yakima river

WAPATO, Wash. (AP) — A 25-year-old man who was swept down the Yakima River has been rescued near the diversion dam in Wapato. The Yakima County Sheriff's Office says an irrigation worker heard Izacc Tuinei calling for help Monday morning...

YAKIMA (AP) — Officials have identified a body found in the Yakima River in southern Washington as a 25-year-old man who had been missing for several months. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports Skyler Pourier's body was found Sunday. He is believed to have died around the time he was reported missing in September...

The Yakima Fire Department responded to a report of a person in the river Tuesday night.

Two men were able to get to shore after their boat capsized on the Yakima river Monday afternoon. Firefighters were called after someone spotted the mens' empty boat floating down the river near the Terrace Heights bridge. Authorities searched the river and surrounding areas and eventually found two young men who told them the boat overturned after hitting a log...

The Bureau of Reclamation will begin the annual flip-flop operation in the Yakima Basin by gradually reducing flows out of Cle Elum Reservoir in the Upper Yakima River Basin and increasing flows from Rimrock Reservoir in the Tieton and Naches River Basins beginning the week of August 27...

A male and a female suspect jumped off a bridge into the Yakima river Wednesday after a police chase. The two suspects had drawn a gun on several people at a BBQ and then fled the scene. Toppenish officers located the vehicle belonging to the suspects and attempted to stop them...

Flood warnings continue for the Naches and Yakima rivers. Minor flooding is happening on the Yakima River near Parker which is now at a flood stage of 10 feet. The river is expected to go below flood stage Thursday evening. The Naches River is already over the banks near Naches and some minor flooding is being reported...

With a unanimous vote members of the Washington State Senate approved Senate Bill 6027 to help the City of Sunnyside return clean, cool water to the Yakima River. The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Jim Honeyford, says his bill would provide access to low interest loans for a project vital to the community’s continuing economic growth...