A press release from the US Forest Service says it's burning in heavy, brush, timber and snags which pose big problems for firefighters who want to get close to the fire.
The suspect crashed the 4 wheel ATV into a guardrail during the chase and was injured. A Yakima County Sheriff's deputy was called to the Rimrock Lake, Russell Creek and Clear Lake areas on Tuesday to investigate several burglaries.
It's a late-summer tradition around the Yakima Valley: the annual Tieton River "flip-flop."
Every September, the Bureau of Reclamation opens Tieton Dam to release water that's been stored in Rimrock Lake all summer -- so it's nice and warm...
The Yakima coroner has identified 14-year-old Cristian Sanchez and 29-year-old Josefina Guerrero as the two who drowned at Rimrock Lake Saturday morning.
AP-Two Mexican nationals have been sentenced to federal prison for tending a remote illegal marijuana growing site in the Snoqualmie National Forest.
Fernando Chavez-Lopez was sentenced to five years and Socorro Trujillo-Silva to seven years by U...