It’s late August, and battles are raging in Yakima Valley gardens. Whether it’s an infestation of wasps, milkweed, or crabgrass, gardeners are on high alert. I know they’re relatively harmless and just another nuisance for anyone who has a backyard garden or orchard, but I still can’t stand fruit flies. The fruit flies in my […]

A Yakima woman recently released from prison is accused of attempting to sell fentanyl and other drugs and fleeing from police. A Yakima police officer spotted a car with expired license plates on North First Street around 7:10 a.m. on Aug. 5. The officer followed the car to the parking lane of a fast-food restaurant […]