Linehan readies Rams for 2006-07
MIAMI, FLA - In less than two weeks as head coach of the St. Louis Rams, Sunnyside native Scott Linehan has already named offensive and defensive coordinators for his new staff.
January 31, 2006 midnight read more..
MIAMI, FLA - In less than two weeks as head coach of the St. Louis Rams, Sunnyside native Scott Linehan has already named offensive and defensive coordinators for his new staff.
January 31, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Following a busy weekend, Grandview police received two reports of thefts and one report of a burlgary on Monday.
January 31, 2006 midnight read more..It was a veritable mini-mall at the Lincoln gym in Sunnyside last Friday, with homemade bracelets and trading cards vying for consumer dollars along with video games and face painting.
January 31, 2006 midnight read more..In a two-minute meeting yesterday, Monday, Port of Sunnyside commissioners approved the purchase of two acres at the east end of the Sunnyside Airport.
January 31, 2006 midnight read more..BICKLETON - The Bickleton varsity boys basketball team got back on the winning track Monday night with a 58-52 win over Prosser's C squad, made up of freshman players.
January 31, 2006 midnight read more..A love of community and for automobiles has kept the owner of Tom's Car Store, at 1020 Yakima Valley Highway, going strong in Sunnyside.
January 31, 2006 midnight read more..It's been 24 years since Teresa Cendejas of Sunnyside has seen her son, Valdemar Moreno.
January 31, 2006 midnight read more..A 14-year-old boy was assaulted yesterday by four men on a street where three shootings have taken place in Sunnyside.
January 31, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - City officials announced Monday that Yakima County Fire District No. 5 Battalion Captain Pat Mason has accepted a position as the new fire chief for the city of Grandview.
January 31, 2006 midnight read more..The Sunnyside High School boys basketball team took the bark out of the Bulldogs last Friday night, knocking off Mid-Valley League leading Ellensburg 66-62.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..HANFORD - Though the Grandview wrestling team got a big non-league win this past Friday night against Hanford, 54-21, the Greyhounds may have lost one of their best chances to place a wrestler at State.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The Lady Greyhounds, trying to get their first league win, played host to the Othello Huskies this past Friday night, losing 62-45.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..Kayla Standish was on a mission for Ellensburg this past Friday night. The Bulldog's post player dropped in 40 points to bring her team back from as much as a 10-point defecit to drop Sunnyside 65-60.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..LYLE - Trying for its second league victory of the season, Bickleton went into Lyle last Friday night with high expectations, only to fall 43-23 to the Cougars.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - When things are going smoothly, like they are for the Sunnyside Christian High School girls basketball team, sometimes you have to look hard to find something wrong.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..The Jesus Arenas family escaped unharmed from a fire in their Granger home this past Saturday.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..PROSSER - Besides the 14 varsity wrestlers Sunnyside will have competing at this coming Friday and Saturday's Sub-Regional tournament, the Grizzlies will be represented by nine of their JV grapplers at the postseason affair.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Fire destroyed a Grandview family's home this past Sunday morning according to a report from Yakima County Fire District No. 5.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..Two of the four people Sunnyside police were seeking in relation to the Dec. 22 shooting of Xavier Perez, 28, at his rental home at 1713 Guernsey Street have been located.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..The Sunnyside Christian Knights did something this past Friday night they hadn't done in two previous attempts - beat Riverside Christian at the Crusaders' home gym. The Knights beat Riverside Christian 37-26.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The Othello Huskies made it a game for about two minutes before Grandview's boys basketball team demolished the visitors in a 77-32 CWAC South victory on Friday night.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..TOPPENISH - The Mabton girls basketball team continued to play down to the level of its competition to begin its Greater Columbia B League game against the Yakama Tribal Eagles this past Friday night, but this time Coach Mike Roettger didn't let the girls play through it.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..The final numbers aren't in, but it appears Sunnyside may have a bigger homeless problem than anyone imagined.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..TOPPENISH - Weekends like the one the Mabton boys basketball team just experienced are best had now and not later as the Vikings split a pair of games last weekend.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..Free throw shooting woes haunted the Bickleton boys basketball team during two league losses over the weekend.
January 30, 2006 midnight read more..After splitting the first two matches of the night and falling behind 6-4 to visiting West Valley, the Sunnyside High School wrestling team ran off six consecutive victories enroute to scoring a 34-25 win over the Rams Thursday evening.
January 27, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - Paced by four match victories and five forfeit wins, Mabton's wrestling team took care of Zillah 49-21 in the regular season finale.
January 27, 2006 midnight read more..Politicians dumping problems they helped create on Wal-Mart
January 27, 2006 midnight read more..PROSSER - Coming off what the Prosser Economic Development Association (EDA) calls an exciting 2005, a variety of projects look to build on that excitement and success this year.
January 27, 2006 midnight read more..Kids at Outlook Elementary School clustered in small groups for nine weeks to get a taste of what they might like to do when they grow up.
January 27, 2006 midnight read more..Heidi Hellner-Gomez, a Sunnyside High School reading coach and administrative intern, presented the Sunnyside School Board with two possible alternatives to the WASL at Thursday night's meeting.
January 27, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - The Sunnyside High School boys swim team may have been on the losing end of a 115-34 score against Cheney on Thursday, but the Grizzlies' contingent of four swimmers improved their postseason hopes.
January 27, 2006 midnight read more..Some credit card holders received a jolt along with their January bills.
January 27, 2006 midnight read more..Fun to share joy of Seahawks season, even more fun to share joy of Jesus Christ
January 27, 2006 midnight read more..Monuments and markers honor those who sacrificed for us
January 27, 2006 midnight read more..PROSSER - Lower Valley Hospice and Palliative Care will once again host "An Intimate Red Wine and Chocolate Affair" from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Prosser Community Center, located at 106 Merlot Drive in Prosser.
January 27, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside School Board directors took no action Thursday night on the issue of how to finance nearly $5 million in athletic facility improvements proposed for the district.
January 27, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - Fear of an oppressive government and a need for family led Juan Marenco to leave his native Nicaragua and eventually settle in Mabton, where he is pastor of Grace Brethren Church's Hispanic congregation.
January 26, 2006 midnight read more..The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center based in Seattle and the Center for Hispanic Health Promotion located in Sunnyside developed a project to help promote nutrition and physical activity among fourth grade students in the Lower Yakima Valley.
January 26, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside High School junior Rachelle Durfey is the 2005-06 Queen for the Washington State Quarter Horse Youth Association.
January 26, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - An 88-year-old Grandview man died of an apparent heart attack Wednesday morning before veering off the road and colliding with a power pole in the 200 block of Old Inland Empire, Grandview police said.
January 26, 2006 midnight read more..The top students, academically speaking, have been named for the second quarter of the 2005-06 school year at Sunnyside Christian High School.
January 26, 2006 midnight read more..Winners of 11 of 14 matches last night, the Sunnyside High School wrestling team throttled the East Valley Red Devils, 58-15. The non-league victory boosted the Grizzlies' overall dual meet record to 6-2.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..Student enrollment boundaries to be set in next two weeks
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..GRANGER - It was a split decision for Mabton wrestlers last night, recording a 39-32 win over Goldendale while losing 55-16 to Granger.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..A clerk at El Toro Pesado at 420 South 6th Street reported that a man, who might have been armed, took a stack of pants from the store yesterday. The report was received by Sunnyside police at 1:55 p.m.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - The Mabton boys basketball team hosted the LaSalle Lightning, winning the game 59-50 to pull even with Sunnyside Christian for first place in the Yakima Valley Division of the Greater Columbia 'B' League.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..GOLDENDALE - Playing a non-league game against Goldendale's C squad, the Lady Pirates varsity came up short, losing 30-27.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..RICHLAND - It would have been easy to abandon ship last night after the Hanford boys basketball team jumped out to a 26-7 first quarter lead. Instead, the Sunnyside Grizzlies fought back, going tit-for-tat with the Falcons the second quarter and outscoring Hanford after intermission to avert a blowout.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..CONNELL - The Grandview wrestling team wrapped up a second-place finish in the CWAC South with a 53-18 victory over Connell Tuesday night.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside residents will see more of the dog catcher after the City Council doubled the number of hours for animal control.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..A 3,000 square-foot retail building topped the list of most valuable properties for which a building permit was issued in December in Sunnyside.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..For the first time in a long time, Sunnyside Christian senior Chad Den Boer didn't lead his team in the scoring column - Aaron Van de Graaf did. The Knights knocked off Desales 55-32.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..After losing their first league game of the year last week, the Sunnyside Christian girls basketball team wanted to get back to winning. They did just that with a 55-31 victory over visiting DeSales last night.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..Most people think of wine grapes as only making wine but a professor at Heritage College is thinking differently.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - Due to increasing graffiti around the city, Mabton Police Chief Raul Almeida told the city council last night his officers will be enforcing a curfew already on the books.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..GOLDENDALE - The Bickleton varsity boys basketball team clamped down on defense, holding Goldendale's JV to 14 first-half points on the way to a 53-40 win.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - At the Yakima County Regional Library Tuesday morning, Yakima Regional Clean Air Authority Executive Director Les Ornelas told members of the media, the business community and the U.S. Forest Service that new air quality standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could hurt Yakima County if those standards aren't met.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - After playing flat of late, Mabton played up to its opponent's level Tuesday night, Coach Mike Roettger said.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..RICHLAND - Sunnyside's Tuesday night Mid-Valley League game with Hanford was close - at least for a while.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside police are searching for Dennis Clement, 60, of Sunnyside who was reported missing by his family Jan. 21.
January 25, 2006 midnight read more..TOPPENISH - After issuing an all-points bulletin early Sunday morning for Roberto Cisneros Saavedra, 34, of Sunnyside following a fatal shooting at a Toppenish tavern, Toppenish police continue to search for Saavedra, who is suspected of killing Jose Luis Fragoso Zavala, 30, of Yakima.
January 24, 2006 midnight read more..A record murder count of five in 2005 and a 50 percent spike in burglaries prompted the Sunnyside City Council on Monday to add jail terms for misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor charges.
January 24, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Staff Developer for Elementary Schools in Grandview, Rob Roettger, gave a presentation to school board directors Monday night that showed what he believes is a positive increase in a number of areas in the district thanks to early release Fridays.
January 24, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - A self-described tomboy, Grandview High School senior Jessika Babcock returned this past Sunday from the Washington State Junior Miss Pageant in Pullman.
January 24, 2006 midnight read more..MOXEE - Posting a 17-11 record on the day in the 28 bouts it competed, the Sunnyside High School wrestling team came away with a pair of non-league victories over Eisenhower and Davis last Saturday afternoon.
January 24, 2006 midnight read more..The Bickleton boys basketball team showed a little more firepower, but still dropped a couple of league games this past Friday and Saturday.
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..Coleman comes up big to help Grizzlies avenge earlier defeat to Rams
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - With five wrestlers qualifying for the championship finals, Mabton's wrestling team earned third-place honors at its 11-team Mid Valley Classic.
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..LYLE - Despite an 11-point victory over league foe Lyle this past Friday night, Mabton Coach Mike Roettger said his team continues to play flat and play down to the level of their competition.
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..In a battle of CWAC South unbeatens, Grandview's boys basketball team knocked off Naches 68-52 this past Friday.
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..Despite a 12-6 opening quarter in favor of Sunnyside, the Lady Grizzlies fell 57-29 to West Valley this past Friday night.
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..Facing the number one team from the southern division of the Greater Columbia 'B' League, the Sunnyside Christian Lady Knights made a statement by crushing Klickitat 62-12 last Friday night.
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - The Bickleton girls basketball team traveled to Yakima last Friday night to take on LaSalle and lost in a blow-out, 60-4.
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..How many homeless people are there in Sunnyside? Are they young or old? Predominantly male or female?
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..Say 'yes sir' and smile like you mean it if you are stopped for questioning by a Sunnyside police officer because all of Sunnyside's finest are now armed with tasers.
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..LYLE - The Mabton boys basketball team continued its march to the District tournament last Friday with a 57-26 win over the Lyle Cougars.
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..Port treasurer goes by the book - Bickleton grad returns hom
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..Behind two big performances from Chad Den Boer this past Friday and Saturday nights, Sunnyside Christian got two wins to improve to 7-1 in the Greater Columbia B League.
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Poor shooting and playing well in only three of four quarters doomed the Lady Greyhounds as they lost to the Naches Rangers last Friday night 63-45.
January 23, 2006 midnight read more..Tamara Steen: Dedicated to community's children
January 20, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - Thanks to the Diocese of Yakima Housing Services, Yakima Federal Savings and Loan and the United States Department of Agriculture, low-income Lower Valley families will get a chance to do something many families in the same position never get - a chance to own a home.
January 20, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - With Highland's wrestling team surrendering six forfeits, Mabton cruised to a 48-30 dual match win Thursday.
January 20, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The first meeting for the Lower Valley's 10th annual Relay for Life was held last night in Grandview.
January 20, 2006 midnight read more..With a Bible and a copy of the Constitution, senatorial candidate Brad Klippert spoke before the Sunnyside Republican Club this morning in a speech that explained his reasoning for his senate run.
January 20, 2006 midnight read more..The Rolling Hills Chorus of Sweet Adelines International will present "The Best of Times," featuring Vocal Magic, on Friday, Jan. 27, at 7:30 p.m., in the Sunnyside High School auditorium.
January 20, 2006 midnight read more..WAPATO - When freshman Baltazar Avalos took the mat last night for his 137-lb. bout against Wapato junior Jaymar Imperial, the Grizzlies already had the Mid-Valley League wrestling match well in hand, leading 30-15.
January 20, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The Wildcats took two of the first three matches of the night Thursday to build what would be their only lead of the night as the final match decided the outcome, and sealed a 40-30 CWAC South victory for the Greyhounds.
January 20, 2006 midnight read more..Thanks to a Two Valleys One Vision Grant, Chief Kamiakin Elementary school is offering after-school GEAR-UP activities.
January 19, 2006 midnight read more..After more than six years of planning, the SunnyView skate park will finally become reality this year, Recreational Coordinator Joan Niemeyer told the Sunnyside Recreation and Community Center commissioners Wednesday evening.
January 19, 2006 midnight read more..Third-generation farmer Ernie Charvet was appointed to the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District (SVID) Board this past Wednesday.
January 19, 2006 midnight read more..The American Legion is hoping to totally remake the Jerry Taylor Veteran's Plaza in downtown Sunnyside.
January 19, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside firefighters were called out at 2:51 a.m. this morning to a house fire at 1206 Ida Belle Street.
January 19, 2006 midnight read more..ST. LOUIS, MO. - It appears Sunnyside native Scott Linehan will be the St. Louis Rams' new head coach, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported this morning (Thursday).
January 19, 2006 midnight read more..TOPPENISH - Chad Den Boer led the way for the Knights with a game-high 23 points as Sunnyside Christian got back on the winning track, running away from Yakama Tribal for a 71-38 win Tuesday night.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..Helen Wilson of Ephrata is a collector of cartoons who never expected to give up her lifestyle in Spokane to settle in a little old town in the desert.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - Despite a 144-14 loss to West Valley on Tuesday, the outmanned Sunnyside boys swim team celebrated as Alex Henry and Zile Wagner each recorded personal bests.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside police are looking for three men and two women suspects in relation to the fatal shooting of Xavier Perez, 28, on Dec. 22, 2005 at his rental home at 1713 Guernsey Street in Sunnyside.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..The Sunnyside High School boys basketball team took the hop out of the Quincy Jackrabbits last night, winning by an 82-72 score.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..The Sunnyside High School girls bowling team closed out the 2005-06 season with a 2-2 tie against the Eisenhower Cadets yesterday afternoon.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..TOPPENISH - In what turned out to be a tune-up for the big game with LaSalle this coming weekend, the Sunnyside Christian girls basketball team last night crushed Yakama Tribal 78-23.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..PASCO - In what Mabton Coach Mike Roettger called a flat performance, the Lady Vikings got a non-league victory over Tri-City Prep 49-33 Tuesday night.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..After four consecutive losses the Sunnyside girls got a much-needed boost to their confidence with a 68-44 win Tuesday night over the Quincy Jackrabbits.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Today, the Grandview School District will ask voters to approve a four-year maintenance and operation levy.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..PASCO - Losing one player to injury and another to foul trouble, Bickleton's boys basketball team struggled in the second half in a 61-31 loss to Jubilee Christian.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Despite the potential loss of $44,000 in revenue, the Grandview City Council voted unanimously to remove industrial waste discharge surcharges from wastewater contracts with large industrial and commercial companies.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Othello got the best of Grandview, winning 42-25 Tuesday night in a dual meet both schools had been looking forward to since it was rescheduled from its original Dec. 15 date.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..Within two months from now the city of Sunnyside should have a good idea what it will cost to purchase property in order to widen South First Street.
January 18, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside Community Hospital Public Relations Director Tom Lathen was one of 27 health care staff from around the United States attending a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) training in Anniston, Alabama last week.
January 17, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - In Monday's 59-53 loss at the Tourneytown.com Classic in the SunDome, the Grandview boys basketball team tangled with Nooksack Valley, top-ranked among 2A teams in the state.
January 17, 2006 midnight read more..Grandview police arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with a burglary at Dave's Recycling Center on Saturday, Jan. 14.
January 17, 2006 midnight read more..Playing two of their toughest competitors, the Mabton Vikings boys basketball team came away from this past weekend in great shape, they sit on top in the Yakima division of the Greater Columbia 'B' League.
January 16, 2006 midnight read more..Proof of insurance, license required
January 16, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The Grandview School Board has approved recommendations to hire Bruce Johnson as a middle school head wrestling coach. Dave Parker will be hired as an At-Risk tutor for Compass High School.
January 16, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The city of Grandview has narrowed its choice for its next Fire Chief.
January 16, 2006 midnight read more..You can't take any team for granted in the Mid-Valley League. The Sunnyside High School boys basketball team learned that the hard way last Friday night.
January 16, 2006 midnight read more..This past Saturday, Tim Wyatt did something just 2 percent of boys who join the Boys Scouts do - he became an Eagle Scout.
January 16, 2006 midnight read more..HOQUIAM - Like the air rushing from a deflated balloon, the Sunnyside High School wrestling team sagged miserably this past weekend at the Hoquiam Invitational.
January 16, 2006 midnight read more..TACOMA - Grandview put three wrestlers in the finals of the Henry Foss Invitational and had one individual champion en route to a third-place finish this past weekend.
January 16, 2006 midnight read more..Against Wapato this past Friday night, the Sunnyside girls basketball team suffered a heartbreaker.
January 16, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - A home on 791 Boundary Road, about a mile south of Mabton, was declared a total loss of $100,000 following a fire Thursday morning.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..Two burglaries and a theft were reported in Sunnyside yesterday and another theft early this morning.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..BICKLETON - After giving up an NBA-like 24 points to Lyle in the first quarter, Bickleton's boys basketball team needed to find an answer.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..Winners of eight of the 14 bouts last night, six by pin, Sunnyside knocked the Prosser Mustangs wrestling team off the top perch of the Mid-Valley League standings.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..City crews were at it again Wednesday, removing two more signs erected along South First Street by Prosser contractor Tom Paul.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..KIONA-BENTON - The Grandview wrestling team traveled to Kiona-Benton last night and destroyed the Bears by a score of 64-12.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..WHITE SWAN - Mabton's wrestling team secured its first dual meet win of the season Thursday in a 51-13 victory over White Swan.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..BY RACHEL BOTT
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..Dr. Muhammad Ayub, the Sunnyside physician who had his medical license suspended following accusations of sexual misconduct, has contested those charges according to the Washington State Department of Health.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..When Activity Director Shari Wilson heard what kind of music Glenn Cutler performs, she thought he'd be perfect to book as entertainment at Sun Terrace Retirement and Assisted Living.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..A variety of events in the past year have triggered scientists to question whether climate change is a reality and whether it's a result of global warming.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..The city of Sunnyside renewed a tradition Thursday morning, today, with an employee appreciation breakfast at the community center.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..Nothing succeeds like success and that is the case for the American Cancer Society Lower Valley Relay for Life.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..The Selah Vikings and Pasco Bulldogs proved to be too formidable this week for the Sunnyside High School girls bowling team.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..BICKLETON - It took almost a month but the Bickleton Lady Pirates finally played the remaining 28 seconds of their game with Lyle and won 34-31.
January 13, 2006 midnight read more..Saying the Yakima County Sheriff's office could take some lessons, Jim Stanton praised the Sunnyside Police Department's response to a vicious dog attack last Saturday.
January 11, 2006 midnight read more..Six Bickleton young people, who are interested in government, are working to become part of the YMCA 59th Youth Legislature Program that could take them to the state capitol in May.
January 11, 2006 midnight read more..After 22 years in various positions at Yakima Valley Regional Library, Amy Ravenholt is settling in as librarian at Sunnyside. She will have an opportunity to meet library patrons and get acquainted with the community at an open house on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the library.
January 11, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - Citing a lack of information from his own staff, Public Works Director Vern Redifer asked Yakima County commissioners to table the Midvale Road supplemental agreement.
January 11, 2006 midnight read more..Talk about a team effort! Last night, the Sunnyside High School boys basketball team-fully utilizing all 12 members of the varsity-tamed the high spirited Prosser Mustangs.
January 11, 2006 midnight read more..The Sunnyside VFW will be sponsoring a food handlers class Saturday, Jan. 14, at the VFW Hall in Sunnyside at 2 p.m.
January 11, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Six pins by Grandview wrestlers helped the Greyhounds cruise to an easy 67-12 victory over East Valley Tuesday night. The win puts Grandview's league record at 2-0, and on top of the CWAC South in a tie with Othello.
January 11, 2006 midnight read more..Thirty-two minutes of basketball just wasn't enough to decide things Tuesday night as Prosser and Sunnyside were deadlocked at 61 when the buzzer sounded at the end of regulation.
January 11, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - The city council of Mabton rejected a bid for work on the city's fifth well because it's too expensive.
January 11, 2006 midnight read more..PROSSER - Bickleton's varsity boys basketball team came close, but not close enough in a 54-52 loss to Prosser's C squad Monday night.
January 10, 2006 midnight read more..After two months in Sunnyside, Bill LaForce is pleased with how business has been going.
January 10, 2006 midnight read more..Five Sunnyside City Council members were sworn into office Monday. Three of them-Carol Stone, Bruce Epps and Bill Gant-were elected in last November's general election.
January 10, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - VFW Post 6929 of Grandview is holding a benefit for Matt Honeycutt, a 2005 graduate of Grandview High School, a cancer patient who recently underwent a bone marrow transplant in Seattle.
January 10, 2006 midnight read more..The Diocese of Yakima Housing Services project near Sheller Road and 16th Street in Sunnyside hit a possible bump in the road Monday night.
January 10, 2006 midnight read more..PROSSER - Trying to get another check in the win column, the Bickleton Lady Pirates varsity squad traveled to Prosser last night. Bickleton's efforts to notch its second victory of the season went for naught, though, as the Muastangs 'C' squad prevailed, 41-23.
January 10, 2006 midnight read more..OIC of Washington and the Sunnyside Community Center are sponsoring a march and celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. next Monday.
January 10, 2006 midnight read more..The Wenatchee High School girls bowling team claimed a 3-1 victory over Sunnyside last Thursday.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The Grandview wrestling team put nine wrestlers into the finals at the Grandview Winter Classic this past Saturday en route to a team victory, the host school's first in the nine-year history of the event.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..A status hearing at Yakima County Jail last Thursday for Heriberto Martinez, 24, and Pedro Ochoa-Mendoza, 23, resulted in a continuance of their cases with their January trial dates being reset.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - "What are all those flags for," civil engineer Steve Martin was asked this past weekend as he hauled thousands of pink and blue survey markers in his truck.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..The Sunnyside Christian Knights got two big league wins this past weekend, winning by a combined 92 points to stay perfect in Greater Columbia B League play.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..The Grandview Police Department's Special Incident Response Team, with help from the Law Enforcement Against Drugs Task Force, this past Friday raided a house in the 4000 block of Stover Road and recovered thousands of dollars in stolen property, Detective James Driscoll said this morning.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..The dust has settled from the sign and fence poles Sunnyside officials removed last Thursday from Tom Paul's property along South First Street.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..The Mabton boys basketball team hosted Trout Lake/Glenwood this past Friday night, winning 67-27.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..If you're a Chamber of Commerce member or a potential member, The Inn at Horse Heaven in Prosser is the place to be Thursday, Jan. 19, from 5 to 7 p.m.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..For a quarter, anyway, Bickleton's boys basketball team looked like it might have a shot at knocking off defending state B champ Sunnyside Christian.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..The Mabton Lady Vikings cruised to a 55-27 victory this past Friday night over Trout Lake-Glenwood before falling to LaSalle 52-28 Saturday night.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..CONNELL - Grandview's boys basketball team reeled off a 21-9 second quarter run, then held on for a league opening 62-51 win at Connell on Saturday.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..The Sunnyside girls basketball team got a split this past weekend beating Selah on Friday 58-50 and losing to Hanford 59-54 on Saturday.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..A 20-point effort by senior Derrick Simmons powered the Sunnyside Grizzlies to a 64-56 victory over Selah last Friday. The win was Sunnyside's first this season in Mid-Valley League play.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside School District Superintendent Rick Cole said many school districts go from traditional school schedules to year-round schooling because of enrollment and financial issues.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - The outnumbered Sunnyside's boys swim team lost to Cheney on Saturday, 111-28. But it was a defeat full of victories, according to Coach Carl Scott.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..The Sunnyside VFW will be sponsoring a food handlers class Saturday, Jan. 14, at the VFW Hall in Sunnyside at 2 p.m.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..BICKLETON - One week after the Sunnyside Christian Lady Knights lost their second game of the season, they came out on fire and destroyed the Bickleton Lady Pirates, 67-6 during last Friday night's basketball game.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..CONNELL - The Connell Eagles came against the Grandview Lady Greyhounds aggressively Saturday night, winning by a score of 66-37.
January 9, 2006 midnight read more..NACHES - After two league dual meet postponements, the Grandview Greyhounds finally opened their league schedule Thursday night with a 49-22 win over the Naches Valley Rangers.
January 6, 2006 midnight read more..You'll never look at a package of food the same way, thanks to requirements now in effect on the nutrition panel found on food packaging.
January 6, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - The Larson Gallery will showcase an exhibit by Carol Hassen, entitled "I'm Still Dancing as Fast as I Can," which features a selection of her paintings, drawings and collages.
January 6, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - After a long Christmas Break, the Sunnyside High School boys swim team competed in a dual meet against Hanford and Pullman Thursday at Lions Pool.
January 6, 2006 midnight read more..Pastor John Jacobs has preached the message of God in Sunnyside for a long time. 29 1/2 years to be exact.
January 6, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - Forced to concede 18 points to Cle Elum due to forfeits, the Mabton Vikings lost to the Warriors 48-30 Thursday night.
January 6, 2006 midnight read more..GRANGER - The Office of the Superintendent of Public instruction announced Tuesday that Granger High School was one of 38 schools and school districts in the state to receive part of a $139,600 grant aimed at improving access to Advanced Placement classes and Pre-Advanced Placement classes.
January 6, 2006 midnight read more..WENATCHEE - The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission has announced that Squilchuck State Park is open on a limited basis for winter snow play, which includes sledding, inner tubing, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. This is a pilot program initiated in response to public demand.
January 6, 2006 midnight read more..Students in Mrs. Long's fourth-grade class at Sunnyside Christian Elementary School took possession of 130 Chinook salmon eggs Thursday morning.
January 6, 2006 midnight read more..MOSES LAKE - With four JV bowlers subbing in for the Sunnyside varsity, the Moses Lake High School girls bowling team scored a 4-0 victory this past Wednesday afternoon.
January 6, 2006 midnight read more..SHS senior parents will host a taco feed at Saturday night's basketball contest with Hanford. Sales will begin at 4 p.m. and continue into the evening. One taco meal is $3, two tacos are $4, and a three-taco meal is $5. Meals will include rice and beans.
January 5, 2006 midnight read more..During their meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 4, Port of Sunnyside commissioners reviewed changes to a draft interlocal agreement for a Black Rock study area.
January 5, 2006 midnight read more..OUTLOOK - Now it's Outlook's turn.
January 5, 2006 midnight read more..An ongoing battle between the city of Sunnyside and Prosser contractor Tom Paul hit the mother of all loggerheads today, Thursday.
January 5, 2006 midnight read more..Michael Rodriguez, 25, of Sunnyside was formally charged with first degree murder in his Dec. 29, 2005 arraignment in Yakima County Superior Court.
January 4, 2006 midnight read more..Dropping 10 of the 14 individual matches last night, the Sunnyside High School wrestling team sustained a 48-21 Mid-Valley League defeat to the visiting Ellensburg Bulldogs.
January 4, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The expected opening of Yakima District Court in Grandview has been delayed. The court, returning to the Lower Valley after an eight-year absence, was scheduled to open Jan. 1, but the estimated date is now mid-February, according to Harold Delia, court administrator.
January 4, 2006 midnight read more..ELLENSBURG - In Sunnyside Coach Leo Gomez's mind, his players just didn't show up to play Tuesday night.
January 4, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The Grandview City Council voted to award the city's well rehabilitation project contract to the lone bidding contractor, Schneider Equipment, Inc., Tuesday night.
January 4, 2006 midnight read more..To Mike Nassar, owner of the 16th Street Market, it's all about fairness.
January 4, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - After a lot of discussion Tuesday night, the Grandview City Council opted to table an ordinance that would set rules for future condominium and gated community development in the city.
January 4, 2006 midnight read more..Margarita Torres, mother of six and grandmother to 13, stepped out of her safe zone and into the business world four years ago in Sunnyside.
January 4, 2006 midnight read more..ELLENSBURG - Not having played for nearly three weeks, the Sunnyside High School boys basketball team couldn't get into any kind of a rhythm last night.
January 4, 2006 midnight read more..Yesterday, the Sunnyside High School girls bowling team avenged, in sorts, a 4-0 loss it suffered to Kennewick earlier in the season.
January 4, 2006 midnight read more..With hip-hop and salsa tunes providing the canvas, dancers artfully spun and leaped during a recent class offered at the 4 JAMZ Dance Studio in Sunnyside.
January 3, 2006 midnight read more..GRANGER - A spanking new fire truck arrived in Granger Dec. 22, designed by six Granger volunteer firefighters and purchased with a $250,000 grant received by the Granger Fire Department from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2004.
January 3, 2006 midnight read more..Washington's new smoking ban has claimed its first victim in Sunnyside. The Pub at 432 S. Sixth St., a fixture in downtown Sunnyside for the past 33 years, will officially close its doors today.
January 3, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - The Grandview boys basketball team made it two in a row at the SunDome last week, with a 54-43 win this past Friday over Lakeside.
January 2, 2006 midnight read more..KENNEWICK - Taking a lesson from his 2004 run for the U.S. Senate, Sunnyside native and Benton County Sheriff's deputy Bradley Klippert (R) announced his candidacy for Maria Cantwell's Senate seat on Dec. 30, 2005, nearly 10 months before the Sept. 2006 primary.
January 2, 2006 midnight read more..SHORELINE - Down 10 points going into the locker room against the host Shoreline Christian Crusaders, it would have been easy for Sunnyside Christian to just roll over and accept their second defeat of the season.
January 2, 2006 midnight read more..SHORELINE - The Sunnyside Christian Knights got a split in the Oakleaf Classic this past week, defeating Clallam Bay 66-20 Thursday and losing to Shoreline Christian on Friday, 57-48 to bring their record to 6-2 on the season.
January 2, 2006 midnight read more..A single car accident on Outlook Road claimed the life of Sunnyside resident Thomas W. Merry, 21, at about 11 p.m. on Dec. 31.
January 2, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - The Grandview girls basketball team saw a close game get away in a 53-35 loss to Chewelah on Friday in the two-day SunDome tournament.
January 2, 2006 midnight read more..Several thefts were reported in Sunnyside over the weekend.
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