Lance Tormey

It's job evaluation time for Yakima City Manager Tony O'Rourke.  His boss, the Yakima City Council is being asked to evaluate his work from July of last year to July of this year. The purpose of the annual performance review is to assess O'Rourke's work over the last year and help establish new goals for next year

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It's open and traffic is moving through the new Martin Luther King Jr. underpass after a ribbon cutting ceremony was held Wednesday. City Engineer Bret Shefield says $10.6 million dollar project will allow traffic to flow rather than being stopped at the railroad tracks as trains pass

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With the completion of the Martin Luther King Jr. underpass the Yakima City Council will be faced with a decision.

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A Yakima business who's customers fish in the Pateros area is hoping to give back to those who's lives have been devistated by the Carlton Complex of Fires. Reed Michael is a manager at Grumpy's on South First Street who says  "We have a bunch of customers who were up in that area fishing for sockeye and they barely made it out of there

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Hundreds of firefighters are battling fires in North Central Washington including crews from the West Valley Fire Department.

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Yakima City officials are holding a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday for the opening of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard underpass.

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Local veterans and their families are invited to a special town hall meeting on Wednesday with the Governors' Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee.

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• Yakima Avenue has brand new banners lining the streets as part of a brand new program to provide a fresh look for downtown.

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A 42-year-old Moxee man faces burglary charges in Yakima County Superior Court this week after Yakima County sheriff's deputies caught him blue handed Friday in Terrace Heights.

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The general manager of Yakima Worker Care who's in charge of drug testing says she expects an increase in testing by employers now that marijuana is legalized in the state.

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