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A 19-year-old Sunnyside man is charged with committing a hate crime after prosecutors said he threatened to kill an Asian store employee. Favian Isaiah Oseguera is also charged in Yakima County Superior Court with second-degree assault in connection with the June 17 incident. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.

GRANDVIEW, Wash. — Researchers have now confirmed sightings of invasive Japanese beetle adults and larvae in Grandview for the first time this year and are working on eradicating as many as possible to keep the population from growing. Japanese beetles eat more than 300 kinds of plants, including some...

Although she played her final prep season last fall, Richland High School senior Hayden Crowley was named the Gatorade Washington girls soccer state player of the year last week. Crowley will play for the University of Washington this fall (joining grad student Summer Yates, a Chiawana grad). Crowley, a forward,...

Three people were displaced in a Sunnyside house fire Tuesday, and one person was injured, fire officials said. Firefighters responded to a fire that started in a garage at 417 S. 13th St. at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday. It spread to the two-bedroom home on that property and a detached garage on a neighboring property, said Sunnyside Fire Chief Kenny Anderson.

A 30-year-old Yakima man was injured after a traffic collision Tuesday near Zillah. As per the initial information, the multi-vehicle accident took place at about 6:45 a.m. on I-82. The preliminary reports showed that the man was driving east on I-82 when he went to exit onto SR 22, two miles west of Zillah. At that point of time, a 61-year-old man from Salem, Oregon was headed west on SR 22, headed onto I-82.

Ever notice how all those classic paintings depicting Revolutionary War-era scenes always seem to feature tattered Americans flags? Never fresh, clean or creased ones — just ragged. Some even have what look like bullet holes, bloodstains or powder burns of some sort. Maybe that’s just who we are. Maybe...

TOPPENISH -- A newly retired Toppenish police officer says the most notable change they’ve seen in the 25 years since she’s been on the force is how overwhelmed right now officers are with cases due to staffing shortages. Sandra shah says since she’s been an officer, she’s seen...

OTHELLO — Two teenage brothers have been taken into custody in connection to a Sunday shooting near Othello that left one person injured. Arturo Pineda-Feliciano, 16, and Gustavo Pineda-Feliciano, 14, were both located in Sunnyside, according to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators say the two were found staying at a hotel.

RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS returns to the Great Northwest for the first time in more than 2 years on July 14th, headlined by former USA amateur standout Quinton Randall (9-0-1, 2 KOs), at Yakima Legends Casino in Toppenish, Washington. All the action will be streamed live and exclusively...

YAKIMA -- School officials say with inflation and the poverty level in our county, free meals are a huge need for our community. However, because parents can no longer take meals to go, or get them delivered, it's making it harder for kids in need to eat. "Many schools, and...

Nothing says Fourth of July like fireworks, and Yakima Valley residents have several ways to witness these brilliant nighttime displays. Folks looking to enjoy a public fireworks show on Monday have several options. In Yakima, a celebration is planned at State Fair Park, 1301 S. Fair Ave., that is free...

Wine made from grapes exposed to wildfire smoke can taste like ashes. A research team of scientists in Oregon, Washington, and California have discovered a class of compounds that contribute to that ashy taste – often called ‘smoke taint’ – in wine and grapes. Tom Collins...

The Western United States is dealing with a cannibal cricket crisis. CBS News reported that Mormon crickets, which can grow to be longer than two inches, are starting to reappear in several states in the West, including Oregon, Utah, Montana, and Nevada. April Aamodt, a resident of the small Columbia...

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A 37-year-old man will serve eight years in prison — minus time served in Yakima and Canada — for a 2010 Sunnyside homicide. Wednesday’s hearing in Yakima County Superior Court was the second time that Juvenal Moreno-Garcia has been sentenced in the death of Ramon Magana-Mendoza at a Sunnyside restaurant.

I-82, Wash. — Charges are pending against a 30-year-old Yakima man after a multiple car crash on June 28 around 6:45 a.m. The man was driving east on I-82 when he went to exit onto SR 22, two miles west of Zillah. At the time, a 61-year-old man from Salem, Oregon was headed west on SR 22, headed onto I-82.

SUNNYSIDE -- A fire in Sunnyside has spread to two homes and destroyed several vehicles as well. 911 began getting calls of the fire on the 400 block of S 13th Avenue in Sunnyside shortly after 3pm. As the fire spread beyond one home mutual aid was called in from...

TOPPENISH — Erica Solis, a 24-year-old mother of three from Mabton, was among 55 students celebrating a big milestone last week: She earned her GED through a program at Heritage University. “It means a lot, I’m embracing it. My education has always meant so much to me,” she said....

There's a bug near the Tri-Cities causing quite a nuisance. The question is this bug headed to Washington State next?. Insects are just a fact of life and in most instances are vital for life on the planet Earth. Do you recall ice worms and murder hornets?. There is one...