News Talk KIT » Yakima News http://newstalkkit.com Thu, 23 May 2013 08:01:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 YVCC Celebrates 84th Commencement Ceremony on June 13, 2013 http://newstalkkit.com/yvcc-celebrates-84th-commencement-ceremony-on-june-13-2013/ http://newstalkkit.com/yvcc-celebrates-84th-commencement-ceremony-on-june-13-2013/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 21:22:33 +0000 Dave Ettl http://newstalkkit.com/?p=231538 Yakima Valley Community College will hold its 84th Commencement Ceremony on June 13, 2013 at 7:00pm on Parker Field on the YVCC Yakima Campus.

Giving the commencement address will be a man who clearly knows his way around a community college education.  Marty Brown is the Executive Director of the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges which is an agency that administers Washington’s system of 34 community and technical colleges.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yvcc-celebrates-84th-commencement-ceremony-on-june-13-2013/feed/ 0 Gov. Inslee signs Facebook Job Password Bill http://newstalkkit.com/gov-inslee-signs-facebook-job-password-bill/ http://newstalkkit.com/gov-inslee-signs-facebook-job-password-bill/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 18:54:17 +0000 Mike Bastinelli http://newstalkkit.com/?p=231441 Governor Jay Inslee has signed a bill barring employers from asking for a Facebook, Twitter or other social media personal passwords during a job interview or at the workplace.  Washington has become the fifth state this year to sign into law protections of social media passwords at the workplace and job interviews

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/gov-inslee-signs-facebook-job-password-bill/feed/ 0 Trout Hits For Cycle as Angels Pound Mariners http://newstalkkit.com/trout-hits-for-cycle-as-angels-pound-mariners/ http://newstalkkit.com/trout-hits-for-cycle-as-angels-pound-mariners/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 18:16:00 +0000 Associated Press http://1460espnyakima.com/?p=73272 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout hit for the cycle and drove in five runs, Josh Hamilton celebrated his 32nd birthday with a homer and a triple, and Howie Kendrick also went deep in the Los Angeles Angels' 12-0 rout of the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/trout-hits-for-cycle-as-angels-pound-mariners/feed/ 0 Hero Dad Goes Out to Buy Daughter Ice Cream, Winds Up Stopping Robbery http://newstalkkit.com/hero-dad-goes-out-to-buy-daughter-ice-cream-winds-up-stopping-robbery/ http://newstalkkit.com/hero-dad-goes-out-to-buy-daughter-ice-cream-winds-up-stopping-robbery/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:11:44 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://thefw.com/?p=207038 A good dad has proven to be an even better Good Samaritan.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/hero-dad-goes-out-to-buy-daughter-ice-cream-winds-up-stopping-robbery/feed/ 0 KCNC Revealing Names will Help Yakima Police Cleaning Up Prostitution on North First Street http://newstalkkit.com/revealing-names-will-help-yakima-police-cleaning-up-prostitution-on-north-first-street/ http://newstalkkit.com/revealing-names-will-help-yakima-police-cleaning-up-prostitution-on-north-first-street/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 14:12:12 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=231330 Yakima Police have a warning. If you are caught picking up prostitutes on North First Street, it is likely your arrest would not go unnoticed.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/revealing-names-will-help-yakima-police-cleaning-up-prostitution-on-north-first-street/feed/ 0 kit Yakima Residents Help Out Oklahoma http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-residents-help-out-oklahoma/ http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-residents-help-out-oklahoma/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 13:56:19 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=231321 Give if you can. That is the request from the Yakima office of The American Red Cross to help those hit hard by tornadoes in Oklahoma. The Executive Director Lisa Rhinehart says Red Cross chapters across the country are gathering donations while Red Cross workers are on the ground helping in shelters

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-residents-help-out-oklahoma/feed/ 0 redcross.org Man Hit By Car on North First Street In Critical Condition http://newstalkkit.com/man-hit-by-car-on-north-first-street-in-critical-condition/ http://newstalkkit.com/man-hit-by-car-on-north-first-street-in-critical-condition/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 01:19:51 +0000 Mike Bastinelli http://newstalkkit.com/?p=231307 A car pedestrian accident Tuesday afternoon in the 500 block of North First Street in Yakima has left a 54 year old man in critical condition.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/man-hit-by-car-on-north-first-street-in-critical-condition/feed/ 0 Suspicious Pipe Near Federal Courthouse Was Not a Bomb http://newstalkkit.com/suspicious-pipe-near-federal-courthouse-was-not-a-bomb/ http://newstalkkit.com/suspicious-pipe-near-federal-courthouse-was-not-a-bomb/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 01:11:47 +0000 Mike Bastinelli http://newstalkkit.com/?p=231303 A suspicious device left in an alley by the federal courthouse in Yakima was not a bomb.  Yakima Police responded to the 300 block of East Chestnut Tuesday afternoon for a reported suspicious pipe with end caps on it in the alley

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/suspicious-pipe-near-federal-courthouse-was-not-a-bomb/feed/ 0 Yakima was Mentioned on Katie Couric, But it Wasn't for the Best Reasons http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-was-mentioned-on-katie-couric-but-it-wasnt-for-the-best-reasons/ http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-was-mentioned-on-katie-couric-but-it-wasnt-for-the-best-reasons/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 22:48:31 +0000 Cefus http://929thebull.com/?p=209206 Obesity is a crisis in this country that cuts across race, class, age and gender and stretches from coast to coast. In Yakima, Washington, more than a third of the city is considered obese. In Reading, Pennsylvania it’s about the same. The fattest place in America is the McAllen, Texas area, where the obesity rate is more than 38%. And then there’s Atlanta, Georgia where nearly a quarter of the population is obese.

That is how the viewers of Katie Couric know Yakima, Washington. As one of the most obese cities in the country. Now it's true, but changing the tide is done by people making better personal choices. I also think raising awareness and educating people to make those choices will help.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-was-mentioned-on-katie-couric-but-it-wasnt-for-the-best-reasons/feed/ 0 Getty Images/Fredrick M. Brown Local Group Denounces Immigration Reform Bill http://newstalkkit.com/local-group-denounces-immigration-reform-bill/ http://newstalkkit.com/local-group-denounces-immigration-reform-bill/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:47:43 +0000 Mike Bastinelli http://newstalkkit.com/?p=231181 Local Yakima citizens have joined a national coalition of citizen lobbyist and border control organization on this day calling on Congress to solve the immigration crisis that has plagued the United States for decades

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/local-group-denounces-immigration-reform-bill/feed/ 0 Yakima Weighing Cell Phone Tower Regulations Tonight [MAYOR'S BLOG] http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-weighing-cell-phone-tower-regulations-tonight/ http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-weighing-cell-phone-tower-regulations-tonight/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:03 +0000 Cefus http://929thebull.com/?p=209038 For the most part we've all got them. Cellphones have become a part of our culture. But they don't just work out of the blue, well they kind of do with a cell tower that feeds the phone service.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-weighing-cell-phone-tower-regulations-tonight/feed/ 0 kndo.com A Message of Truth out of Tornado Wreckage http://newstalkkit.com/a-message-of-truth-out-of-tornado-wreckage/ http://newstalkkit.com/a-message-of-truth-out-of-tornado-wreckage/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:42:30 +0000 News Talk KIT http://newstalkkit.com/?p=231125 This morning the day after an F-4 Tornado destroyed a town and took lives in Oklahoma. Look every closely at a message of truth and food for thought. If you can help in the rescue relief in Oklahoma in contact with American Red Cross of Yakima

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/a-message-of-truth-out-of-tornado-wreckage/feed/ 0 facebook Immigrant Group Hoping for Support on DREAM Act in State Legislature http://newstalkkit.com/immigrant-group-hoping-for-support-on-dream-act-in-state-legislature/ http://newstalkkit.com/immigrant-group-hoping-for-support-on-dream-act-in-state-legislature/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:20:56 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=231108 The immigrant rights group One America is hoping to ride a wave of support in the state legislature to pass the DREAM Act during this special legislative session now underway in Olympia. One America spokesman Toby Guevin the Senior Policy and Civil Engagement Manager says he knows a big focus is on the State budget but he is hopeful the dream act will find support among lawmakers

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/immigrant-group-hoping-for-support-on-dream-act-in-state-legislature/feed/ 0 facebook Oklahoma Tornado Survivor Reunites with Trapped Dog During Live Interview http://newstalkkit.com/oklahoma-tornado-woman-finds-lost-dog/ http://newstalkkit.com/oklahoma-tornado-woman-finds-lost-dog/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:04:47 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://thefw.com/?p=206722 Even in the face of unspeakable tragedy, miracles can occur.

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/oklahoma-tornado-woman-finds-lost-dog/feed/ 0 CBS Yakima Police Continue to Seek Information on the Body Found in Boarded Up House http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-police-continue-to-seek-information-on-the-body-found-in-boarded-up-house/ http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-police-continue-to-seek-information-on-the-body-found-in-boarded-up-house/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:01:08 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=231092 Yakima Police have identified a woman who's body was found in a boarded up home last week as 28-year-old Verenis Fabiola Ramos. The woman's body was found in the home in the 6 hundred block of North Fourth Avenue

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-police-continue-to-seek-information-on-the-body-found-in-boarded-up-house/feed/ 0 Yakima Police / News Talk KIT Tracking For West Nile Virus is Underway http://newstalkkit.com/tracking-fo-west-nile-virus-is-underway/ http://newstalkkit.com/tracking-fo-west-nile-virus-is-underway/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 19:55:29 +0000 Mike Bastinelli http://newstalkkit.com/?p=230953 West Nile virus tracking and monitoring season is underway and an updated online dead bird reporting system is available for state residents to use.  Dead birds can be the first sign that West Nile virus is circulating in an area

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/tracking-fo-west-nile-virus-is-underway/feed/ 0 Motorcycles and Music Turned it Up for North Star Children's Hospital http://newstalkkit.com/motorcycles-and-music-turned-it-up-for-north-star-childrens-hospital/ http://newstalkkit.com/motorcycles-and-music-turned-it-up-for-north-star-childrens-hospital/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 14:25:16 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=230764 A non-profit motorcycle group turned up the music and shined up their hogs all for a good cause.

Yakima's bike league "The Wrecking Crew" held an event in the parking lot of North Star Children's Hospital Saturday

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/motorcycles-and-music-turned-it-up-for-north-star-childrens-hospital/feed/ 0 facebook Yakima Valley Trolleys Association Developing Plans to Restore Trolley Line http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-valley-trolleys-association-developing-plans-to-restore-trolley-line/ http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-valley-trolleys-association-developing-plans-to-restore-trolley-line/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 14:06:34 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=230756 The Yakima Valley Trolley Association is making moves to develop and restore the trolley line.

Volunteers hosted their first fundraiser Saturday. Their goal? to raise as much money as they can.

they are opening the line to Selah within the next month and all proceeds from Saturday's event go towards the project

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-valley-trolleys-association-developing-plans-to-restore-trolley-line/feed/ 0 flickr Big Driving Weekend Just Around The Corner http://newstalkkit.com/big-driving-weekend-just-around-the-corner/ http://newstalkkit.com/big-driving-weekend-just-around-the-corner/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 13:49:36 +0000 News Talk KIT http://newstalkkit.com/?p=230752 Thousands of people are expected to take a drive this upcoming holiday weekend. The Memorial weekend marks the first big drive weekend of the spring and summer. The State Department of Transportation says drivers should check the WSDOT website for traffic congestion on all key weekend travel routes, including Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass, US 2 over Stevens Pass, I-5 through Thurston and Pierce counties and I-5 between Bellingham and the US/Canadian border

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/big-driving-weekend-just-around-the-corner/feed/ 0 getty image Clickit Or Ticket Campaign Underway through June 2nd. http://newstalkkit.com/clickit-or-ticket-campaign-underway-through-june-2nd/ http://newstalkkit.com/clickit-or-ticket-campaign-underway-through-june-2nd/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:30 +0000 News Talk KIT http://newstalkkit.com/?p=230747 Stay off that phone and drive. The best advice at any time say authorities but especially this week when extra patrols are out during the State Click-it or Ticket campaign. Police officers and sheriff's deputies from up and down the county are looking for people who don’t buckle up

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