Yakima County Commissioners unanimously approved a resignation agreement with County Coroner Jim Curtice on Tuesday. As a part of the agreement, the county will pay Curtice $66,774 and provide ...

Yakima County will pay embattled Coroner Jim Curtice an extra six months salary in exchange for Curtice’s resignation, officials decided Tuesday. Curtice may sign the agreement as soon as ...

Unable to afford an attorney and facing a dwindling roster of Yakima County public defenders, Root waited three months for a public defender to represent him for the felony charge. His partner ...

A Washington agency is reviewing the 2023 death of Hien Trung Hua in the Yakima County jail to determine whether a new criminal investigation is warranted, the agency disclosed last week.

Forest Service maps, Bureau of Land Management maps, and highway maps to name a few. Some show general features and points of ...

In addition, parts of the Puget Sound region and north and central Washington are under a drought advisory.

More than a dozen in Yakima County are sick with tuberculosis, reported The Yakima Herald-Republic. According to the Yakima Health District, there are 16 active cases of the disease in Yakima County.

YAKIMA – The state has extended a drought emergency for the third year in a row in the Yakima River Basin. The drought declaration, which began in 2023, covers the Upper Yakima, Lower Yakima and ...

Those identified will be contacted by Indian Health Services or the county health district for testing and further evaluation. As of Wednesday, Yakima County has 17 cases of tuberculosis ...

The blaze broke out about 4:15 a.m. Sunday east of Highway 240 in the marshy area where the Yakima and Columbia Rivers meet. Richland firefighters were joined by Kennewick fire and Benton County ...