews are cleaning sewer lines in the area. The work is expected to be finished on Friday

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It is back to work today for detectives with the Yakima County Sheriff's office investigating a homicide in the Moxee area. Few details are being released about the incident. An autopsy Monday found that 30 year old Desiree Sunford, an art teacher with the Wapato School District died of multiple gunshot wounds at her home in the Moxee area over the weekend

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Yakima County Sheriff's officials now say the count was way off in that chicken fight arrest in Zillah over the weekend. On Monday a 56-year-old man was in court on charges of organizing the chicken or cockfight at a Zillah farm on Saturday

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Yakima County Sheriff's Detectives are searching for clues in a homicide reported at a home in the 3 hundred block of North St. Hilaire Road. Authorities have identified the victim as 30 year old Desiree Sunford who died of multiple gunshot wounds

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Worries about minor flooding along the Naches river were eased over the weekend as the river came close to flood stage but no problems were reported. Rivers filled on the west side of the state as well but no flooding was reported

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