KIMA News

ELLENSBURG -- Outside Ellensburg, it's a case of mother nature being restored.

ELLENSBURG -- For veterans, adjusting to life after deployment can be an enormous challenge, and now Central Washington University is trying to help.

CHEESE LOUISE, RICHLAND - Its all about the cheese. Jordan Steele takes a look at the new cheese store in the Tri-Cities.

Understaffed and responding to every call: the Yakima fire department is getting more non-fire emergencies, which means a blaze at your home could be pushed to the back burner.

YAKIMA COUNTY -- Fewer people are smoking in Yakima County, but that hasn't stopped a growing number of retailers from selling cigarettes to minors.

A court system overrun with cases and a prosecutor intent on cutting into the backlog has people like you and me end up waiting years to get a case in front of a judge. What is taking so long? And...more what is being done to help? Action News found one woman who is a perfect example of what's now wrong with the county justice system.

Teenagers tagging buildings, stealing cars, and running from the cops, these young criminals would normally be headed to a juvenile detention center. Not so fast. The County's new budget has taken...more the hatchet to juvenile crime-fighting. And as Action News found out, that could take a lot of the deterrent away from kids who commit crimes.

Battling hypothermia, a 17-year-old hunter stranded on a floating chunk of ice shot and killed a polar bear while trapped for more than a day before being rescued Monday in the Canadian Arctic.

We're closer to texting and sending video to 911 operators in the Yakima area.

A financial hit for the Yakama Nation. Tuesday it was announced that the Tribal Council has resolved its violation with the National Indian Gaming Commission.

Another business falls prey to the economic downturn. The Yakama Nation has done its best to weather the financial storm. But the so-called economic upswing hasn't come soon enough to keep at least one business on the reservation from going under.

YAKIMA -- Yakima has one of the biggest drinking and driving problems in the state.The courts are already overcrowded and these DUI offenders repeatedly show back up in court. Yakima County hopes...more treating these drivers for alcohol rather than putting them in jail, will help ease the burden on the system, and help save lives.

YAKIMA -- It's been nearly a decade, but arena football is about to make a comeback in the Yakima area.

The mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 in the Washington, D.C., region has been executed. A prison spokesman says John Allen Muhammad died by injection at 9:11 p.m. (EST) Tuesday at Greensville Correctional Center.

The driver of Boston subway train that came to a screeching halt just before hitting a woman who had fallen onto the tracks has been hailed as a hero.