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California citrus farmers will be able to resume exports to China this season.

An appeals court panel will hear oral arguments this week in a closely watched case that could have far-reaching implications for voting rights nationwide. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver will hear arguments Monday in an appeal filed by the U...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has approved spending as much as $30 million to start meeting a state Supreme Court order to add more psychiatric evaluation and treatment beds to hospitals around the state. State officials are also seeking a 120-day stay of the order to comply with the high court's directive...

Yakima city officials are searching for soccer fields. City Manager Tony O'Rourke says there is a major need for new fields in the city because of the planned expansion of Perry Technical Institute and the loss of soccer fields next to the school on Washington Avenue and the possibility of a new city pool going into Chesterly Park on 40th Avenue...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is reporting that an unvaccinated horse in Franklin County is the first in our state to contract West Nile virus this year.

The Yakima City Council Tuesday voted in favor of funding the Bins of Light art project to be placed above the Lincoln Avenue underpass.

A few hundred people who lost their homes or other buildings in wildfires in north central Washington are getting property tax refunds. Okanogan County Treasurer Leah McCormack says the county has sent out over $10,000 in tax refunds for lost structures and reduced property values because of the wildfires...

While voters won't weigh in on two competing gun-related ballot measures for months, money is already pouring into the campaigns in advance of the November election. One measure proposes universal background checks for all gun sales and transfers in Washington state, with some exemptions...

What's next in the work to create a plaza in downtown Yakima?

For years the city has been trying to revitalize downtown Yakima, and now city officials will be able to view special designs for a proposed downtown plaza that could pump needed dollars and bring people into the area in the future.