Authorities in Yuanshan Township of northeastern Yilan have started an investigation into the vandalism of more than 300 tombs in a cemetery in order to track down the grave theft culprits who made away with valuables from coffins.

The Yilan county government yesterday sponsored a joint recruitment activity at the Sports Park in the county in a bid to help residents and graduating students find jobs, and quite a few of job seekers are willing to accept lower salaries.

Yilan County recently showcased gifts specially crafted by its indigenous people to promote tourism there, hoping that Atayal handicrafts, school bags, and hunter's banana rice cakes for cyclists will spark visitor interest.

Fatal biking accidents in Yilan County have spiked exponentially, making up one fifth of all fatal traffic cases, according to the police department.

Police in Yilan County, northeastern Taiwan, released on Tuesday an invisible sticker that carries a set of code numbers that would enable law enforcement officers to find the owners of lost bicycles.

More shipments of preserved Chinese radish contaminated with formalin or formaldehyde were uncovered around Taiwan, including six cases in Yilan County.

Broad-tailed swallowtail butterflies, an endangered species endemic to Taiwan, have recently made rare appearances on Taiping Mountain in the northeastern county of Yilan, forestry authorities said Friday.

First lady Christine Chow presented yesterday three notebook computers provided by a local company to aboriginal students at the Vonvon branch of the Skikun Elementary School in northern Taiwan's Yilan County.

At least three people have been cheated of money and other property while searching for jobs.

A man attending the National Freeway No. 5 Marathon, held yesterday in the northeastern county of Yilan, suddenly collapsed just 50 meters short of the end of his 10-km run and died later in the hospital, according to the county government.