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• Thompson defense seeks new trial

  December 24, 2011 in City on Page A5 Defense attorneys for convicted Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. filed a motion Friday claiming everything from judicial error to juror misconduct in their attempt to persuade a federal … 83

• Doug Clark: There’s a stink in the courtroom and the hotel room

  October 30, 2011 in City on Page B1 Karl Thompson’s version of what happened when he took down Otto Zehm sounds like one of those melees that are staple to TV cop shows. Barking orders. Officer-and-suspect squaring off. … 41

• Zehm family feeling ‘shut out,’ lawyer says

    October 6, 2011 in City on Page A5 A federal judge will hold another hearing this morning after attorneys objected to moving the upcoming criminal trial of Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. to Yakima. U.S. District … 29

• Clark: Venue change is slap to Spokane jurors

  October 6, 2011 in City on Page A5 The verdict is in. Anyone desiring to watch the upcoming federal trial of Karl Thompson Jr. – the Spokane cop whose deadly encounter with Otto Zehm earned him an excessive … 22

• Zehm trial moves to Yakima

  October 5, 2011 in City on Page A1 A federal judge Tuesday moved the upcoming criminal trial of Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. to Yakima after defense attorneys raised concerns that local media coverage of Thompson’s … 20

• Yakima Valley winemakers lure tourists with taste for adventure

  October 2, 2011 in Travel on Page D8 PROSSER, Wash. – An adventurous crowd of foodies surrounded me at the Desert Wind Winery’s long dining table. As we started in on the fried green tomatoes, we noticed a …

• Yakima blaze fully contained

  July 22, 2010 in Region Yakima – A wildfire that started Sunday and burned across nearly 10 square miles of dry grass and sagebrush in central Washington has been fully contained.

• Wild fire destroys 3 homes west of Yakima

  July 19, 2010 in Region Fire officials say a wildfire in central Washington state has destroyed three homes and burned 8,500 acres.

• Tea Party rallies in Yakima

  March 17, 2010 in Region Members of the Tea Party in Yakima exhorted some 100 sympathetic listeners Tuesday night to take the nascent movement beyond sign waving and outrage to become a bona fide force … 18

• 40,000-acre fire destroys cafe near Yakima

  August 23, 2009 in City A wildfire that raged across at least 62 1/2 square miles has destroyed a well-known cafe east of Yakima.

• In Yakima Co., a rash of unsettling violence

  July 21, 2009 in Region A baseball bat beating death, a wounded deputy, gang shootings and an officer firing shots at a truck because he feared for his life were part of an unusual rash …

• Gang violence in Yakima wounds bystanders

  June 9, 2009 YAKIMA — Two gang shootings in Yakima in a week have wounded innocent bystanders. Police Capt. Greg Copeland told The Yakima Herald-Republic it’s disturbing and unusual.