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AP-The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered two gas stations to close their underground injection wells to protect drinking water on the Yakama Indian Reservation. The agency also announced penalties against the stations Wednesday

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A crash in White Swan on Tuesday night has resulted in the death of a 34 year old man. State Patrol Troopers say 34 year old Nicolas Starr was eastbound on Birch Avenue at Signal Peak Road. Starr apparently lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a an unoccupied car parked in the White Swan Trading Post parking lot

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Deputies say a 64-year-old White Swan woman died in an accident near Fort Road on Wednesday evening.

Deputies haven't identified the woman. We're told there are other victims, no word on their condition

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Today marks the 64th annual Harrah Fall Festival. My family and I will be in the parade, and it's always a special occasion.

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This morning, I got word that the home I grew up in had been destroyed by fire. Even though the property hasn't been in my family for thirty years, the news of its' destruction has unleashed a flood of memories.

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Firefighters are busy with the Diamond Butte fire burning on the Yakima Reservation today.  But they say it's more than 60 percent contained. The fire northwest of  White Swan  on a closed area of the reservation was last week by a lightening strike

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If you've never experienced it, the Treaty Days Pow Wow held at the Ancient Ceremonial Grounds near White Swan can be a very moving and powerful experience.

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The county's largest rural fire district will hold a series of open houses at it's fire stations this summer.

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Yakima County Fire officials responded to a fire at 260 A Street on May 13. It is the fifth case of arson in the last two weeks. Yakima County Fire officials say they believe this fire is related to the local string of arson cases. The cost i

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Fire District 5 tells us that an abandoned commercial building burned today, after an abandoned house was destroyed yesterday.

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