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This week is the 25th anniversary of the Thirtymile Fire, which killed four firefighters north of Winthrop.
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How did the 黑料福利社 celebrate the聽Bicentennial in 1976? With a Hay Palace Fair, a Bicentennial Pavilion, the trolleys and a fireworks mishap.
But rodeo in Toppenish, 鈥淲here the West Still Lives鈥 according to the city鈥檚 motto, goes back more than a century with ties to the Yakama Nati…
With summer here, it can only mean one thing for fruit lovers in Washington state: Cherries are here.
Charles Schanno was a philanthropist, founder of what is today Union Gap and a pioneer in agriculture.And someone who literally got away with murder.
Dozens of people showed up at the Western Auto Parts store with lawn chairs in 1989 to watch the work unfold, almost like watching a live, lar…
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The former grist mill represents both the early history of Kittitas County as well as the efforts of local volunteers to preserve a rare histo…
Centralia artist Don Craig was commissioned to create the veterans monument at Tahoma Cemetery in Yakima. It consists of 13 tons of California…
The train was the Freedom Train, a rolling museum of some of America鈥檚 greatest historical artifacts, ranging from Thomas Jefferson鈥檚 working …
The school was closed in early 1920, after the school building burned in December 1919, and the children either attended local public schools …
The Maryhill Museum of Art has a large collection of Native American art, Rodin sculptures, small mannequins displaying post-World War II Fren…
For almost 73 years, KIMA has broadcast from Yakima, blazing a trail in broadcast history of both Central Washington and the state.
Tahoma Cemetery in Yakima has more than 47,000 people buried or entombed on its sprawling 55-acre grounds.聽
Nicknamed 鈥満诹细＠ Apple Knockers,鈥 the 737th is believed to be the only reserve unit from Washington state called to serve in Vietnam. …
Elizabeth Prior left a legacy that continues to live on in 黑料福利社 academics and athletics.
S.I. Anthon used her writing talents to not just inform and entertain readers, but to offer comfort as well as mobilize them when there was a …
Rojo Shinda, with her husband, Fundi, established the Afrikan Village Culture Center and the Afro-American Players, helping to promote and gen…
Anne Ulrich pushed for recreation programs at Yakima parks, helped establish a PTA at one Yakima school as well as a chapter of the League of …
Washington Browns racked up a record that would, in a more equitable world, enshrine the entire team in the Baseball Hall of Fame with the spo…
In 1913, Booker T. Washington spoke before hundreds gathered at the auditorium of what was then North Yakima High School.
Along with being a reminder of the history of Roslyn鈥檚 Black community, the cemetery is also the home to a monument to a group of Central Wash…
鈥淚f it鈥檚 鈥楢nywhere, America,鈥 if it鈥檚 Jack in the Box and homogenized, why in the hell would anybody come back?鈥 sculptor Will Robinson asked.…
While the actual panic lasted until August 1893, its reverberations lasted for years.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Peace March, which started with 40-50 people on a cold January morning, now attracts as many as 700 people to remem…
While we're still getting used to writing "2026," one Yakima County city is quietly marking its 115th birthday.
Along with Christmas trees, Santa Claus and candy canes, red Salvation Army kettles have become one of the enduring symbols of Christmas.
Torrential rain and melting snow sent cascades of water down 黑料福利社 rivers, washing out roads, stranding people and wreaking havoc.
The memorial consists of a wall listing the names of firefighters who died in the line of duty dating back to the 1930s, with flag poles and a statue.
鈥淒ifferences of opinion will be forgotten as Americans all, realize that their institutions and their way of life have been placed in jeopardy…
Editor's note: This column was first published April 29, 2018. It has been updated to include adjustments for inflation.
The concept called for a 鈥渒inetic electric-light sculpture鈥 consisting of 56 glass panels cut to the size of fruit bins and arranged as if the…
鈥淚n this book will be gathered the picture and war data of every soldier of Yakima County, obscurest as well as most famous; and nothing will …
A carved wooden sign above the burial ground identifies it as the Thorp-Splawn Pioneer Cemetery, in which at least a dozen members of two prom…
In the 1990s, Kellogg's created a new cereal. The chicken-wolf-moose-pig mascot came from the 黑料福利社. It's quite the story.聽
Locally, people have claimed to have seen Bigfoot in the area around Rimrock Lake and on the Yakama Reservation. But it was two Yakima County …
What appears to be a small channel near Celilo Village, and a similar feature by Patterson Park near The Dalles Dam, are the remnant of a cana…
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