The Mike Bastinelli Show

Combining the passion of the Apple Cup and fundraising. That's what the Downtown Yakima Rotary Club has come up with. Today the Husky and Cougar mascots were in Yakima to help kick off the "Urule Yakima" campaign. Rotary President David Hargreaves tells KIT News that "it's a fun way to raise money for the Rotary Club, and Cougar and Husky fans all over the world can go online to giv

Sex..Money...A National Search for Human Worth, that's the title of a powerful documentary that will be shown in Yakima tomorrow.  The film about human trafficking will be shown at Perry Tech and it's co-sponsored by the Zonta Club of Yakima Valley...

Yakima's medical school continues to grow.  Phase two of expansion of Butler-Haney Hall at the 43 acre Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences is well underway.  Dr. Kieth Watson, President of the 7 year old school will be on "The Mike Bastinelli Show" this afternoon to talk about the schools future.  A...

The passage of Initiative 502 last week has many Washingtonians scratching their heads. Washington voters decided to decriminalize the posession  of small amounts of marijuana. That leaves more unanswered questions than can be counted about what the future holds...

Many questions remain as to how to implement I-502, the marijuana initiative passed by voters last week.  The Washignton State Liquor Control Board will move forward to carry out the will of the voters, but it will take up to a full year to craft the necessary rules which will provide the framework for the new system...

New York City has limited the size of soft drinks and now LA is encouraging people to stop eating meat.  I'm sure this will not make those in the California meat industry very happy.  The Los Angeles City Council passed a resolution 12-0 , endorsing the international "Meatless Monday" campaign, which aims to reduce meat consumption for health and enviornmental reasons...

Immigration and immigration reform were the main focus of discussion with guest host Dave Ettl and OneAmerica's Rich Stolz on Friday's Mike Bastinelli show. Initially named Hate Free Zone, the organization was founded immediately after September 11, 2001 to address the backlash in a post 9/11 world against immigrant communities of color, primarily Muslims, Arab Americans, East Africans, and South

A monument to honor veterans was dedicated today at Perry Tech in Yakima.  The monument was inspired by a design created by a student, and the project was spearheaded by Perry's Veterans Alliance...

Fourth District Republican Congressman Doc Hastings has been re-elected to a tenth term in Congress.  He easily beat Democrat Mary Baechler in Tuesdays election.  Hastings believes that the overriding message of this election was that the American people want the house and senate and the President to work together.  O...

    Christine Cote, President of Perry Tech in Yakima will join us and talk about how the demand for her students continues to be high.  Also more and more people are looking to get into Perry Tech for specialized education.    Yakima Schools Superintendent Elaine Beraza will join us to talk about the impact of new school construction in Yakima and what will happen if the Charter School Iniative p