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The driver wanted in a hit and run crash last week that seriously injured a Yakima man turned himself into police and is now being held in the Yakima County Jail.

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Yakima fire officials are warning home owners to be careful with outside fireplaces that could cause a big fire. Yakima City Codes Manager Joe Caruso says the commercially made outdoor fireplaces are allowed in the city but he says be careful and don't place them to close to the house.

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Fire crews in Yakima County worked throughout the night to put out the remaining hot spots from a large brush fire in Union Gap reported Monday afternoon. The Union Gap Fire Chief says the blaze along the 3000 Block of Goodman Road started shortly before 2 p

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They say it takes years to truly master an instrument. And then there are these kids.

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For the first time since 1990, the month of June will not bring professional baseball to the Yakima Valley.

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You can keep your Man of Steel and your Iron Man…I’m waiting for the giant aliens of the upcoming movie Pacific Rim. In fact, between the movie characters and the characters on Television’s Falling Skies and Defiance, I seem to be surrounded by aliens lately.  Which raises the question--.Would I reall

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We have all heard the warnings about texting while driving and we’ve all heard the horror stories of cell phone conversation leading to serious car accidents, but when it comes to being involved in a fatal car crash, there is something even worse

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I recently read an article about things you hear only in Seattle and things you never hear in Seattle. I thought of a few things that you probably will never hear in Yakima.

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The owners of Yakima's Miners Drive In will be the Grand Marshals in this year's Yakima Sunfair Parade set for Saturday, September 21st. Lee and Lois Miner of Yakima are second generation owners of the famous Miners Burgers Restaurant in Union Gap

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Keep your own compost! Or at least keep half of it. That message from State Representative Matt Manweller.  The 13th district republican from Ellensburg has introduced a bill that would require cities and counties mandating compost to keep at least half of their waste

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