Yakima News

After years of debate, and community frustration, the Yakima School Board has committed up to $4.5 million dollars to renovate the school districts Zaepfel Stadium. The school board unanimously voted to move forward with the first phase of renovations

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You'll forgive this guy if he feels like he's carrying the weight of the world.

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After more than a year of moratoriums, Yakima's city council decided against a ban on new billboards Tuesday.

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Washington State has fired men's basketball coach Ken Bone after five seasons during which he was unable to sustain the success of his predecessor Tony Bennett.

Washington State athletic director Bill Moos announced the firing Tuesday

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The Washington Arts Commission has given Davis High School an $80,000 grant to acquire art for it's renovated campus.  The funding comes from a program, enacted by the 1974 State Legislature, which requires 1/2 of 1 percent  of the cost of a public building project to be dedicated to public art

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A team from the city of Yakima will be lobbying lawmakers in Washington D.C. next week.

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Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, a former Bishop of the Yakima Diocese, who had planned to come to  Yakima this week for two public events, has canceled
his visit after developing an infection

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Unlike Yakima to the west, the city of Moxee has lifted its ban on growing recreational marijuana.

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Average retail gasoline prices in Yakima have risen one cent per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.51 per gallon, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 91 gas outlets in Yakima.

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A man who was involved in a officer shooting and car chase that ended up on East Yakima Avenue was arrested Saturday night.

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