summer

Go on trips, design swag, drink beer, and get paid!

A big thank-you to Solarity Credit Union, Downtown Association of Yakima and Chinook Fest for a great summer concert series!

Anyone know where to find them in Yakima now that Toys R Us is gone?

This Thursday, don't miss the bands Whiskey Shivers and Bradford Loomis at Downtown Summer Nights in Yakima.

There are a few popular and hidden beaches you can visit within five hours of Yakima, (including a nude beach!) and I am going to share them with you!

A staple tradition in the Yakima Valley is a dip in Franklin Pool on Tieton Drive during the hot summer months. Yakima Transit is a way many will get to the pool, so they teamed up to get you a free ride on the bus with paid admission to Franklin Pool.

I know the name "Rick" has made it on a Coca-Cola bottle before but I'm not so sure we'll ever see a "Rik" on a bottle. I'm totally bummed about that.
It's almost summer and Coca-Cola has started putting names on the side of Coca-Cola bottles ag…

I grew up listening to the radio, in an era when you couldn't just dial up a song anytime you wanted. You were at the mercy of your local DJ.
You had to sit by the radio with a tape recorder, and when a song came on that you liked, you pressed "record," hoping to grab the song in its entire…

As school is coming to an end, it's time to get your teens active with a summer job. It's great experience for them and will earn their own spending cash so they're not always bumming money off you. Here are some great summer jobs for teens in Yakima.

There have been far too many stories in the news this summer about parents leaving their kids in the car while they go in and shop. This is not okay! We all know that a quick trip in the store can end up being much more than that.

An ongoing investigation by the Food and Drug Administration has prompted Consumer Reports to urge parents not to use spray-on sunscreen on or near children.

One of the things my kids and I look forward to every summer are the snow cones. There's something about shaved ice topped with flavored syrup that can cool you to your core. I also love the fact that it's so darn cheap for how much you get of it! When you track down a snow cone stand, wha…