News Talk KIT » Breaking News http://newstalkkit.com Wed, 22 May 2013 01:19:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Done Deal Dave's All In On Council Run Part Deux : Dave's Diary http://newstalkkit.com/done-deal-daves-all-in-on-council-run-part-deux-daves-diary/ http://newstalkkit.com/done-deal-daves-all-in-on-council-run-part-deux-daves-diary/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 20:39:17 +0000 Dave Ettl http://newstalkkit.com/?p=230294 Has it been four years…already?  Wow, time DOES fly when you are having fun and I have to tell you, it really has been fun.  Yes, I’m talking about my time as the At-Large-Position 5 Yakima City Council Representative.  No, it’s not fun campaigning in a wheelchair, and it’s not fun having the newspaper put you in the crosshairs.  But it WAS fun learning more about how this great city physically operates, meeting the dedicated city staff and learning the procedures of governance.  Overall it’s been fun and interesting and challenging and frustrating and rewarding and yes, after some consideration, I have decided to seek re-election

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/done-deal-daves-all-in-on-council-run-part-deux-daves-diary/feed/ 0 ibpost.com Death Confirmed After Crash on North Track Road http://newstalkkit.com/death-confirmed-after-crash-on-north-track-road/ http://newstalkkit.com/death-confirmed-after-crash-on-north-track-road/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 19:11:24 +0000 Aaron Nilsson http://newstalkkit.com/?p=227457 The Thursday night car accident on North Track Road in Wapato that ended with a car underwater has now left 69-year-old Antonio Carmona-Vazquez dead, according to Yakima County Coroner Jack Hawkins, reports KIMA-tv. 

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/death-confirmed-after-crash-on-north-track-road/feed/ 0 Flickr, guydonges Yakima's Bishop Comments on the Selection of Pope Francis [Audio] http://newstalkkit.com/yakimas-bishop-comments-on-the-selection-of-pope-francis-audio/ http://newstalkkit.com/yakimas-bishop-comments-on-the-selection-of-pope-francis-audio/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:15 +0000 Brian Teegarden http://newstalkkit.com/?p=215531 Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina became both the first Latin American pope and the first Jesuit pope when he was elected by the College of Cardinals Wednesday at the Vatican in Rome. He is the first non-European pope elected in a millennia

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yakimas-bishop-comments-on-the-selection-of-pope-francis-audio/feed/ 0 Getty Images Zillah Teacher Tapped For Teacher of The Year Award http://newstalkkit.com/zillah-teacher-tapped-for-teacher-of-the-year-award/ http://newstalkkit.com/zillah-teacher-tapped-for-teacher-of-the-year-award/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:57:28 +0000 News Talk KIT http://newstalkkit.com/?p=203992 The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) announced today four finalists for the 2013 National Teacher of the Year. One of the finalists is Zillah High School Science Teacher Jeff Charbonneau the 2013 Washington State Teacher of The year

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/zillah-teacher-tapped-for-teacher-of-the-year-award/feed/ 0 Harper Plea Deal Details Announced http://newstalkkit.com/harper-plea-deal-details-announced/ http://newstalkkit.com/harper-plea-deal-details-announced/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:20:52 +0000 Brian Teegarden http://newstalkkit.com/?p=182150 Our news partner KIMA Action News is reporting this afternoon that triple murder suspect Kevin Harper's plea agreement has been announced.
Kevin Harper pleads guilty to a count of unlawful possession of a firearm and 2nd degree possession of stolen property

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/harper-plea-deal-details-announced/feed/ 0 kima Your Pictures of the Ahtanum Ridge Fire [PHOTOS] http://newstalkkit.com/your-pictures-of-the-ahtanum-ridge-fire-photos/ http://newstalkkit.com/your-pictures-of-the-ahtanum-ridge-fire-photos/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2012 04:26:09 +0000 John Riggs http://newstalkkit.com/?p=173610 We asked you to submit your pictures of the Ahtanum Ridge fire. This gallery will update as more pictures come in so keep checking back.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/your-pictures-of-the-ahtanum-ridge-fire-photos/feed/ 0 Photo by William Beebe Ahtanum Ridge On Fire http://newstalkkit.com/ahtanum-ridge-on-fire/ http://newstalkkit.com/ahtanum-ridge-on-fire/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2012 03:28:16 +0000 John Riggs http://newstalkkit.com/?p=173559 If you look out your window in Yakima and look south, you'll see that Ahtanum Ridge is on fire.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/ahtanum-ridge-on-fire/feed/ 0 Photo by Lowell Riggs Firefighters Battling North Wenas Brush Fire http://newstalkkit.com/firefighters-battling-north-wenas-brush-fire/ http://newstalkkit.com/firefighters-battling-north-wenas-brush-fire/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:36:23 +0000 Brian Teegarden http://newstalkkit.com/?p=173513  

Our news partner KIMA Action News reports that crews are fighting a brushfire near the 14000 block of North Wenas Road. Operations are continuing and more information will be available soon.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/firefighters-battling-north-wenas-brush-fire/feed/ 0 Facebook Jeffrey Johnson Identified As Empire State Building Shooter http://newstalkkit.com/jeffrey-johnson-empire-state-building-shooter/ http://newstalkkit.com/jeffrey-johnson-empire-state-building-shooter/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:54:58 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=136037 A man who shot and killed a former co-worker near the Empire State Building on Friday morning has now been identified as 53-year-old Jeffrey Johnson.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/jeffrey-johnson-empire-state-building-shooter/feed/ 0 Mario Tama, Getty Images Empire State Building Shooting Possibly Hitting 10 http://newstalkkit.com/empire-state-building-shooting-possibly-hitting-10/ http://newstalkkit.com/empire-state-building-shooting-possibly-hitting-10/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:47:53 +0000 John Riggs http://newstalkkit.com/?p=171265 Although details are sketchy at the moment, several news outlets are reporting that a gunman has shot multiple people near the Empire State Building in Manhattan this morning.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/empire-state-building-shooting-possibly-hitting-10/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images Taylor Bridge Fire Nearly Full Containment http://newstalkkit.com/taylor-bridge-fire-nearly-full-containment/ http://newstalkkit.com/taylor-bridge-fire-nearly-full-containment/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:30:36 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=170162 Washington (AP) Fire crews have reached 57 percent containment on a central Washington wildfire that has burned dozens of homes.

The Taylor Bridge fire east of Cle Elum, Wash., has burned across more than 36 square miles or 23,000 acres of grass, sagebrush and timber

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/taylor-bridge-fire-nearly-full-containment/feed/ 0 kima tv Don't get Burned When Donating to The Taylor Bridge Fire http://newstalkkit.com/dont-get-burned-when-donating-in-taylor-bridge-fire/ http://newstalkkit.com/dont-get-burned-when-donating-in-taylor-bridge-fire/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:25:12 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=169123 The Better Business Bureau of eastern Washington is warning about scammers trying to trick people who want to give to help with recovery efforts in the Taylor Bridge fire near Cle Elum.  The BBB's Chelsea Dannon says scammers have set up websites hoping to gain donations or financial information from web surfers

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/dont-get-burned-when-donating-in-taylor-bridge-fire/feed/ 0 kit Cattlemen's Cowboy Up to Help in the Taylor Bridge Fire http://newstalkkit.com/cattlemens-cowboy-up-to-help-in-the-taylor-bridge-fire/ http://newstalkkit.com/cattlemens-cowboy-up-to-help-in-the-taylor-bridge-fire/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:12:25 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=168499 The Washington Cattlemen's Association, in conjunction with Kittitas County Cattlewomen and Washington Beef Commission, will provide free beef tri-tip sandwiches and bottled water to those attending tonight's Ellensburg community briefing at Central Washington University on the Taylor Bridge wildfire

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/cattlemens-cowboy-up-to-help-in-the-taylor-bridge-fire/feed/ 0 flickr Washington National Guard Joins in the Battle of Taylor Bridge Fire http://newstalkkit.com/washington-national-guard-joins-in-the-battle-of-taylor-bridge-fire/ http://newstalkkit.com/washington-national-guard-joins-in-the-battle-of-taylor-bridge-fire/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:55:39 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=168406 In response to the Governor's Emergency Proclamation concerning the devastating wildfire burning in Kittitas County, the Washington National Guard deployed two helicopters equipped with water buckets this afternoon

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/washington-national-guard-joins-in-the-battle-of-taylor-bridge-fire/feed/ 0 Firefighters Battles on the Cle Elum's Taylor Bridge Wildfire http://newstalkkit.com/firefighters-battles-on-the-cle-elums-taylor-bridge-wildfire/ http://newstalkkit.com/firefighters-battles-on-the-cle-elums-taylor-bridge-wildfire/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:12:09 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=168380 Firefighters continue to battle the Taylor Bridge fire burned across more than 40 square miles and now at 10 percent containment. Investigators are confident that it started a bridge construction site on Taylor Road in Cle Elum

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/firefighters-battles-on-the-cle-elums-taylor-bridge-wildfire/feed/ 0 kima Kittitas Fire Community Meetings Scheduled for Wednesday http://newstalkkit.com/kittitas-fire-community-meetings-scheduled-for-wednesday/ http://newstalkkit.com/kittitas-fire-community-meetings-scheduled-for-wednesday/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:51:07 +0000 Dave Ettl http://newstalkkit.com/?p=168277    Here is the latest from the incident command team at the Taylor Bridge Fire in Kittitas County.
Taylor Bridge Fire  August 14, 2012 – 5:00 PM
 

 FIRE INFORMATION WEBSITE:  www.inciweb.org/incident/3152                 PHONE: (509) 260-1507  Â

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/kittitas-fire-community-meetings-scheduled-for-wednesday/feed/ 0 Clean Air Advisory: Stage 1 Burning Ban http://newstalkkit.com/clean-air-advisory-stage-1-burning-ban/ http://newstalkkit.com/clean-air-advisory-stage-1-burning-ban/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:17:19 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=168096 Please be advised:

 

News Media: Please distribute for publication – News and Weather.

Effective: 09:00 a.m. PDT today, Tuesday, August 14, 2012:

The Pollution Control Officer for the Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency has declared a Stage 1 Burn Ban for both the Upper and Lower Yakima County areas, due to residual smoke originating from the Cle Elum wildfire.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/clean-air-advisory-stage-1-burning-ban/feed/ 0 kit Bernd Moving Systems Building on Fire http://newstalkkit.com/brent-moving-company-building-on-fire/ http://newstalkkit.com/brent-moving-company-building-on-fire/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:23:40 +0000 John Riggs http://newstalkkit.com/brent-moving-company-building-on-fire/ The Bernd Moving Systems building of 18th and Jerome was on fire on Sunday. Fire and EMTs were on the scene.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/brent-moving-company-building-on-fire/feed/ 0 More Information On Shooting At Home Depot http://newstalkkit.com/more-information-on-shooting-at-home-depot/ http://newstalkkit.com/more-information-on-shooting-at-home-depot/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:29:34 +0000 Brian Teegarden http://newstalkkit.com/?p=162186 An update from our news partner KIMA Action News: Police say a drug bust was in progress when one person tried to escape. They say the suspect was hitting cars in the parking lot at Home Depot when he started heading toward law enforcement

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/more-information-on-shooting-at-home-depot/feed/ 0 KIMA Image Report of Shots Fired at Yakima Home Depot http://newstalkkit.com/report-of-shots-fired-at-yakima-home-depot/ http://newstalkkit.com/report-of-shots-fired-at-yakima-home-depot/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:01:19 +0000 Brian Teegarden http://newstalkkit.com/?p=162173 Our news partner KIMA News reports that there has been police activity at the Home Depot on 1st Street following a shots fired call. Much of the parking lot is blocked off.
Details as they become available

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