Your votes from less than a week ago are already affecting area cities. In Grandview, councilors had a pleasant surprise looking at the budget: no cuts.
Payday lending has grown into a billion dollar industry in Washington state. Lending is up 90 percent in recent years. The idea behind a payday loan, use your paycheck and get an advance. But an Action News investigation found you don't even need a paycheck to get cash.
Police usually do everything they can to keep gangbangers out of the city.
But after more than 3 years Aaron Lopez Garcia will be coming back to the Yakima Valley. A massive manhunt found the...more Sunnyside escapee in Mexico late last week. Action News spoke with law enforcement about why they went to such great lengths to bring this dangerous man back from across the border.
Aaron Lopez Garcia was one of four men who escaped from the Sunnyside City jail back in 2006. The three other men have since been caught but Garcia managed to elude authorities until Friday when U.S. Marshalls captured him in Mexico.
Extreme Winter Weather Shelters are getting the cold shoulder. They're so desperate for overnight volunteers that they could miss their November 15th opening day. Action News explains why the entire city has a stake in this.
It's the 30 day countdown to the budget deadline for the city of Yakima. The city manager and council are closer to reaching an agreement on all issues. But do you know what those issues are and how they affect you?
TRAC, PASCO - They've been coming to the Tri-Cities for 14 years. The Christmas Art & Crafts show is this weekend (beginning today, 11.6.09).
Jordan Steele shows us some of the new venders this year.