Guilty pleas due next week in 2006 vandalism case - Two men accused of causing thousands of dollars of graffiti damage in downtown Yakima and throughout the city are scheduled to plead guilty next week. The hearing had been set for Wednesday, but prosecutors held off until a Superior Court judge was avai...

Birth of a university - A few blocks from the footprint of the newly erected Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Terrace Heights, signs lined the sides of the road indicating a special event was just ahead. Those signs led to a crowd estimated at more than 700 peo...

Jury awards Selah woman $171,000 in eminent domain case - SELAH -- A Selah woman should receive $171,000 in compensation for five century-old maple trees and other features removed from her property as part of a Yakima County road expansion project, a jury ruled Wednesday. The county obtained the strip of Maxine...