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Interstate 90 will be closed east of Snoqualmie Pass for one hour this evening, starting at 5 p.m., state transportation officials said.

YAKIMA, Wash. – A manhunt was under way Tuesday night after a fatal shooting near the downtown Yakima Transit Center. “It was not a drive-by,” police Capt. Jeff Schneider said at the scene.

YAKIMA, Wash.

Debt service for a street bond city officials say is critically needed to fix streets headed toward massive failure: $350,000.

While efforts are under way to deal with nitrate pollution in groundwater in the Lower Yakima Valley, concern is now being raised about airborne nitrates that contribute to poor air quality, which, in turn, can impact human health.

PROSSER — Volunteers built the playground. Volunteers will try to save it.

CLE ELUM — The American Red Cross is hosting a tree planting event in Cle Elum on Saturday as part of a magazine competition and an effort to restore landscaping in the aftermath of the Taylor Bridge and Table Mountain Complex fires.

PROSSER — A Prosser High School freshman and her mother killed in a crash Saturday spent the morning doing what the teen loved — playing soccer while her biggest cheerleader watched from the sidelines.

YAKIMA, Wash. — A manhunt was under way Tuesday night after a fatal shooting near the downtown Yakima Transit Center. "It was not a drive-by," police Capt. Jeff Schneider said at the scene.