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A Tri-Cities woman is being held in lieu of $150,000 bail in connection with an impaired-driving crash that killed two motorcyclists Friday near Selah. Yakima County prosecutors have asked the Washington State Patrol's crime lab to expedite its test on blood drawn from Beth Ann Striver after the crash on State Route 821 near Sundown M Ranch.

WHITE SWAN, Wash. - A second fire burned in the White Swan area on Wednesday, according to Yakima Valley Emergency Management. In an update from Fire Information Officer Tim McKern, a spot fire was found over the containment lines of the Slide Ranch Fire at 2:30 p.m. during a wind and dust storm.

YAKIMA- Preliminary estimates indicate that Washington’s not seasonally adjusted average annual unemployment rate rose from 3.6% in May 2023 to 4.6% in May 2024, a one percentage point increase. In Yakima County, the not seasonally adjusted average annual unemployment rate rose from 4.7% in May 2023 to 6.0% in...

The Washington Supreme Court ruled last week that Attorney General Bob Ferguson can continue pursuing a lawsuit against the city of Sunnyside. Cities across the state have implemented a crime-free rental housing program in which landlords, tenants and law enforcement work together to reduce crime and improve the quality of life in rental properties.

GRANT COUNTY- Over the weekend, the Beyond Wonderland music festival at the gorge had increased security. Grant County's Interagency Narcotics Enforcement team, along with Yakima County's Law Enforcement Against Drugs Task Force, confiscated hundreds of grams of illegal drugs. They arrested twelve people on 24 charges. They also confiscated two...

The WA State Supreme Court has ruled the state can have a say, or intervene, in cases where tenants have been evicted for alleged criminal behavior. Case involves crime-free housing zones in Sunnyside. Sunnyside is one of a number of cities that have created crime-free housing zones. Tenants agree to...

YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash.-- The Yakama Nation responded to the Biden administration's report regarding hydro-systems to tribes in the Columbia River Basin. Last week the Biden administration released a report, which accounts for construction impacts hydro-power systems has had on the tribes. A representative with Yakama Nation Fisheries says they felt...

Authorities said Striver admitted to taking four shots before leaving the Tri-Cities and traveling to Yakima County. The crash left two motorcyclists dead and others with serious injuries. ​COPYRIGHT 2024 BY APPLE VALLEY NEWS NOW. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.

Today: Tuesday is a First Alert High Impact Fire Day for Yakima and Kittitas counties. Fire fuel energy will be pushing the 75th percentile for all fire season values. Please exercise fire safety! These dangerous conditions will primarily be fueled by warmer temperatures. High will soar back to values about 10-degrees above average. It’ll be in the mid to upper-70s for the Cascades and Blues, with low-90s for the Kittitas and Yakima counties. It’ll be even hotter in the Lower Columbia Basin, and foothills, with mid-90s. It’ll feel even hotter in the sunshine, and we’ll have plenty of that! Winds will be light for most spots, although northerly gusts could reach 20 MPH in the foothills. 

First Alert High Impact Fire Day for Yakima and Kittitas counties as temperatures turn hotter.

The Washington Supreme Court ruled last week that Attorney General Bob Ferguson can continue pursuing a lawsuit against the city of Sunnyside. Cities across the state have implemented a crime-free rental housing program in which landlords, tenants and law enforcement work together to reduce crime and improve the quality of life in rental properties.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR YAKIMA COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate | | No. 24-4-00405-39 of | | NOTICE TO CREDITORS DORIS JOANN BELL, Deceased. | RCW 11.40.030 | The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the probate assets and non-probate assets of the deceased. DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: June 13, 2024 Personal Representative: Cynthia Kay Merryman Attorneys for Personal Representative: PRATT BOUTILLIER KIRKEVOLD & FARMER, PLLC Address for Mailing or Service: 3901 Fairbanks Avenue Yakima, Washington 98902 Telephone: (509) 453-9135 Court of Probate Proceedings: Yakima County Superior Court 128 North 2nd Street Yakima, Washington Cause Number: 24-4-00405-39 #06043/24061 Pub: June 13, 20 & 27, 2024.

A burn ban in Yakima County will expand on Monday to include bonfires. The Yakima County Fire Marshal’s Office has expanded the countywide burn ban in unincorporated Yakima County to include bonfires in addition to yard waste, a news release said. Burning debris or processed lumber is not allowed.

WHITE SWAN - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Slide Ranch Fire burning on Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation tribal land and in Yakima County, Washington. The state of Washington’s request for a federal...

Yakima County Fire District 5 says over three thousand acres burned in the Slide Ranch Fire. Currently, 0% contained.