Kelly West

Live blues music puts a smile on my face. I love watching any live music!

I wish I could give back wonderful gifts like I have been given. Half of the things in my house is stuff that people have given me.

Saturday's Red Sand Project event helped make Yakima aware that there really is such thing as human trafficking.

I really enjoyed going to the Pointers Sisters' free concert at Legends Casino last weekend -- they picked some amazing talent to unveil their new Legends Casino Hotel!

Music and dancing, a chili cookoff, an art show and auction, chain saw art, kids' activities -- Zillah's More-Than-A-Farmers-Market really lives up to its name!

I have never been a fan of social media at all. But I think there is something good to be said about it now.

This "Inside Out" project will be pretty impressive once it is finished. But they need your help to get it installed.

The Yakima Valley's hops, apples and wines are gaining worldwide acclaim. But tomatoes?

Start planning your trips now for the next eclipse. All of them.

Be careful how you dispose of barbecue ashes -- garbage collectors have had some trucks ignite from embers tossed in the trash before they've cooled down.

State officials are looking for volunteers to help with an upcoming survey that will examine how many people are walking or riding bikes instead of driving cars.

As if it weren't radical enough that "Totally '80s" -- featuring Debbie Gibson, Tiffany and Downtown Julie Brown -- is coming to Yakima's Capitol Theatre Sept. 8, from now through next Thursday (Aug. 24), you can get upper balcony seating for just $27.50.