A member of the Yakama Nation performs during the annual Pow Wow celebration on Sunday at Legends Casino in Toppenish.

Five Wapato High School seniors will compete for the annual title of Miss Wapato on Saturday, Sept. 4.

More than 300 people took part in the annual Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic health fair on Saturday in Toppenish. More than 20 booths offered a variety of health care services and information. The clinic also offered low cost Back to School physicals for students and updated immunizations for children. Several booths provided fun games and activities for children. Pictured: Toppenish Police officer Derek Perez explains his patrol car’s lap top system to brothers Jesus Ochoa, 5 and Angel Ochoa, 3 from Wapato.

A community memorial service honoring three Washington State Patrol employees who died last week in a house fire near Zillah is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 27 at the Yakima Sundome.

Five candidates are seeking the title of 2010 Miss Wapato. The annual pageant will be Saturday, Sept. 4 at Wapato High School. The winner and her court will represent the Wapato community on the community float and serve as Wapato ambassadors for the coming year. Pictured front row (left to right): Liset Vaca and Victoria Garza; Back row: Megan Lopez, Lizette Melendez and Alina Gutierrez.

Three employees of the Washington State Patrol died Monday, Aug. 16 in an early morning house fire near Zillah.

Featured artist Deb Owens will headline the 13th annual Toppenish Western Art Show at Railroad Park this weekend.

Kids beat the summer heat on a slip-and-slide setup during Buena’s National Night Event on Tuesday, Aug. 3.

When the Toppenish City Council begins budget deliberations later this year, they’ll have some pressing considerations related to two of the city’s parks.

Zillah councilman Chad Crossley resigned at the start of the city council meeting on Monday, Aug. 2. Crossley – who ran unopposed for the council seat in the November 2009 – told his fellow council members he has moved outside of the city’s boundaries.