NACHES, Wash. — For almost two weeks, workers at a Naches fruit packing warehouse have shown up to strike for better protections from COVID-19 and hazard pay — come rain or shine.…
SUNNYSIDE, Wash. -- The Yakima County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide after finding a dead man in a car on Sunday. On May 17 at 7 a.m., Yakima County Sheriff's Office deputies and Sunnyside Police were dispatched to the…
YAKIMA, Wash. — Virginia Mason Memorial hospital has launched an internal investigation into a 'tragic incident' Monday morning that left one person dead. Yakima police were called about 7:30 a.m. to reports of a possible assault at Virginia Mason Memorial…
SEATTLE (AP) — The number of deaths in Washington because of the coronavirus has reached 1,000, the Washington State Department of Health reported Saturday. The agency added eight more deaths and listed the total number of confirmed cases at 18,288.…
SEATTLE -- Washington will not require restaurants to get customers’ contact information as initially planned as part of reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Jay Inslee said. The Democratic governor’s office in a news release Friday said that instead, businesses…
YAKIMA, Wash. — In the midst of a pandemic, Yakima Rotary Food Bank is continuing to provide hundreds of families with free food in the hopes that no one will go hungry.…
OLYMPIA, Wash. --- Cuban-born emergency room physician Dr. Raul Garcia announced his bid for Washington governor Friday in Olympia. Dr. Garcia is currently working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Tri-Cities. He also runs a small clinic…
The Sunnyside Jail inmate who tested positive for COVID-19 isn't the only person infected there, jail officials announced Friday -- and he's being released to live in Sunnyside. Yakima County Department of Corrections says Sunnyside's jail commander told the DOC…
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Health officials said Thursday that four more people have died of complications from COVID-19 in Yakima County, bringing the total to 73. The Yakima Health District said at least 2,186 people have been infected, with 65 new…
YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. — Yakima County Volunteer Attorney Services is looking to help tenants and landlords facing potential legal issues during the COVID-19 shutdown, especially in regards to…
YAKIMA, Wash. -- At least 2121 people in Yakima County have been infected by the coronavirus since mid-March, health officials said Wednesday. The Yakima Health District reported 96 new cases and two additional deaths Wednesday, bringing the death toll to…
YAKIMA, Wash. — In celebration of National Skilled Nursing Care Center Week, a Yakima nursing home is asking its residents to share wisdom with the younger generation, gained from their decades of experience.…
SELAH, Wash. — Earlier this week, the governor's office asked the City of Selah to rescind a proclamation from the mayor declaring the city's refusal to enforce the Stay Home, Stay Health order and criticizing the legality of the order…
YAKIMA, Wash. -- A Yakima man was fatally shot in the head Tuesday night while driving with his wife in the car. At about 10:25 p.m., police got a call from the man's wife saying someone in a passing car…
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Health officials say at least 2,025 people in Yakima County have tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 500 of them have recovered. The Yakima Health District said Tuesday that 67 people in Yakima County have died…
SELAH, Wash. —Workers at a Selah fruit packaging plant went on strike Tuesday to demand hazard pay for their work during the pandemic. "Everyone’s risking their lives coming to work,"…
SELAH, Wash. -- Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Brusic is urging Mayor Sherry Raymond to retract a proclamation that says City of Selah employees will not enforce Gov. Jay Inslee’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order meant to prevent the spread…
YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. — While proponents of a lawsuit against Gov. Jay Inslee believe that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is over for Washington state, health officials at the local level continue…
SUNNYSIDE, Wash. -- An inmate at the Sunnyside Jail has tested positive for COVID-19, the Yakima Health District said in a statement Monday. The health district said it was notified of a positive case at the jail on Saturday, May…
A crippling disease has been discovered in an elk herd in Yakima County, state officials said Monday. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reports samples from a juvenile elk in the Yakima herd were tested; results confirmed the presence…
YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. — Local restaurant owners say they're getting mixed messages from health official regarding outdoor seating and that whatever the rules are, they're not being consistently enforced. Logan Worsham, who owns Old Town Station in Union Gap, said…
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Health officials reported 98 new cases of COVID-19 Friday in Yakima County, bringing the total to 1756. According to data from the Yakima Health District's website, this is the largest singe-day increase of cases since the pandemic…
SELAH, Wash. -- Selah Mayor Sherry Raymond issued a proclamation Friday declaring that city employees would not enforce Gov. Jay Inslee's "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" order. "Those wishing to operate or patronize a business, to conduct or attend religious services,…
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — There should be a healthy supply of water for farmers and fish in Washington state this season, despite a dry spring the last two months, a report said. The state Bureau of Reclamation said farmers with…
