A natural media for kids - 
ELLENSBURG -- Seashells, beeswax, pine cones, flower petals and sand dollars crowd the classroom shelves. It is an artist's wonderland where kids are able to sift through and pick the perfect object to make their next creation a possibility. Art dangles f...

08/17/08 Volunteer Opportunities  - 
Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * CLERICAL STAFF: EPIC Parker Heights Center in Wapato is looking for volunteers to help its clerical staff. Volunteers will assist with filing, organizing, answering phones and covering the front...

This one's for you, Mom - 
There's no crying at rock shows. So Lois Champoux stayed strong, and sat quietly smiling, every once in a while adjusting her earplugs, while her son Kelly stood on the small stage at the Yakima Sports Center a couple...

08/10/08 Volunteer Opportunities  - 
Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * CRISIS LINE: Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health is looking for volunteers to help with its 24-hour crisis line. Training will take place in October for 30 hours over the course of...

Always, the sage and moon - 
From beneath the sage, the world is unchanged. Here the world opens, curtains drawn back along the cords of scent, moonlight, time. Moments, months, years unravel across a landscape sculpted in low scrub, slender-stalk flowers, and the naked arms of dead...

08/03/08 Volunteer Opportunities  - 
Here are this week's volunteer needs in the Yakima Valley: * CLERICAL STAFF: EPIC Parker Heights Center in Wapato is looking for volunteers to help its clerical staff. Volunteers will assist with filing, organizing, answering phones and covering the fron...

Home is a gem from Selah Heights' heyday - 
It was a teeming time -- new construction everywhere, fruit trees being planted by the thousands, churches and mercantiles popping up side by side in nearly every town. The Yakima Valley was on fire 100 years ago. Ma...