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Sunnyside Community Hospital Buying Yakima Regional Medical & Cardiac Center and Toppenish Community Hospital
Sunnyside Community Hospital & Clinics has signed an agreement to buy Yakima Regional Medical & Cardiac Center and Toppenish Community Hospital from Tennessee-based Community Health Systems Inc. for about $45 million.
The two companies announced the deal in separate news releases Tuesday.
Yakima Stars in ‘Criminal Minds’ Episode
Yakima's still talking about Wednesday night's episode of the CBS TV drama "Criminal Minds" -- the fictional show about an elite FBI team took place in Yakima this week, and local viewers have lit up social media to marvel at the network's attention to detail.
Saturday Fundraiser Benefits Five Local Kids Who Lost Their Mom
Five local children are facing Christmas without their mother this year, and friends across the community are rallying to make the kids' holiday as bright as possible.
Jacalyn Palomarez, 29, died in a car accident earlier this month near Sunnyside, leaving the children -- ages 3, 7, 8, 10 and 15 -- motherless...
WSDOT Closes Chinook, Cayuse Passes for the Season
It's that time of year again -- Chinook and Cayuse passes on State Routes 410 and 123 in Mount Rainier National Park have closed for the season, the Washington State Department of Transportation announced this morning (Nov. 29).
State crews had temporarily closed the passes last week, just before a snowstorm dropped several feet of snow...
Moxee Hop Festival Had It All This Year [PHOTOS, VIDEO]
Under deep blue skies and just enough breeze to keep everybody comfortable, the Moxee Hop Festival was as good as ever this year -- a grand parade, a 5K run, inflatable rides and slides, an entertainment stage that kept going day and night, food to please any palate and of course, the whole point of the celebration to begin with, beer -- the beverage all those hops help produce...
(UPDATED 12:15 p.m. Sunday) WSDOT Keeps State Routes 24, 241 Closed as Wildfire Spreads to Benton County [VIDEOS]
State Routes 24 and 241 will remain closed until Monday morning as crews battle a fast-moving brush fire that started Saturday on the Yakima Training Center and spread overnight through the East Valley and into Benton County.
Come See the Chrome! Saturday Cruise Nights Are On Now [PHOTOS]
Cruise Nights shift into second this weekend as local car enthusiasts and sponsors -- including the Yakima Volkswagen Club, the Apple Valley Kiwanis Club, Yakima Volkswagen Club and the Downtown Association of Yakima -- invite the public to come downtown and admire some of the valley's sweetest rides...
Downtown Summer Nights Stretches Its Legs In Its New Front Street Location [PHOTOS]
"Change," the late President John F. Kennedy once said, "is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
We're not sure which way you were looking Thursday night, but wherever we looked during the first Downtown Summer Nights event at our new North Front Street location, we saw smiles...
Vigil Tonight at The Seasons Performance Hall Honors Orlando Victims
The Central Washington Queer Alliance is hosting a candlelight vigil tonight (Monday) to remember victims of the weekend's massacre at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla.
The gathering lasts from 7-9 p.m. at The Seasons Performance Hall, 101 N. Naches Ave...
Cancer Survivors Take the First Lap as Yakima’s Relay for Life Hits Its Stride [VIDEO, PHOTOS]
With hundreds cheering and applauding, Yakima's Relay for Life celebration got underway Saturday at Franklin Park with local cancer survivors taking the first lap.
The annual fundraising event began under bright blue skies and temperatures in the 70s -- perfect conditions for the 24-hour walk around the Franklin track that concludes at noon Sunday...