2020

SELAH, WA – Firefighters are battling a 2,500-acre fire in Yakima County that spread overnight Monday and is now forcing some evacuations in the area. The Washington State Fire Marshall said the fire is currently threatening 125 structures, power lines, radio towers and crops, according to KOMO News. On Tuesday morning, Yakima Valley Emergency...

KITTITAS COUNTY, WA – An 86-year-old woman drowned in the Yakima River after the boat she was on capsized last Thursday, according to KIMA. Linda Zee, 86, was one of three people who were thrown into the water after their pontoon boats hit some logs in the river and began taking on water. The...

YAKIMA, WA – Eight people were displaced and three dogs died after a fire burned through a duplex in Yakima's 1300 block of South 2nd Avenue on Friday afternoon. According to a press release from the Yakima Fire Department, firefighters arrived on the scene at 4:37 p.m. Friday and found that the attic of...

YAKIMA, WA – Two people were injured in a house fire on Saturday evening on the 2700 block of Fruitvale Boulevard, according to a press release from Yakima Fire. The Yakima Fire Department responded to the scene around 6:45 p.m. on the evening of Aug. 22. The resident of the home, a 58-year-old man,...

YAKIMA, WA – Residents of Yakima's Ahtanum Ridge neighborhood faced a blazing wildfire Sunday that burned some homes and spared others as officials ordered an evacuation. All evacuations for the Ahtanum Ridge Fire have been terminated. The fire has been contained and mop-up operations will continue through the day, some small isolated areas may...

YAKIMA, WA – A man lost his arm in a train accident in Yakima on Wednesday morning, according to News Talk KIT. The victim was discovered around 5 a.m. at the intersection of Gordon Road and North 6th Street. A homeless man, who has yet to be publicly identified, was sleeping over railroad tracks...

YAKIMA, WA – A 75-year-old Yakima man was injured when he mistakenly entered Interstate 82 heading the wrong way, colliding with another pickup truck Saturday night. The Yakima Herald reported that the accident occurred around 6:20 p.m. last Saturday at the Interstate 82 interchange with North First Street and U.S. Highway 12. 75-year-old Steven...