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  • Chinook, Cayuse passes both closed for winter

    Yakima Herald-Republic – 1 hr 12 mins ago  

    Chinook and Cayuse passes are officially closed for the season. State transportation officials decided to close the passes after reviewing a snowy forecast and assessing the risk of an avalanche, according to a DOT news release. Full Story »

  • East Valley attic fire controlled quickly

    Yakima Herald-Republic – 1 hr 28 mins ago  

    EAST VALLEY — Crews here put out an attic fire early this afternoon at a one-story ranch house before flames could cause much damage. The fire was reported at 12:49 p.m. at 404 Terrace Hills Drive, said East Valley fire Chief George Spencer. Full Story »

  • Two airlifted to Seattle hospital after accident north of Sunnyside

    Yakima Herald-Republic – Sun Nov 8, 1:38 pm ET  

    SUNNYSIDE, Wash. -- Two people were airlifted to a Seattle hospital after a pickup and van collided Saturday evening about 10 miles north of Sunnyside on State Route 241. Full Story »

  • Latest review calls for closing Ahtanum View Corrections Center

    Yakima Herald-Republic – Sun Nov 8, 1:08 pm ET  

    YAKIMA, Wash. -- A consulting group hired to find ways to slash costs in the state's prison system released its final report last week. Much of the report is identical to a draft recommendation released last month - which proposes closing Ahtanum View Corrections Center in Yakima. Full Story »

  • Deputies say chase reached speeds up to 100 mph

    Yakima Herald-Republic – Sun Nov 8, 12:53 pm ET  

    TOPPENISH, Wash. -- Authorities say a driver who had been ingesting drugs led Yakima County Sheriff’s deputies on a chase that reached up to 100 mph early Sunday morning. Full Story »

The Daily Record

  • Wildcat football claims No.1 seed In NCAA Division II playoffs

    The Daily Record – Sun Nov 8, 4:26 pm ET  

    For the Daily Record INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The Central Washington University football team, which enters the postseason as the only undefeated team in NCAA Division II football, will be the No. 1 seed in the Super Region Four and received a first-round bye in the NCAA Division II Football Championship as tournament selections were announced Sunday afternoon by the NCAA. Full Story »

  • CWU students face down the 'freshman 15'

    The Daily Record – Sun Nov 8, 2:57 am ET  

    ELLENSBURG- College, for most people, is their first chance at freedom. Full Story »

  • Prosecutor comments on missing documents allegations

    The Daily Record – Sun Nov 8, 2:57 am ET  

    ELLENSBURG- It's too early to say whether charges will be brought in the wake of an ongoing Ellensburg Police Department investigation into the alleged theft of public records from the Kittitas County planning department. Full Story »

  • Swine flu vaccine reaches local schools

    The Daily Record – Sun Nov 8, 2:57 am ET  

    KITTITAS COUNTY- In 2 1/2 hours on Tuesday, 157 Cle Elum-Roslyn Elementary School students were given the swine or H1N1 flu vaccine to protect them from future sickness. Full Story »

  • Football teams' perfection has community abuzz

    The Daily Record – Sun Nov 8, 2:57 am ET  

    ELLENSBURG — A few weeks ago the Daily Record in its “Our View” on the opinion page posed the theory that Ellensburg was the center of the state’s football universe. At the time Ellensburg High School’s football team had just ascended to the top of the state 2A rankings, and Central Washington University was a Top 5 Division II squad. Full Story »

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KAPP Yakima

  • Heavy Snow in Cascades Shuts Down Roads

    KAPP Yakima – Sat Nov 7, 2:35 pm ET  

    SEATTLE -- The Washington state Department of Transportation has temporarily shut down two highways in the Cascade Mountains due to heavy snow from a fall storm and plans to close a third. Full Story »

  • Fort Hood Massacre Reaction

    KAPP Yakima – Fri Nov 6, 9:50 pm ET  

    YAKIMA -- Yesterday around 1:30 in the afternoon, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an army psychiatrist, opened fire at the soldiers in the Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood in Texas. Tory Feidler is a disaster mental health specialist with the yakima Red Cross. Full Story »

  • Delay In Winter Shelter Opening

    KAPP Yakima – Fri Nov 6, 9:05 pm ET  

    YAKIMA -- A program that provides emergency winter shelter for the homeless in Yakima is having an emergency of its own. Organizers say they need about 40 volunteers for each of the four overnight winter shelters. So far only 15 are trained and ready to go at Vineyard Church in downtown. Full Story »

  • UPDATE: Nursing Home Cited

    KAPP Yakima – Fri Nov 6, 9:05 pm ET  

    UNION GAP -- A nursing home under investigation after a resident went missing, has now been cited. The Department of Social and Health services began looking into Parkside Nursing Home in Union Gap after Rose Watson was discovered missing. Full Story »

  • Mexican Drug Gangs on the Reservation

    KAPP Yakima – Thu Nov 5, 10:35 pm ET  

    YAKIMA -- Indian reservations in the U.S. are increasingly hot spots for marajuana and weapons trafficking according to an article out in the Wall Street Journal today. The story mentions Yakama Nation as one of the reservations where pot and weapons busts are all too common. Full Story »

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KVEW Kennewick

  • Four Whitman College Students Injured In Crash

    KVEW Kennewick – Sat Nov 7, 3:27 pm ET  

    Four Whitman College students were injured, two seriously, when the sport utility vehicle they were in was struck by a commercial truck as they attempted a u-turn on Highway 730 about one mile east of Interstate 84 in northeast Oregon. Full Story »

  • Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises

    KVEW Kennewick – Fri Nov 6, 10:42 pm ET  

    PORTLAND -- Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River. Full Story »

  • Auto Dealers Give Back To The Community

    KVEW Kennewick – Thu Nov 5, 10:12 pm ET  

    WEST RICHLAND -- Results are in from the 8th annual Octoberfest Food Drive. Vehicle dealers from the Pasco Autoplex worked with Tri-City Yokes stores to raise money and help deliver food to agencies across the Tri-Cities. More than 9300 pounds of food was collected. Full Story »

  • Operation Cash For Candy Wraps Up

    KVEW Kennewick – Thu Nov 5, 10:12 pm ET  

    RICHLAND -- Operation cash for candy wraps up this week. At Doctor Lee Ostler's dentist office in Richland, an estimated 400 pounds of Halloween sweets have been dropped off. Full Story »

  • Pasco Business Donates Money

    KVEW Kennewick – Thu Nov 5, 10:12 pm ET  

    PASCO -- Studio 64 hair in Pasco raises $600 to support a new Domestic Violence Safe House in Pasco. The studio sold purple hair extensions during October for the new shelter for women and children in Pasco. Full Story »

KEPR Pasco

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The snow covered Wilder Kaiser, part of the Kitzbueheler Alps, is reflected in lake Schwarzsee in the Austrian province of Tyrol. AP/Kerstin Joensson

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