Yakima News

Winter is definitely still coming!

On Thursday, January 16, Yakima Valley Libraries will host a discussion about race and racism as part of Y/Our Story, the library’s current events and community conversation series.

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

You can donate any cold weather clothing and snacks. Bring your donations to KIT studio at 4010 Summitview in Yakima.

"the only commonality among all cases nationally is that patients use e-cigarettes or vapor products. CDC has identified vitamin E acetate as a chemical of concern among people with vaping associated lung injury, but does not know enough yet to rule out other possible causes."

Astria is working with patients to make sure they're transitioned smoothly to either other Astria Health Hospitals or other facilities.

You can drop off donations at KIT studios at 4010 Summitview.

The suddenness of the hospital's closure took everyone by surprise and left the staff concerned about the properness of the process and worried about the future for their current patients and worried about health care in general for Yakima.

Newser on-line reports millennials are drinking less wine than older generations, causing wine consumption to fall in the U.S. last year for the first time since 1994.

Damage is estimated at $75,000. The cause remains under investigation but investigators say it appears to be an accidental fire.