"FARMERS MARKET, YAKIMA, WA" by JAY COX from the Seattlest Flickr pool. more ›

A 45-year-old Yakima karate instructor was convicted of child molestation yesterday by a jury in that city. He was charged with rape, but escaped with only the molestation rap for the 2002 crime. Now everything about child rape and child molestation is awful and terrible, but we'd just like to point out that there is no skeevier occupation for a child molester than "karate instructor." more ›

Ali versus Frasier, Coke vs. Pepsi, Good vs. Evil, Gregoire vs. Rossi: the opposing sides in the great battles of our time. The latter, Gregoire vs. Rossi, is all geared up for an ugly rematch set to unfold this November. The candidates have announced that a duel err, debate will be taking place on October 1st in Yakima. The sure to be scintilatting, or at least mud-slinging, discussion will be shown statewide on PBS stations. more ›

SUNNYSIDE – For the fifth time, a drug task force has raided a vineyard in the lower Yakima Valley, this time seizing more than 4,400 plants. more ›