Related Research Articles
The Northwest League is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Northwestern United States and Western Canada. A Class A Short Season league for most of its history,the league was promoted to High-A as part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues. The league operated as the High-A West in 2021,then resumed its original moniker in 2022.
Yakima is a city in,and the county seat of,Yakima County,Washington,United States,and the state's 11th most populous city. As of the 2020 census,the city had a total population of 96,968 and a metropolitan population of 256,728. The unincorporated suburban areas of West Valley and Terrace Heights are considered a part of greater Yakima.
Yakima County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census,its population was 256,728. The county seat and most populous city is Yakima. The county was formed out of Ferguson County in January 1865 and is named for the Yakama tribe of Native Americans.
Prosser is a city in and the county seat of Benton County,Washington,United States. Situated along the Yakima River,it had a population of 6,062 at the 2020 census.
Thorp is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kittitas County,Washington,United States. In 2020,the population was 232.
Union Gap is a city in Yakima County,Washington,United States. The population was 6,568 at the 2020 census. Union Gap has become the retail hub for the entire Yakima Valley as a result of Valley Mall and other thriving businesses being located here. Part of the city is part of the Yakama Nation.
The Yakima SunKings were a basketball team located in Yakima,Washington,covering the central Washington sports market of Yakima,Tri-Cities,and Ellensburg and plays at the Yakima SunDome. The team competed in the Continental Basketball Association from 1990 to 2008. In June 2005,the team was purchased by the Yakama Indian Nation and was renamed the Yakama Sun Kings to honor the Nation.
Sahaptin,also called Ichishkiin,is one of the two-language Sahaptian branch of the Plateau Penutian family spoken in a section of the northwestern plateau along the Columbia River and its tributaries in southern Washington,northern Oregon,and southwestern Idaho,in the United States;the other language is Nez Perce (Niimi'ipuutímt).
Dwight David Eisenhower High School is located in Yakima,Washington,United States. It is named after U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. It is one of five high schools in the Yakima School District,the others being Davis High School,Stanton Academy,Yakima Online,and Yakima Valley Technical Skills Center (YV-Tech). Students and community members often refer to the school as "Ike."
Rebecca Corry is an American actress,writer,comedian and activist who began her career studying at The Second City training center in Chicago.
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) is a private osteopathic medical and health professional school in Yakima,Washington. The university focuses on educating health care professionals to serve "rural and medically underserved communities throughout the Northwest". Founded in 2005,the university's inaugural program was the first new medical school to open in the Pacific Northwest in sixty years. PNWU grants the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree and graduated its first class of physicians in May 2012. Since then,PNWU has continued to expand and now includes the School of Physical Therapy (SOPT),School of Occupational Therapy (SOT),and a School of Dental Medicine (SDM).
U.S. Route 97 in the U.S. state of Washington is a 322-mile (518 km) route which traverses from the Oregon state line at the northern end of the Sam Hill Memorial Bridge in Maryhill,north to the Canada–US border in Okanogan County near Oroville. The highway serves major cities such as Goldendale,Yakima,Ellensburg and Wenatchee before continuing towards the Alaska Highway at the Yukon border as British Columbia Highway 97. Along the length of the roadway,US 97 is concurrent with State Route 14 in Maryhill,Interstate 82 (I-82) and US 12 between Union Gap and Ellensburg,I-90 briefly in Ellensburg,US 2 between Peshastin and rural Douglas County and SR 20 near Omak. An alternate route connects the highway with Chelan.
The Yakima Training Center (YTC) is a United States Army training center,used for maneuver training,Land Warrior system testing and as a live fire exercise area. It is located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Washington,bounded on the west by Interstate 82,on the south by the city of Yakima,on the north by the city of Ellensburg and Interstate 90,and on the east by the Columbia River. It is a part of Joint Base Lewis-McChord. It comprises 327,000 acres of land,most of which consists of shrub-steppe,making it one of the largest areas of shrub-steppe habitat remaining in Washington state. The terrain is undulating and dominated by three east-west parallel ridges,the Saddle Mountains,Manastash Ridge,and Umtanum Ridge anticlines,which are part of the Yakima Fold Belt near the western edge of the Columbia River Plateau. Vegetation consists of sagebrush,bitterbrush,and bunch grass. Vagabond Army Airfield and Selah Airstrip are located on the Yakima Training Center. The training center is also used by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force for exercises.
The Yakima Bears were a minor league baseball team in the northwest United States,located in Yakima,Washington. The Bears competed at the Class A Short Season level as members of the Northwest League from 1990 to 2012. Following the 2012 season,the franchise relocated to Hillsboro,Oregon,and became Hillsboro Hops.
Washington's 14th legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature.
Astria Regional Medical Center was a 150-bed hospital located in Yakima,Washington.
The 2016 Washington wildfires season were a series of wildfires in the U.S. state of Washington,notable because of brush fires near the Hanford Nuclear Reservation,and because of brush fires near Spokane,Washington.
The American West Football Conference (AWFC) was a professional indoor American football minor league created in 2018 by Platinum Events &Security,LLC,the owners of the Idaho Horsemen. The league's inaugural season was in 2019.
Jeremie Joseph Dufault is an American attorney,businessman,and politician serving as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 15th district. First elected in 2018,Dufault's district included the eastern half of Yakima County.
Maria Gloria Mendoza is a Mexican-born American politician and businesswoman. She is the Washington House of Representatives member-elect representing the state's 14th district,position 1. Prior to running for state house,Mendoza served on the Grandview,Washington city council from 2013 to 2018 and as mayor of Grandview from 2018 to 2023. She was the town's first Latina mayor.
References
- ↑ "Legislative Manual 2021-2022" (PDF). Washington State Legislature.
- ↑ "About Rep. Chris Corry". Chris Corry. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ↑ "Chris Corry". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ↑ Chris Corry's Biography