Saint Martin's University junior Katie Hawkins, a West Valley High School graduate, has been chosen to present two papers at the English Honor Society conference later this month.

Last weekend's homicide could be an open and shut case. Yakima police say they've arrested the prime suspects, seized the car used in the drive-by shooting, and even found the murder weapon.

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby will you be mine? Or perhaps we should ask, with apologies to that old song by The Drifters , not whether Ruby will be "mine" but whether she'll be "ours." Turns out Yakima is, as of this writing, leading a nationwide online vote to bring Style Network star Ruby Gettinger to town this spring.

YAKIMA, Wash. Ten people were honored as Real Heroes by the Yakima Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross Thursday at the Yakima Convention Center during the organization's annual fundraising breakfast.

YAKIMA, Wash. - A 22-year-old man was booked at the Yakima County jail Wednesday night on suspicion of first-degree murder in the gang-related shooting of a Yakima man last weekend.

YAKIMA, Wash.- Yakima neighborhoods are covered with dumpsters, most of them full.