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A car drives in circles after finishing a race at the Yakima Speedway on Aug. 18, 2018 in Yakima, Wash.

September 3, 2018 at 6:00 am

Yakima Speedway: a throwback in danger of closing forever VIEW

In the 1960s and ’70s, stock-car racers at the Yakima Speedway were small-town heroes and fans packed the stands every Saturday night. But tastes have...

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November 5, 2017 at 5:57 pm

Ellensburg artist, Yakima Valley Museum go public with bequest

The Yakima Valley Museum reveals that it has been bequeathed Dick and Jane’s Spot, the unique and ever-evolving art installation and home of Ellensburg artist...

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April 23, 2017 at 8:00 pm

Art project to put faces to those who heart Yakima

‘I Heart Yakima’ to promote civic pride by posting portraits of Yakima Valley residents on local buildings.

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Musician Macklemore performs during a concert presented by T-Mobile at The Belasco Theatre, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP) CAMW103

August 17, 2016 at 2:32 pm

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis in Yakima? Yes, and Bellingham and Olympia …

The “Camping Trip” tour will hit Spokane on Aug. 23, then Yakima, Walla Walla, Enumclaw, Olympia, Hoquiam, Bremerton and Bellingham. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis will...

June 17, 2012 at 8:14 pm

Yakima girl wins national award for reading 21,646 pages in Braille

Yakima fourth-grader Maegan Weiler read 21,646 pages of Braille to win the National Federation of the Blind's Braille Readers are Leaders Contest.

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February 11, 2011 at 8:40 pm

Yakima shoe show strolls through history

About 600 pairs of high heels from David Childs' collection will be on display at the Yakima Valley Museum for the rest of this year...

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November 13, 2010 at 10:55 am

Yakima pair drive across Asia, Europe in 1939 Dodge

Four cars in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge road rally carried at least one Yakima Valley resident; only one of them made it the...

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October 10, 2010 at 9:45 pm

Last person at Roslyn party released from hospital

A dozen young people hospitalized after drinking a beverage that appears to have been spiked at an off-campus party Friday have been treated and released,...

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September 8, 2010 at 7:40 pm

Pears — little known star of Yakima Valley crops

The vast bulk of the nation's pears are grown in the Northwest, and thousands of acres of those orchards are right here in the valley.

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March 24, 2010 at 9:40 pm

Sculptor welcomes controversy over Yakima installation

A Bremerton-based artist who created a much-debated sculpture installed on Yakima's Front Street defends his work and thanks detractors for stirring up controversy.

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