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A news release says "like many in the community, Solarity was surprised by the abrupt closure of Astria Regional Medical Center and the impact it has on the employees, our members and the community at large."

The Yakima Board of County Commissioners is reviewing this matter with Yakima County legal staff and will comment further as it takes steps to respond to the allegations.

The suspect was booked into the Yakima County Jail on charges of 1st degree burglary, 1st degree kidnapping, 1st degree robbery, and indecent liberties. He's being held in the Yakima County jail.

Pro football's playoffs are wrapping up, and so is our Pro Football Pick 'Em contest. With all the calculations completed, Yakima's winner is Ralph Edwards -- who called nearly 70 percent of the regular season games correctly.

WorkSource Yakima County is partnering with the Valley Mall for a health care job fair for former Astria workers on Thursday (Jan. 23) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Former NFL player Steve Gleason has received the Congressional Gold Medal for his work as an advocate for people with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

The bodies of Alyson Harris and Miguel Martinez-Vasquez were found on Jan. 7 on a hop farm about six miles east of Moxee. Both were last seen Dec. 21 in Yakima.

All this snowfall means good news for growers, who rely on the snowpack to create water for crops in the spring and summer months.

Winter is definitely still coming!

A Yakima mortgage lender and community volunteer, Amanda Mckinney has announced she's running for the District 1 seat on the Yakima County Commission.