When Vanessa Morfin hears her name announced at next year's graduation ceremony at Sunnyside High School, she will become the first person in her family to have completed high school.
March 31, 2006 midnight read more..When you can't jump in the car and cruise the countryside from coast to coast, the next best thing may be a read through of a new book, The Best of Country.
March 31, 2006 midnight read more..Dave Leary's 15-year career as a Washington State Trooper ended with his resignation last November during a State Patrol internal affairs investigation regarding a claim of sexual misconduct with a Lower Valley teenage girl.
March 31, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside High School's defensive players were mad. After getting beat up by Prosser this past Tuesday, the Grizzly defenders came out strong against the Connell Eagles, shutting them out and enabling Sunnyside to walk away with a 1-0 victory Thursday night.
March 31, 2006 midnight read more..Citizens of Sunnyside:SYRA needs your help and support!
March 31, 2006 midnight read more..Community residents are being urged to drop off canned food items, clothing and used cell phones at Sunnyside's Centennial Square next Monday, April 3.
March 31, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - What would have been a tying goal scored by the Greyhounds midway through the second half was disallowed by the referee, and Selah added a second goal minutes later to take a 2-0 non-league victory over Grandview Thursday night.
March 31, 2006 midnight read more..Black Rock Creek Golf Course resident pro Jeff Bender is a strong believer that today's youths must be groomed to be tomorrow's leaders.
March 31, 2006 midnight read more..SELAH - Several Bickleton throwers and runners fared well Thursday in Selah as the Pirate athletes competed with the junior varsity squads from schools like Davis, Eisenhower, Ellensburg and West Valley.
March 31, 2006 midnight read more..Trade deficit can be reduced by reducing global pollution
March 31, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Grandview No. 1 singles player Kevin Floyd got a break from singles play Thursday afternoon against Othello as Grandview Coach Jaime Morales wanted to give Marco Diaz a chance to play against the singles players he'll play at Regionals.
March 31, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - In an event that grows by leaps and bounds each year, cancer survivors will be honored and cash raised to fight a battle with which too many are still dealing.
March 31, 2006 midnight read more..With a June 5 opening in mind, the city of Sunnyside is progressing with plans to build a new skate park at SunnyView Park.
March 30, 2006 midnight read more..PASCO - Joe Luther is just a regular Joe. During the week, Luther is a 26-year-old lifelong Outlook resident and works for Luther OL Company of Granger as an equipment operator.
March 30, 2006 midnight read more..RICHLAND - Sunnyside sophomore Justin Bos opened Mid-Valley Golf League play in fine fashion Wednesday. He fired a 4-over-par 76 at Richland's Horn Rapids Golf Course.
March 30, 2006 midnight read more..It's one of those success stories that just makes you smile.
March 30, 2006 midnight read more..Ask him, and Sen. Jim Honeyford will readily admit that the recently completed legislative session in Olympia isn't one he'll file away as one of his political highlights.
March 30, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - When Katie Beeman was a young girl her family received a visit from a young Japanese exchange student. This visit had a lasting effect on her.
March 30, 2006 midnight read more..This past Friday Bill John was handed the keys to a new truck that can do some fancy things in the garbage business.
March 29, 2006 midnight read more..In a Mid-Valley League battle of strength versus strength, it came down to the last event as the Sunnyside girls were edged 77-72 in a dual track meet against Prosser yesterday.
March 29, 2006 midnight read more..Legislature gets busted for playing Three Card Monte with taxpayer dollars
March 29, 2006 midnight read more..PROSSER - Suffering its second loss in three days, the Sunnyside High School soccer team fell to Prosser, 4-2, Tuesday.
March 29, 2006 midnight read more..PROSSER - Lacy Yanez belted a three-run triple that helped break open what was a close game at the time as the Lady Grizzlies rolled to a 13-2 win in five innings Tuesday afternoon over Prosser.
March 29, 2006 midnight read more..PROSSER - Ground was broken on the Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center Tuesday morning in Prosser.
March 29, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - The pitching was better than reflected in the final score of the Grandview baseball team's 10-1 CWAC South loss at East Valley yesterday.
March 29, 2006 midnight read more..KITTITAS - A fairly strong pitching performance by seldom used hurler Tori Van Wingerden, coupled with aggressive base running, led the Sunnyside Christian High School girls fastpitch softball team to a 12-8 non-league victory over the Kittitas Coyotes yesterday.
March 29, 2006 midnight read more..MOXEE - Grandview No. 1 singles player Kevin Floyd provided the lone bright spot for the Greyhounds Tuesday afternoon as the boys fell 4-1 and the girls fell 5-0 to the Red Devils.
March 29, 2006 midnight read more..OTHELLO - Grandview scored the first two goals of the game Tuesday night en route to a 3-1 league win at Othello.
March 29, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - The Mabton City Council heard from City Administrator Ildia Jackson last night on possible changes to the parental responsibility ordinance.
March 29, 2006 midnight read more..Pedro Ochoa-Mendoza of Sunnyside was scheduled to go on trial in Yakima Superior Court this past Monday, March 27, but, due to a backlog of cases, he was not called into court.
March 29, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - Mabton's softball team broke out the bats in a 19-9 and 15-7 sweep of LaSalle yesterday in a league doubleheader.
March 29, 2006 midnight read more..YAKJIMA - A giant step was taken earlier this month when a new cancer resource center opened in Yakima at Memorial Hospital's North Star Lodge.
March 28, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside sewer rates will increase by 10 percent effective June 1.
March 28, 2006 midnight read more..RICHLAND - J.P. Moore, representing Sunnyside's Black Rock Creek Golf Course, won the amateur division #3 net title at yesterday's PGA pro-am tournament at Richland's Horn Rapids Golf Course.
March 28, 2006 midnight read more..S'side area retail potential tops half a billion dollars
March 28, 2006 midnight read more..Hoping to teach young students about drama, the advanced drama students at Sunnyside High School have been visiting elementary schools in Sunnyside.
March 28, 2006 midnight read more..Fresh off its recently released 2005 annual report, Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health (CWCMH) is looking to reach more people in 2006.
March 28, 2006 midnight read more..Rocky Gonzalez's students recently competed in two karate tournaments, taking home a number of trophies.
March 28, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - Mabton High School Vice Principal and Athletic Director Denny Brown informed the Mabton School Board Monday night the intention to allow students from Bickleton High School to participate in the football program at Mabton High School.
March 28, 2006 midnight read more..Improper disposal of unwanted pesticides can be a threat to human and animal health, harm the natural environment or even saddle a landowner with costly financial liability.
March 28, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - A report of shots fired in a Mabton neighborhood last night brought law enforcement officers from Mabton, Grandview and the Washington State Patrol.
March 28, 2006 midnight read more..BENTON CITY - Mabton Lil Vikings team members Dante Cruz and Rafael Martinez nabbed weight division titles at this past Saturday's youth wrestling tournament in Benton City.
March 28, 2006 midnight read more..The Sunnyside Christian baseball team took on the LaSalle Lightning this past weekend in a doubleheader and got out-hit, out-hustled and outscored as the Lightning took both games, 16-3 and 14-0.
March 27, 2006 midnight read more..Alejandra Ramirez, a 17-year-old junior at Sunnyside High School and a full-time Running Start student at YVCC, is hoping she will be the next Miss Teen Washington when the competition takes place in Seattle this September.
March 27, 2006 midnight read more..Single family home construction accounted for more than half of the total valuation of $1,151,171 in February building starts within the city of Sunnyside.
March 27, 2006 midnight read more..Juan Pineda, the coach of the Sunnyside High School soccer team, said it best. "If you don't hurt them when you have the opportunity the opponents come back and hurt you."
March 27, 2006 midnight read more..The first game was a blowout from the get-go. The second contest...one that got away from the Grizzlies late.
March 27, 2006 midnight read more..GRANGER - The Spartans' second year soccer program is making strides, according to Grandview Coach Anne Holden, but Granger was still no match for the Greyhounds this past Saturday.
March 27, 2006 midnight read more..This past Friday deputies from the Yakima County Sheriff's Office, using a canine from Benton County to track a suspect through brushy terrain, arrested one of three suspects in a burglary in the 1200 block of Northbank Lane near Sunnyside.
March 27, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA- Danielle Raschko, a freshman at Bickleton High School, placed first in the 1600-meter, posting her personal best of 6:31, at the Davis Invite at Kumler Field in Yakima this past Thursday.
March 27, 2006 midnight read more..PROSSER - Easing their way into the season, the Grandview High School boys and girls track teams took second and third place honors, respectively, against Prosser, Connell and East Valley Thursday afternoon.
March 24, 2006 midnight read more..Two back-to-back events sponsored by the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce are scheduled for April 22 and 23.
March 24, 2006 midnight read more..GRANGER - An attempt to rob the Granger branch of U.S. Bank yesterday morning misfired, police said, when the alleged burglar got stuck in the bank's chimney.
March 24, 2006 midnight read more..She strummed her guitar and sang for Oscar, her husband, at his funeral She took it up again and played and sang at the funeral for her daughter, Susanna, six years ago.
March 24, 2006 midnight read more..PASCO - Motorcycles will be kicking up dirt and monster truck motors will be roaring this weekend as the TRAC Arena in Pasco is invaded by the Monster Truck Nationals and Thrill Show tonight and Saturday night.
March 24, 2006 midnight read more..PROSSER - Both the Grandview boys and girls tennis teams swept the Mustangs on the road Thursday afternoon, 5-0.
March 24, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - The bats came alive for the Mabton fastpitch softball team, but the defense struggled in a 14-8 non-league loss to Granger last night.
March 24, 2006 midnight read more..Promising a commitment to the Lower Valley, Union Gap City Councilman Dan Olson today announced his candidacy for County Commissioner, Pos. #3, at Sunnyside's Centennial gazebo.
March 24, 2006 midnight read more..Rosa Picazo might be a little more familiar with Mexican culture than some of her fellow Sunnyside Miss Cinco de Mayo Pageant contestants.
March 24, 2006 midnight read more..RICHLAND - Sterling Scott led a one-two-three finish for Sunnyside in the 1,600 meters, and Jordyne Jaquish captured first-place honors in the high jump to lead the Grizzly boys and girls track teams at yesterday's Hanford Invite.
March 24, 2006 midnight read more..The Sunnyside fastpitch team finally got in the win column Thursday afternoon, and they did it to rival Grandview, spanking the Greyhounds twice in a doubleheader that included a make-up game rained out last week.
March 24, 2006 midnight read more..The 2006 Frost Bite Scramble champions were three strokes better than their nearest competitors this past Sunday.
March 23, 2006 midnight read more..Their hard work finally paid off. For the past seven months the 15 girls who make up the Sunnyside High School dance team, known as the Grizzliettes, have been starting practice at 5:30 a.m. and practiced till 6:45 a.m. when they had to get ready for school. On Saturdays, they would put in six hours of practice.
March 23, 2006 midnight read more..One hundred percent participation would be too much to ask for, but Sunnyside High School officials are ecstatic over the near-perfect turnout by sophomores for WASL testing last week.
March 23, 2006 midnight read more..RICHLAND - Sporting stronger numbers than expected, Hanford's boys tennis team grabbed a 4-1 MVL victory from the Sunnyside boys yesterday.
March 23, 2006 midnight read more..KENNEWICK - Robbie Goins, representing Sunnyside's Black Rock Creek Golf Course, carded the second lowest round of all the amateurs at this past Monday's season opening Les Schwab Tire Centers Pro-Am Series tournament.
March 23, 2006 midnight read more..Zacharias Cavasos, 25, of Sunnyside was charged with murder in the second degree and unlawful possession of a firearm at his arraignment in Yakima County Superior Court yesterday (Wednesday).
March 23, 2006 midnight read more..To better prepare its fourth graders for the looming WASL test, Pioneer Elementary School with help from the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and the Northwest Community Action Center's 21st Century program has held a WASL camp for the last six weeks.
March 23, 2006 midnight read more..WAPATO - On a cold night in Wapato, the Sunnyside soccer team came out strong and hungry against the Wolves to post a 6-1 victory in its first league game.
March 22, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - In the league opener for both teams yesterday, Mabton's girls fastpitch team played LaSalle close in both ends of a doubleheader.
March 22, 2006 midnight read more..With the drought of 2005 a distant memory, local irrigation districts are priming the pump for the 2006 farm season.
March 22, 2006 midnight read more..Wild and wooly! That's one way to describe yesterday's non-league game between the Zillah and Sunnyside Christian girls fastpitch softball teams.
March 22, 2006 midnight read more..WAPATO - The Sunnyside boys tennis team dominated Wapato in a 5-0 Mid-Valley League opening whitewash yesterday.
March 22, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - The Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) and the PEMCO Foundation recognized Mabton Jr./Sr. High School Principal Keith Morris as a recipient of the 2006 Robert J. Handy Most Effective Administrator award, March 13.
March 22, 2006 midnight read more..The other day I watched a squirrel climbing on a bare branch of one of the trees in our back yard.
March 22, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The Scotties scored goals in the first 10 minutes of each half and the last 10 minutes of each half to post a 4-0 victory over the Greyhounds Tuesday night.
March 22, 2006 midnight read more..Don't allow environmentalists to hijack 'conservationists'
March 22, 2006 midnight read more..PROSSER - The Grandview girls softball team gave up only eight hits in their contest with the Prosser Mustangs and they doubled that number for their own hits but the Greyhound pitchers gave up too many walks as Prosser beat the 'Hounds 16-8 Tuesday afternoon.
March 22, 2006 midnight read more..Frank Villanueva believes his time in the Boy Scouts of America has helped him make good decisions in his life. Because of his values and those of the Boy Scouts, Villanueva decided to go to work for the organization and has been working for the last 21 months as district executive for the Grand Columbia Council, he told members of the Sunnyside Daybreak Rotary Club, Wednesday morning.
March 22, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - The Vikings scored in three of the first four innings to take an early 6-3 lead, but it wasn't enough as a seven-run fifth inning for Tri City Prep broke open the game and ultimately cost Mabton the win, 10-7.
March 22, 2006 midnight read more..EPHRATA - Senior Mike Ratigan proved to be every bit as good as advertised. The Ephrata hurler one-hit the Sunnyside High School baseball team through four innings yesterday enroute to the Tigers scoring a 5-0 non-league victory over the Grizzlies.
March 22, 2006 midnight read more..SPOKANE - AmericanWest Bancorporation, based in Spokane, announced last week it has acquired Columbia Trust Bancorp.
March 21, 2006 midnight read more..Tender care comes naturally to "The Plant Man"
March 21, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - A last minute addition to Grandview's City Council agenda Monday night, amendments to the city's nuisance ordinances, were tabled as members of the council indicated they weren't comfortable voting on an issue they hadn't looked at yet.
March 21, 2006 midnight read more..The sheriff rode into town yesterday with a message that neighbors should be watching each other's backs and keeping drug abusers out of their homes.
March 21, 2006 midnight read more..In 2005 Dana Ortiz stopped working as a cake decorator for Food Pavilion and planned on taking a long vacation. Those plans were interrupted by a flood of requests for her to make cakes from former customers. Because of these requests, Dana's Cakes was born.
March 21, 2006 midnight read more..PENDLETON, ORE. - Considering there were 97 prep golfers competing Monday at the 20-school Wildhorse Invitational, Grandview High School senior Andrew Michels fared extremely well with his 14th place individual finish.
March 21, 2006 midnight read more..Rural real estate appraiser Deon Herndon credits the drought of 2001 with prompting her to open an office at her family's Independence Road home.
March 21, 2006 midnight read more..The sudden loss of his father, and his own mistakes have motivated financial planner Jesse Hernandez Jr. to help others.
March 21, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside's sophomore laden team kicked off its season two days earlier than scheduled, defeating Goldendale by 22 strokes Monday afternoon on the Grizzlies' Black Rock Creek home course.
March 21, 2006 midnight read more..Real estate has been part of Melissa Dekker's life for a very long time. Her father is in the business and so is her husband.
March 21, 2006 midnight read more..Cookie Rayburn has been an employee for U.S. Bank for the last 29 years, the last six here in Sunnyside. That came to an end Friday as Rayburn finally called it quits and retired from her sales and service management position.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside native and Harrison Middle School 8th grade teacher Rebecca Rodriguez will be featured on the third season of "Gimme the Mike," an American Idol-type show that showcases the singing talent of people from eastern Washington and northern Idaho.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..Following the Saturday murder of Miguel A. Rivera of Sunnyside, Zacharias Cavasos, 25, of Sunnyside was taken into custody at a Grandview residence by Yakima County Sheriff's deputies Sunday at 4:10 p.m.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..A battle between last year's third and fourth place finishers at the 'B' State tournament went Morton's way this past Saturday.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..Jolliff ties own school mark in the pole vault
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..KENNEWICK - The Mabton fastpitch softball team opened the 2006 campaign with a third-place showing this past Saturday at the 10-team Tri-City Prep Tournament.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..GRANGER - The city of Granger, this past Friday, received a mountain lion alert from Don Harbaugh of the Yakama Nation Wildlife Predator and Nuisance Animal Control.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - Danielle Raschko, who just missed going to State in x-country last fall, came through with a third place finish in the 2,000-meter race at the Eisenhower Jamboree Saturday at Zaepfel Stadium.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..BENTON CITY - Grandview High School's baseball team couldn't overcome fielding errors and pitching control difficulties in 9-4 and 13-3 CWAC South losses to Kiona-Benton this past Saturday.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..SELAH - The Sunnyside High School tennis program got an early look at its boys and girls teams during the Selah Invite this past Saturday. It was a non-counting tourney which featured the Grizzlies, Selah, O'Dea's boys and Holy Name's girls. O'Dea and Holy Name Academy are private high schools in the Seattle area.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..PROSSER - A new age is dawning in the seasonal employer/employee relationship between growers and their farm workers.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..OTHELLO - Six teams competed at the Othello Relays last Saturday with the Grandview boys track team placing first and the Lady 'Hounds taking home second place honors.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..One has to wonder what the future holds for sophomore Gibby Briones, following his spectacular performance Saturday in leading the Sunnyside High School baseball team to an 11-3 victory over Bellingham.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside native Lisa Morrow is used to a non-stop summer sun beating down and 90 degree temperatures.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - Mabton batters went hitless in the first game of a league doubleheader with LaSalle this past Saturday en route to a 27-0 loss, in a game that lasted just four innings.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..WAPATO - The Grandview girls softball players did their impression of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde last Saturday in a doubleheader at Wapato. The Lady 'Hounds got whipped in the first game 20-0 and then came back in the second game and won 8-6.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Rigo Guerrero earned a hat trick for the Greyhounds as Grandview rolled over visiting Kiona-Benton 8-0 in a CWAC South match this past Saturday.
March 20, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The Grandview High School girls softball team played for two innings against the Sunnyside High School softball team Thursday afternoon before the game was called due to rain.
March 17, 2006 midnight read more..QUINCY - The Sunnyside Grizzlies may as well have kissed their sisters yesterday. They would have probably got the same satisfaction as they did in playing the Quincy Jackrabbits to a 5-5 tie.
March 17, 2006 midnight read more..Dorothy Cohu has been playing the piano longer than a lot of people have been alive - and she loves it.
March 17, 2006 midnight read more..So you think you know the meaning of St. Patrick's Day
March 17, 2006 midnight read more..Veronica Romero has several reasons she wants to be the next Sunnyside Miss Cinco de Mayo.
March 17, 2006 midnight read more..Drug and Alcohol Prevention Week was in full swing at Harrison Middle School Wednesday as students dined on barbecue, listened to rap and tried to function normally while under the influence...of Fatal Vision Goggles.
March 16, 2006 midnight read more..One hundred and seventeen people homeless in Sunnyside, 57 in Grandview, even three in the tiny outpost of Outlook.
March 16, 2006 midnight read more..Colette Hokanson knows something about motherhood. The 1989 Sunnyside High School graduate, who now lives in Medford, Ore., has five children ranging in age from two to 15.
March 16, 2006 midnight read more..CONNELL - Three of the Mabton 'Lil Vikings brought home tournament titles from Connell last Saturday.
March 16, 2006 midnight read more..With a hesitant "yes" vote, the Sunnyside Planning Commission recommended approval last night of a re-zone request for 51 migrant housing units near Sheller Road and North 16th Street.
March 16, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - The face behind the mask in Grandview High School sports is senior Matt Massey, who wore the Gunnar the Greyhound costume during the 2005-06 football and basketball seasons.
March 16, 2006 midnight read more..Wrapping up his official campaign kick-off tour, Democratic Congressional candidate Richard Wright stopped in Sunnyside Wednesday night to talk about what he sees wrong with Congress and the 4th District and why he's looking to unseat six-term Congressman Doc Hastings.
March 16, 2006 midnight read more..Collecting 11 runs total in the second and third innings, the offensive explosion was more than enough for Naches to subdue Sunnyside in JV prep baseball action this past Tuesday.
March 16, 2006 midnight read more..revealed to Sunnyside Rotary members
March 15, 2006 midnight read more..Elected state representatives, approving or rejecting proposed legislation.
March 15, 2006 midnight read more..A high speed chase through Sunnyside last night at 8:32 p.m. reached over 100 mph and ended with a suspect stunned with a taser and arrested by Sunnyside police officers.
March 15, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - With Mabton's Well #5 project getting ready to start, the Mabton City Council approved a resolution Tuesday night giving Spink Engineering the task of overseeing the construction of the well.
March 15, 2006 midnight read more..The Sunnyside Christian High School baseball team spotted the Wahluke Warriors a four-run lead before coming back in dramatic fashion to pull out a season opening 7-6 victory.
March 15, 2006 midnight read more..Three Naches Valley pitchers combined to post a 6-0 non-league shutout over the Sunnyside Grizzly baseball team Tuesday afternoon.
March 15, 2006 midnight read more..CONNELL - Isaac and Noe Palomino are quickly establishing reputations for themselves.
March 14, 2006 midnight read more..KENNEWICK - Living up to Sunnyside High School's tradition of excellence in science, sophomore Mayra Serna has earned herself an all-expenses paid trip to Indianapolis, Ind. for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 7-13.
March 14, 2006 midnight read more..The American Legion's proposal to expand the Jerry Taylor Veterans Memorial received an initial nod from the Sunnyside City Council Monday night.
March 14, 2006 midnight read more..Emily Hernandez, a senior at Sunnyside Christian High School, has been selected by the sportswriters and coaches of Washington State to compete in the Washington State Coaches Association "All Star" game this year.
March 14, 2006 midnight read more..Last November, Pioneer Middle School Assistant Principal Jennifer Allen didn't speak any Japanese. That wouldn't have mattered much, if she hadn't planned to go to Japan.
March 14, 2006 midnight read more..Cream rises to the top, much the same way Black Rock Creek's membership elevated their game this past weekend in the annual Ryder Cup competition against Toppenish's Mt. Adams Country Club.
March 14, 2006 midnight read more..Lenette Roehl recently expanded her plant and landscaping business and now occupies a space in the mini-mall on Sixth Street in downtown Sunnyside.
March 14, 2006 midnight read more..Hoping to bring some California style Mexican food to Sunnyside, the Saavedra family opened Taqueria La Picosa at 1012 Lincoln Avenue last Saturday.
March 14, 2006 midnight read more..It was only fitting that Steve Sanchez received an award at Monday night's Sunnyside High School winter sports awards ceremony. After all, he is a two-time state wrestling champion.
March 14, 2006 midnight read more..District's newest assistant principals are moving from in-district positions
March 14, 2006 midnight read more..The public, and many on the city council, didn't get everything they wanted Monday night, but a compromise was struck regarding the public comment section of city council meetings.
March 14, 2006 midnight read more..Fourteen-year-old Sunnyside High School freshman Aarika Hernandez isn't old enough to drive a car, but this summer she's going halfway around the world.
March 14, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - Spring is still a week away, but Grandview's baseball team opened the 2006 campaign this past Saturday by splitting a doubleheader with visiting Riverside Christian.
March 13, 2006 midnight read more..MOXEE - It was a tale of two halves for the Sunnyside High School baseball team this past Saturday.
March 13, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - The late game heroics, like so many of their shots, were missing for Grandview's boys basketball team in a semi-final loss last Friday and a Saturday loss in the third-place game.
March 13, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The Grandview girls softball team came from behind in both of their games during this past weekend's jamboree to tie both Wapato and Prosser from the Mid-Valley League.
March 13, 2006 midnight read more..Chief Kamiakin and Outlook Elementary schools are hosting a joint family health and fitness night this Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Outlook and Chief Kamiakin students and their families are welcome to attend.
March 13, 2006 midnight read more..Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Sunnyside) says the just-completed 2006 legislative session was a mixed bag of accomplishments and disappointments.
March 13, 2006 midnight read more..Thirty-two people, 27 of them juveniles, were arrested this past Friday night at a residence in the 500 block of South 14th Street, following an 11:33 p.m. complaint to the Sunnyside police of loud music and a possible juvenile party.
March 13, 2006 midnight read more..If you went to the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet Saturday evening, you knew you were at a party the minute you stepped through the doors of St. Joseph gymnasium.
March 13, 2006 midnight read more..At an intimate meeting at Sunnyside's El Conquistador restaurant Thursday night, members of the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce and volunteers came to one consensus about this year's Cinco de Mayo festival - more help is needed.
March 10, 2006 midnight read more..It wasn't your typical trip to the store for a Sunnyside woman. Choosing to be anonymous, she said she recently witnessed child abuse here in the local Wal-Mart.
March 10, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - In a battle between CWAC giants, it was same song, second verse for Grandview's boys basketball team.
March 10, 2006 midnight read more..Aron Hunsaker, a volunteer with the Sunnyside Fire Department, was one of 10 honored by the American Red Cross at a Real Heroes Breakfast Thursday, March 9, in Yakima.
March 10, 2006 midnight read more..For the second time Charles Alexander of Granger will bring to life Tevye on stage in Sunnyside in the Valley Theatre Company's production of Fiddler on the Roof.
March 10, 2006 midnight read more..Be prepared - don't be caught without your survival kit
March 10, 2006 midnight read more..Dwarfing a nearby crane, a gigantic drill is probing for natural gas just north of Sunnyside, near Highway 241, milepost 17.
March 9, 2006 midnight read more..Negotiations underway with Sunnyside
March 9, 2006 midnight read more..Business owner has worked 18-hour days for 18 years
March 9, 2006 midnight read more..Fidel Medina, 26, of Sunnyside was arraigned Feb. 24 in Yakima County Superior Court, where he was charged with second degree murder and first degree of unlawful possession of a firearm. An April 10 trial date was set.
March 9, 2006 midnight read more..Seventeen-year-old Bettina Kempf came from the Black Forest in Germany last June to learn about America and, eventually, to graduate with the Sunnyside Class of 2006.
March 9, 2006 midnight read more..The Sunnyside School Board is currently seeking parent input on several issues that will affect students and staff in the 2006-07 school year. Towards that end, the board will hold a special work session Tuesday, March 14.
March 9, 2006 midnight read more..During the coming season, anglers will be required to release any wild spring chinook salmon they hook in three tributaries to the Columbia River, as well as at Drano Lake.
March 9, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - Cue the music- make it the "Rocky" theme if you want-for super sub C.J. Lopez.
March 8, 2006 midnight read more..Over the last five years the American Lung Association of Washington has seen a 45 to 50 percent reduction in youth smoking in Yakima County. Adult use has declined from 30 percent to 20 percent.
March 8, 2006 midnight read more..OUTLOOK - Yakima County officials want to take a closer look at Outlook's water problems.
March 8, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside residents continue to keep their eyes open for suspicious people in their neighborhoods, with five reporting incidents to police from 8 a.m. yesterday (Tuesday) to the early hours of this morning.
March 8, 2006 midnight read more..FINLEY - Of the 23 wrestlers the Mabton Lil' Vikings had competing at last Saturday's season opening tournament at Riverview High School, four of them won individual titles.
March 8, 2006 midnight read more..Cold weather, insurance and blueprint problems have delayed the reconstruction of TV Towne, which was gutted by fire last August.
March 8, 2006 midnight read more..A rubbish fire in the 1700 block of Braden Road, reported at 4:05 p.m. yesterday (Tuesday), caused no damage and was extinguished by Sunnyside firefighters.
March 8, 2006 midnight read more..Mike Wallace, a resident of the Lower Valley for 34 years, announced his intention to run for the Third District Yakima County Commissioner seat at Apex Cellars in Sunnyside Tuesday morning.
March 8, 2006 midnight read more..One hundred years ago 10 women decided to band together in Sunnyside to help women become the achievers they were destined to be.
March 8, 2006 midnight read more..BICKLETON - Jerry and Barbara Gaines said goodbye to a part of their family last week when the sale of their beloved Bluebird Inn became official.
March 7, 2006 midnight read more..FINLEY - To say the Sunnyside Lil' Grapplers had a successful 2006 debut would be an understatement.
March 7, 2006 midnight read more..Children at Sunnyside's Pioneer Elementary School got a surprise as the congressman for Washington's Fourth District, Doc Hastings, stopped by to tour classrooms Monday morning.
March 7, 2006 midnight read more..A charge of assault fourth degree under the Domestic Violence Law, filed at an arraignment in Yakima County District Court Oct. 10, 2005, is still pending for Jose Trevino, a former Sunnyside police officer.
March 7, 2006 midnight read more..Based on one of the largest Black Rock Creek men's club season opening turnouts in recent history at the Sunnyside golf course, it might be fair to say that local golfers were itching to hit the links.
March 7, 2006 midnight read more..BICKLETON - A tilt-a-whirl in one corner and a ferris wheel in another have turned the Bickleton school library into a veritable fairground.
March 7, 2006 midnight read more..Melisa Oswalt has been on both the lending and selling side of home buying, so she knows how important buying a new home can be to somebody.
March 7, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - The Grandview City Council voted to adopt a new fireworks ordinance at last night's council meeting.
March 7, 2006 midnight read more..GRANDVIEW - It was a week later than they would have liked, but the Grandview boys basketball team punched its ticket to State just the same with a 64-43 win over Connell this past Friday night.
March 6, 2006 midnight read more..Rosalinda Gomez has poise. It's a good thing. She's going to need it.
March 6, 2006 midnight read more..Scheduling changes are planned next week at area schools as a result of Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) testing.
March 6, 2006 midnight read more..Real heroes in the Yakima Valley will be honored at an American Red Cross Real Heroes Breakfast in Yakima March 9 and one of Sunnyside's own will be among those heroes.
March 6, 2006 midnight read more..SPOKANE - The Sunnyside Christian boys came home from the Spokane Arena with a trophy, but it wasn't exactly the trophy they wanted.
March 6, 2006 midnight read more..SPOKANE - Shoreline Christian worried Sunnyside Christian Girls Coach Al Smeenk heading into Friday's loser-out game at State. He hadn't forgotten the 57-48 loss his girls suffered to Shoreline Christian earlier in the season at the Oakleaf Classic.
March 6, 2006 midnight read more..The trial of Michael Rodriguez, 25, of Sunnyside has been delayed for a second time.
March 3, 2006 midnight read more..Ticket prices reduced in season subscription drive for2006-07 concert series
March 3, 2006 midnight read more..SPOKANE - It wasn't a game for fans of high-scoring, run-and-gun basketball Thursday night when Sunnyside Christian met Northwest Christian in a State tourney quarterfinal game.
March 3, 2006 midnight read more.."Imagine everything in your house just gone," Bill LaForce, owner of Are-Sea Carpet Cleaning in Sunnyside, said.
March 3, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - Stacked against a wall, 25 decorated suitcases in teacher Betsy Desmarais' resource room at Mabton Junior Senior High School made it seem students were preparing for an adventure.
March 3, 2006 midnight read more..If you've ever wanted to own a gator, now you've got a chance to win one. OK, so it's not a real alligator, but this one might be better anyway.
March 3, 2006 midnight read more..Ongoing progress with Sunnyside's wastewater treatment plant will result in a temporary closure of the RV dump at 1338 South Fourth Street in Sunnyside.
March 3, 2006 midnight read more..SPOKANE - Despite a four-point loss in the State tourney quarter-finals, there were some positives for the Sunnyside Christian Lady Knights last night.
March 3, 2006 midnight read more..YAKIMA - Hoping to advance to the state competition, Sunnyside High School and Grandview High School sent its teams to Yakima last Monday to compete in the ESD 105 Regional Knowledge Bowl at Davis High School.
March 2, 2006 midnight read more..A total of 28 students at Sunnyside's Harrison Middle School earned 4.00 grade point averages for the second quarter of the 2005-06 academic year.
March 2, 2006 midnight read more..SPOKANE - If the Sunnyside Christian girls were worried when they found out they had to take on top-seeded and undefeated Sprague-Harrington in its first game of the State Tournament, they didn't show it Wednesday night.
March 2, 2006 midnight read more..Almost half of the total of building starts in January came from construction at Mid Valley Mall on Fiesta Foods. The building is valued at $2,367,857 by the city's building department.
March 2, 2006 midnight read more..Essary to retire after 26 years with the city
March 2, 2006 midnight read more..SPOKANE - Chad Den Boer hit some big shots Wednesday night but none were bigger than the last shot he hit.
March 2, 2006 midnight read more..Boys and girls in third through sixth grades competed in a contest last Saturday at Chief Kamiakin Elementary School's gym to see who the best basketball shooter was.
March 1, 2006 midnight read more..Sunnyside High School senior Joel Zakahi will continue his baseball career at Grace College in Winona Lake, Ind.
March 1, 2006 midnight read more..The Sunnyside School Board will find out May 16 whether new athletic facilities will be constructed, hopefully in time for the 2006-07 school year.
March 1, 2006 midnight read more..MABTON - The Mabton City Council awarded the City of Mabton Well #5 bid to a Tri-Cities company, Blue Star Enterprises.
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