Yakima News

Did you enjoy Wine Tourism day on Saturday? So what's next for wine lovers? As the Yakima Valley continues to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the valley's Appellation, Wine Yakima Valley is giving consumers insider access to some of the oldest vineyards and most experienced grape growers in the state

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Another blown tire caused a crash on Interstate 82, similar to a crash involving a teenager and a blown truck tire last week.

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell plan to offer a regional outlook next week for the upcoming fire season across the West.

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It's been a rumor fo some time, but now it's official: Seth Meyers will replace Jimmy Fallon as the host of NBC's 'Late Night' next year.

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KIMA-tv has reported that Memorial Hospital is cutting 19 jobs with the outpatient occupational and physical therapy facility closing too.

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The United States Department of Transportation released a statement on Friday saying that the 149 air traffic control towers on the table to be closed in June will now remain open for the remainder of the fiscal year 2013.

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At one time, Yakima boasted the largest interurban electric railway in the western United States. Even after the automobile became the preferred mode of transportation, the system moved fruit and freight all over Yakima

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Nothing says springtime like a yard sale. They pop up every weekend from April to September, and tens of thousands of dollars exchange hands on deals both good and bad.

The granddaddy is the TownSquare Media yard sale coming up on May 11

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Karl Pasten with the Yakima Historic Preservation Commission will be on "The Mike Bastinelli Show."  He will  talk about the future of the Yakima Valley Trolleys.  Also Ariel Castro, the alleged Cleveland kidnapper may face murder charges for allegedly causing his captives to have several abortions

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Being a Mayor I get a lot of different requests, some of which I gladly accept. For example, a 4th grade class was assigned a project. They were to write a letter to the Mayor and offer up proposal for a zoo in Yakima.

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