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Family and friends are mourning the loss of a U.S. Army soldier born and raised in Selah, who was killed in action earlier this week.

Capt. Aaron Blanchard graduated from Selah High School in 1999 and grew up in the Yakima Valley

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The 7th annual “100 Jobs for 100 Kids” program is set for Monday April 15 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm at the Southeast Yakima Community Center (1211 S. 7th Street). David Rolfe Executive Director of Safe Yakima Valley which is helping to coordinate the even says Between 300-400 kids will be offered at no charge: job readiness classes, mock interviews, resume and application coaching, food handler cards, and access to a youth-only job fair

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Welcome to the tourism season in the Yakima Valley. It is an industry that brings in millions of dollars and employs thousands of people in the Yakima County. Katie Heaverlo is Director of Tourism for the Yakima Valley Visitors and Convention Bureau who says besides the wine and sunshine visitors come to the valley for the agriculture and the chance to pick fresh fruit

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Yakima County has more organic farms than any other area of the state. A report from Washington State University said Yakima County has more than 90. There are 3,500 traditional farms in Yakima County

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The Yakima Valley Visitors and Convention Bureau is gearing up for a major radio campaign on the west side of the state. The Bureau's CEO and President John Cooper says the campaign will be aimed at the sun-starved Seattle residents

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The Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency has issued a stage 2 burn ban for both the Upper and Lower Yakima Valley.

Officials said they called for the ban because of poor ventilation, dispersion and a low level inversion for the valley

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We know that thousands of people come to the Yakima Valley in the summer  for the sunshine, warm weather, winerys, ag tourism, and more. But, what about the winter months?

John Cooper, CEO of the Yakima Valley Visitors and Convention Bureau was a guest on Tuesday's Mike Bastinelli show

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A Yakima woman will be featured in an upcoming episode of Brides of Beverly Hills on the TLC network. Belle Sinsel taped the show earlier this year. The former actress is already married and was looking to renew her vows with her husband Brad when she was asked to be on the show and while on the show she was asked to talk about something she loved, and she chose the Yakima Valley

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We are lucky that we don't have really severe weather conditions here in the Yakima Valley. But if something really bad happens, are you prepared?

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(AP press)..Three public interest groups are threatening to sue some big Yakima Valley farms over massive groundwater contamination in that agricultural region.

The three groups say they will sue the farms unless in the next 90 days the farms stop contaminating local drinking water supplies with runoff from their operations

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