Good morning, Yakima.

Radio Ranch brings back its fun office tradition as Mort, a 5-foot plastic skeleton, returns for the rest of October.

Coworkers move him around the building in creative ways and now Mort 2.0 (with light-up eyes) adds extra Halloween spirit to the workplace.

A house fire in the 200 block of Westover Drive displaced six residents this morning as fire crews blocked Walnut from 40th Avenue West to Chisholm Trail to deliver water; the street has reopened while investigators work to determine the cause.

Teresa Rich was inaugurated as Yakima Valley College’s 17th president on Oct.

14 after serving as interim, and she plans to boost student involvement (along with career programs and research opportunities) to address local workforce needs. The college offers five Bachelor of Applied Science degrees and over 100 certificate programs.

Safe Yakima Valley reported that while overall overdose cases declined in Yakima County, the death rate rose from 5% in 2025 to 15% in 2026, according to executive director Alicia Tobin.

The group uses real-time tracking to share Narcan + test strips with responders in hotspot areas.