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Bail was set at 1 million dollars Thursday for a man arrested in a drive by shooting reported on Wednesday afternoon. Twenty-four-year old David Loreto is well known to local authorities. They say he shot a 25 year old man on Pierce street Wednesday

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Free legal advice is available to active duty, reserve and retired military and their families at the Yakima Training Center Saturday. It is the second month the service has been offered says US Army Major Scott Brumback who is also a military JAG or attorney

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The Yakima Office of Emergency Management is trying to adjust to a changing world. A world where people do not always get information from the traditional media sources. Office Director Jim Hall says he is looking at an automated system that would not only alert people on phones but other ways as well. Hall s

The Yakima Police Department is looking for a handful of new officers. The department made plans to hire 12 new people last year, but they are having trouble finding the right candidates.

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The investigation continues but no arrests have been made in the shooting death of 30-year-old Desiree Sunford who was found dead in her Moxee area home April 7th.

Yakima County Sheriff's Chief Stew Graham says detectives continue to speak with Sunford's husband Scott and others to find out any information that could lead to an arrest

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If you are looking for a hotspot in Yakima this summer city officials say it is downtown. Beginning on June 7, the new Lunchtime Live Concert Series will kick off a run of 13 consecutive Friday shows, all of which will happen from 11:45 am to 1:15 pm at Performance Park next to the Yakima County Courthouse at 2 Street and A Street

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A 28-year-old man stabbed at a Yakima apartment on Tuesday is recovering at a Yakima hospital today. Yakima police arrested a 42-year-old man for first degree assault. Police say the stabbing happened during an argument at an apartment in the 2 hundred block of North 2 street

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Yakima Police Officers are on high alert after the terror bombings in Boston. Chief Dominic Rizzi says even though Yakima is a small city it could still be a target for terrorism. Rizzi says “it is not matter of Yakima or any other city it is a matter of where are these people going to inflict the most disruption and fear” Rizzi says he has told officers to look for anything suspicious in the days following the attack in Boston

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The City of Yakima has been named the winner of the National Public Employer Labor Relations Association’s (“NPELRA”) 2013 Pacesetter Award in recognition of the City’s innovative efforts to control healthcare costs by opening an in-house medical clinic earlier this year

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The Yakima Farmers Market opens on Mothers day, May 12. Market Director Don Eastridge says along with the regular Sunday markets they are starting a Tuesday evening market in July. Eastridge says “the market will be held behind the Capital Theater and the old Nordstrom building downtown

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