FILLING IN THE TRACKS — Sunnyside Public Works Street Division crew members in cooperation with the Columbia Basin Railroad, apply new asphalt over the second of two northern service lines on South Sixth Street, Wednesday, Oct. 16. The paving team planned to refurbish another southern line o…

YAKIMA COUNTY — Yakima County voters new to the county and wanting to register to vote, can both register and vote in the upcoming Nov. 5, General Election, on election day. State law allows Washington voters to come in person to the Yakima County Election’s Department to register and vote the same day, with identification and proof of address.

Near the intersection of North Outlook Road and Van Belle Road, Thursday, Oct. 10, icicles formed when water dripping from barbed wire fencing and irrigation wheel lines froze as overnight temperatures hit a record low of 22 degrees Fahrenheit, according to National Weather Service meteorolo…

PROSSER — Against the backdrop of a sunny, crisp Yakima Valley fall day with the soft gurgle of water flowing down a nearby Roza Irrigation District lateral, Thursday, Oct. 10, Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-Sunnyside) laid out his plan to submit a new bill to address Washington State aging water supply infrastructure which he hopes will receive bipartisan support back in Washington D.C.

SUNNYSIDE — There appears to be unreliable and reluctant accounts untold for family members and friends seeking answers from a Sunday afternoon, June 16, verbal confrontation between two opposing neighbors, John “Roger” Swigart and Mark Lessly Allen, which rapidly escalated into a physical clash on Jensen Quarry Road in Klickitat County. The encounter left Swigart with a fatal bullet into the right side of his head.

FOUR WAY STOP SIGNALS CHANGE — Darren Dennetti of Knobel’s Electric, Inc in Yakima, begins disconnecting and removing the yellow and green traffic lights at the intersection of South 6th Street and Grant Avenue Friday morning. The four-way flashing red light will remain above the center of t…

SUNNYSIDE — Central Washington Railroad will be conducting work on the railroad tracks on 6th Street (just north of Railroad Ave.) beginning on Monday, Oct.14, 2019, at 8 a.m., and continuing through the week.