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Our popular farmer's market is expanding their schedule this summer.

Traditionally, Yakima's weekly market is held on Sundays from May until October, but now organizers say they're expanding the market, to Tuesdays.

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As you may already know, Yakima has bike lanes around the city. Do you think there should be more?

A 28-year-old man was shot in the arm in an incident at a home in the 13 hundred block of Garfield avenue just after 11:00 p.m. Wednesday night.

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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

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Thousands of people from throughout Central Washington participated in the annual May Day march in Yakima on Wednesday. Yakima Police say the crowd was much larger than last year estimated at between 15 hundred and 5 thousand people

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A large sign warning of the danger of playing on the ice will soon be placed in the pond at Kiwanis Park in Yakima. Yakima Fire Chief Dave Wilson says the Yakima City Safety Committee decided against a large fence around the pond because it could hinder any future rescue efforts

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A Yakima animal rescue organization is missing a dog and other items after a burglary at the Wags To Riches kennel in West Valley on Sunday. Police say the burglars broke into the facility and stolen numerous items including a one-year-old Bull Terrier mix. Vol

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The 2012 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index has been released, and Yakima is in the top 10 for small communities.

Gallup completed telephone interviews with 1,000 U.S. adults, seven days a week and based on their responses, individuals and communities receive an overall well-being composite score

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Gallup just released its annual list of the HAPPIEST U.S. cities.  The rankings are based on factors like overall happiness, emotional and physical health, and work environment.  Yakima, WA is ranked #10 in the "Top Small Communities" Division

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It is a legacy the city of Yakima has not quite shaken yet; lawsuits involving former police chief Sam Granato. A Yakima County judge heard yet another case Tuesday from an officer claiming mistreatment and retaliation on the job under the former chief

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