Back To School

Enjoy this photo gallery of our Yakima Valley kids!

When you come head on with that school bus stop sign, do you know when to stop and when to pass by with caution? Here's a quick refresher from the Washington State Patrol.

The Love Project Yakima has teamed up with the HQ Barbershop in Yakima to offer 50 free haircuts to 50 boys in the community! A drawing for the cuts will be taking place this Sunday (Aug. 26), so please take the time to share this with a family you think would be perfect for this free service!

Hard-working Yakima School District teachers deserve a raise. They will go on strike Monday, Aug. 27, unless the district coughs up that dough!

Looking for a place your kids can stay before or after school and wonder how much the YMCA program costs? Here are all the prices.

The Elks Lodge #318 is hosting another free schools supply distribution! Child must be present to receive supplies.

Some schools are allowing resource officers to carry tasers. A few parents are raising a stink about it, but some are completely OK with it.

What parent couldn't use some free school supplies or a brand new backpack for their kids? School officially begins on Wednesday, August 30th, in the Yakima School District, so grab the kids this evening and head on down to The Seasons Performance Hall (101 N Naches Ave) from 4pm-7pm for the 8th annual Back To School Fiesta, brought to you by La Casa Hogar...

Looks like we have another day where schools are closed due to the bad weather. This means that kids will be staying at home with their parents ALL. DAY. LONG. There will be a lot of statements, some rational and others quite annoying: "Mommy, I'm bored...

I'm taking advantage of Kid's Castle playtime to have a quiet moment to organize myself for the week! So far, all I've done is procrastinate by taking this picture of myself trying to get organized. Baby steps to organization!

My daughter, Willow, broke her expensive glasses about two weeks ago. Her father had bought them in Federal Way at LensCrafters, and he said that if they ever broke, I could get them repaired for free at any store location. I was just about to head out to Valley Mall in Union Gap to get them fixed, but as I typically do, I went online to check store hours for the places I'm headed to visit. I was

Right after the first day of kindergarten, I discovered that my 5-year old daughter, Willow, has developed an eye condition that causes her to cross both of her eyes. I rushed her to the optometrist and was shocked to hear his diagnosis: Willow's brain is having trouble ordering her eyes to focus near AND far. Poor thing. The eye doctor suggested that she wear some high prescription eyeglasses for