Yakima News

The year was 1955.  Winston Churchill resigns, Argentina ousts Juan Peron and the US starts sending aid to Viet Nam.  Our U.S. population was about half of what it is now and the federal debt nearing 17 trillion today was a mere 274 billion back then

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This Friday, the Yakima Valley chapter of Habitat For Humanity, is breaking ground on their next new home on Friday, June 21st at 7:30 A.M. in Union Gap after having been in the lower valley for the last six months.

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A possible homicide is being investigated by the Yakima County Sheriffs office.  Human remains were found in a burned out car that was being removed from private property at Emerald Road and South Emerald Road in the Sunnyside Grandview area

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Happy Birthday to the FCC.  Excuse me if I cheer for the candles.

According to a website called an Analysis of The United States Federal Communications Commission, an act of Congress on 19 June 1934 merged the administrative responsibilities for regulating broadcasting and wired communications under the rubric of one agency to be called the FCC

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Washington's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 6.8 percent in May, the first time under 7 percent since November of 2008.  Since the first of this year the rate has dropped 0.07 percent

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Should food stamps be harder to get?  Some conservative members of the Unites States House believe say yes.  That's why they're supporting cuts to a wide-ranging farm bill that would cut food stamps by two billion dollars a year, and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program

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Yakima City Manager Tony O'Rourke will be on "The Mike Bastinelli Show" today to talk about last nights city council meeting.  The issues with the Yakima Firefighters Union, panhandling in the city, the cities crime numbers and much more

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Yakima 4th of July Celebration presented by Hapo Community Credit Union is proud to announce that Country Singer Mark Wills will headline the FREE open to the public celebration at State Fair Park on July 4th 2013.

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The San Antonio Spurs just couldn't put away the Miami Heat. The Spurs led by 13 with 3:50 left in the third quarter, by five with 28.2 seconds remaining in regulation and by three with 2:42 to play

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