Townsquare Cares

The price of gasoline in the state of Washington has reached its highest point in the last seven years. What can a working stiff do to combat the skyrocketing bill we get when filling up with gas?

There are few things...

While we don't really think about the odds of being maimed or killed in a collision on the streets and highways in the Yakima Valley, accidents do indeed happen everyday.
What roads and intersections are the most dangerous in Yakima County?

There is nothing worse than making a trip to the store and then getting all the way home before realizing we forgot a certain item. Recently, I found an abandoned list while grabbing my mail out in Moxee and I'm worried that the author lost it before they made their purchases. I am now going to…

What happens when a stray or abandoned cat or dog needs an amputation in order to survive?

Yakima Police (YPD) are asking you to help in locating a missing 19 year-old male last seen a week ago on Nob Hill Boulevard.

Camp Hope, Yakima's homeless encampment that was established in 2017, are asking for your donations to help keep those that are already suffering enough a bit more comfortable during this wickedly hot summer.

With the temperatures in the Yakima Valley forecast to be well into the triple digits for the next couple of weeks (can you say 111 degrees?!?!), it is imperative that you keep yourself, pets and elderly family, friends and neighbors safe from the upcoming heatwave.
The folks at Pacific Power have r…

Yakima Police (YPD) are asking you to help in locating a missing 15 year-old girl who frequently spends time in the valley.

Memorial Day is, obviously, today, but, more importantly, it's about remembering those who served. Some are no longer with us.

I'd like to share a couple of men whom I will especially be thinking of. In fact, they are the men that put the "E" in Todd E. Lyons.

As today is Mother's Day, I thought I'd take a moment to publicly wish my mother, Ricki Lyons, a happy day and tell her that I love her.

There's a saying in baseball that goes, and I paraphrase, "If you didn't get your uniform dirty, you didn't play." That's great when it comes to instilling in a young player the notion of always hustling on the field but SUCKS when it comes to having to launder that sam…

Yakima Kiwanis is bring a drive-through crab feed to downtown in May!