Homeowners to get help as Countrywide suit ends - 

Prosser council to debate water rate hike - 

Petition for Benton County move sent back to Staples  - 

Council to judge future of Yakima's famed mansion - 

Apples lead way to record state crop values in 2007 - 

Slice: Kids get double dose of Disney star - 
That's so Raven. Raven-Symoné, the 22-year-old singer and star of the Disney Channel series "That's So Raven," dazzled a group of fifth-grade girls from East Valley Intermediate School Saturday night. Twice. The girls -- Kenna Leach,...

Fire Department, Grocery Outlet to host spaghetti feed - 
The Yakima Fire Department and Grocery Outlet are hosting their 14th annual All You Can Eat Spaghetti Dinner to benefit the Yakima County Safe Kids program. The dinner takes place from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night Oct. 7 at the Yakima Fire...

Fair ends, eclipses 300,000 mark - 

Man in Medicaid dispute moves to new assisted-living facility - 
John "Jack" Rush, the developmentally disabled man facing eviction from Blossom House assisted living center in Yakima, has moved into The Ponderosa, another facility ac...

Man acquitted in girlfriend's death pleads guilty to harassment charge - 
YAKIMA -- A Naches man acquitted of shooting to death his girlfriend pleaded guilty Monday to a harassment charge in a related case. Michael Spencer, 27, was sentenced to 30 days in jail after a confrontation between him and...

Yakima City Council expected to approve nine projects for tax breaks - 
Three new restaurants, including the Sonic Drive-in at South First Street and Nob Hill Boulevard, are in line for tax credits designed to spur investment in designated areas of Yakima. The Yakima City Council Tuesday night is expected to approve a list of...

Garbage left at church leaves volunteers down in the dumps - 
Elmer Bigham was the first to find it, lying among the flattened, discarded boxes in one of the cardboard bins. The pile of quarter-inch thick fiberboard weighed "several hundred pounds" by Bigham's estimation -- and broke a bit of his heart....

EMS levy nears Feb. 3 ballot date  - 
The Yakima City Council is expected tonight to approve a special election date of Feb. 3 that could double the existing EMS levy. Taxpayers in the city and across Yakima County already pay the Emergency Medical Services levy, which costs homeowners 25 cen...

Findings at odds with inmates in jail death - 
Yakima County jail officials say a preliminary internal investigation into the death of inmate Gail Kindness contradicts accounts from inmates who said her repeated cries for help were taken too lightly. Yakima County Department of Corrections director S...

ATV enthusiasts zoned out - 
Like many members of the Yakima Dust Dodgers Motorcycle and ATV Club, Dan Huff wants to ride on his own property. But a dispute over what the organization says is a property-rights issue is brewing in Yakima County, pitting users of off-road vehicles agai...

It's time for endorsements; we'll have plenty - 
The state's first "top two" primary election is over, and now the two finalists in various races square off for the Nov. 4 general election. Our annual quest to stimulate interest in local and statewide election campaigns gets serious Wednesday when we pu...