Lance Tormey

Susan Dreyfus told parents and others at the Yakima Valley School in Selah yesterday it's likely the school will close by the end of the year. Dreyfus is the Secretary of the State Department of Social and Health Services and spent time at the school yesterday listening to concerned parents who are fighting to keep the school in Selah from being closed to save the State the 17 million annual cost to operate the facility

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A Yakima Police officer was justified in fatally shooting a 27 year old man last month after ordering him to stop stabbing another man. That's the decision from Yakima County Prosecutor Jim Hagerty. Officer Joel Hanson killed 27 year old Yueri Acevedo Cisneros after ordering him to stop stabbing 21 year old Julio Cesar Zamora Cortes

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Maybe you know a child between the ages of 5 and 19 years old who's doing something great but they haven't been recognized for it. Here's your chance. The Yakima Youth Awards are set for March 21st. The deadline for a nomination form is March 1st

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Yakima City crime numbers are in from last year and there's a mixed bag of results says Lt. Mike Merryman from the Yakima Police Department. Auto theft was down 14 percent, rape down 35 percent, assaults down 15 percent

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The Yakima City Council now has a new prayer policy adopted at Tuesday's council meeting. In the past the business meeting would start with a prayer. But the new policy calls for the prayer before any business begins

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Union Gap Fire Chief Bill Steel was fired by the Mayor Jim Lemon last week. But last night 10 volunteer firefighters urged the City Council to rehire Steel saying they believe in him and don't agree with the reason behind his termination

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