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![Firefighters Battle Against 2 Growing Fires With Hazy Conditions](http://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2024/07/attachment-RIMROCK1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Firefighters Battle Against 2 Growing Fires With Hazy Conditions
Highway 12 remains closed from the top of White Pass to Oak Creek as firefighters try and get a handle on the Rimrock/Retreat Fire.
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AI Made Creepy Pics of People in WA State Doing Weird Stuff
See what happens when AI is asked to create photos of people in Washington state doing ordinary things.
![Yakima County on Track to Break Record: 96 Overdoses 2023](http://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2023/03/attachment-GettyImages-609942782.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Yakima County on Track to Break Record: 96 Overdoses 2023
Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice says the county could break the record of 96 overdose deaths set in 2023.
![Highway 12 Remains Closed as Retreat/Rimrock Fire Grows](http://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2024/07/attachment-retreatfire1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Highway 12 Remains Closed as Retreat/Rimrock Fire Grows
The blaze was reported at about 4:00 pm Tuesday 13 miles west of Naches at Highway 12 and Rainbow Rock Lane.
![Green Spaces Found to Slow Cognitive Decline in Older Adults](http://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2024/07/attachment-Franklin-Park-in-Yakima-WA.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Green Spaces Found to Slow Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
The study is published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
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Yakima GOP Launches Ballot Pickup Service
Brown says the Ballot Pickup Service is designed to help voters who have difficulty getting their ballots to the Yakima County Auditors Office.
![Fire Rages in North Wenas, Evacuations Issued](http://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2022/08/attachment-kitfire1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Fire Rages in North Wenas, Evacuations Issued
Shortly after the fire started Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources.