Mike Bastinelli Show

Science On Wheels is an education program from Seattle's Pacific Science Center that  enhances science and math learning in schools and at community events across the Northwest. The program will be coming to Yakima's Apple Valley Elementary School on Thursday, April 11, and Gilbert Elementary on Friday, April 12...

The wine industry in the Yakima Valley continues to grow, with Yakima Valley varietals showing up in more shops and restaurants all over the world. How can the Yakima Valley Wine story benefit your business? Gary Werner, a wine trade journalist and former official with the Washington State Wine Commission, was a guest on Tuesday's Mike Bastinelli show...

The opera ensemble at Central Washington University will bring "Die Fledermaus" by Johan Straus to Yakima's Capitol Theatre stage Saturday and Sunday. Music for the production will be provided by the CWU Chamber Orchestra. The show will be sung in English by entirely different casts on Saturday and Sunday...

The Yakima Valley is the hops capital of the world. Three local entrepreneurs with roots in the hops industry decided that craft beer needed to be produced in the Moxee hops growing area, and Bale Breaker Brewery was born. In fact, the brewing facility is located in a hop yard...

The City of Yakima is poised to spend thousands of dollars on economic development in the near future. The city council on Tuesday approved an environmental impact study for the former Boise Cascade mill site, and give the OK to a contract with and Oregon firm to come up with downtown Yakima master plan...

Author, Fox News Analyst, and Yakima native Lis Wiehl has a new book out, titled "A Matter of Trust". The book's plot is based on the real life murder of a colleague Wiehl worked with in the Seattle prosecutor's office. The book's premise eerily mirrors some recent happenings, including the killing of a Texas district attorney...

Imagine a man, six feet four inches tall and weighing two hundred five pounds, walking several city blocks in high-heeled shoes. Many Yakima area men will be doing just that on April 12 when Comprehensive Mental Health sponsors the 7th annual "Walk A Mile In Her Shoes". ...

Yakima received some good news on Thursday, being listed as a top ten city (for its size) in a 2012 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index . Also, a Washington State University study tells us that Yakima County has more organic farms than anywhere else in the state...

The Supreme Court of the United States is currently hearing arguments about gay marriage. Tuesday, the court heard arguments who want to see the state of California's gay marriage ban overturned. Wednesday, the justices heard arguments about the federal Defense of Marriage Act...

Facing a crowded municipal jail, the Yakima City Council voted on Tuesday to modify an agreement with Yakima County to house some city inmates in the Yakima County Jail. What will that mean for the Yakima County Department of Corrections...