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Yakima Regional Hospital nurses have launched an advertising campaign which attacks the company which owns the hospital.  The nurses claim that Health Management Associates that cutbacks hurt patient safety

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Right now at any given time there are 5 to 17 marked Yakima Police cars on the street. The Yakima City Council next week will consider a proposal to increase that number to 74.   No, the city is not hiring more officers!  The city is considering giving each patrol officer his or her own car to take home

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Fourth District Congressman Doc Hastings says the I.R.S. scandal may lead to more people being fired or thrown in jail .  He's referring to the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups for special scrutiny

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Dean Braxton was hospitalized due to kidney stone. Kidney stone became complicated and he was in ICU. Medical records show that Dean Braxton experienced cardiac arrest and died for one hour and forty-five minutes

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On average one law enforcement officer is killed in the line-of-duty in the United States every 57 hours.

As of today, 41 officers have been killed this year.  Today (Wednesday) May 15th is officially National Peace Officer Memorial Day, it's been set aside to honor those who have lost their lives in the line-of-duty

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Some 150 people attended the monthly luncheon put on by the Greater Yakima Chamber of Commerce. Today the members heard from Yakima Mayor Micah Cawley, along with fellow council members Maureen Atkisson, Dave Ettl, Sara Bristol and Kathy Coffey

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Karl Pasten with the Yakima Historic Preservation Commission will be on "The Mike Bastinelli Show."  He will  talk about the future of the Yakima Valley Trolleys.  Also Ariel Castro, the alleged Cleveland kidnapper may face murder charges for allegedly causing his captives to have several abortions

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Rich Gainor with  the Media Research Center authored an op-ed for Fox today criticizing most of the media for the lack of coverage of the Benghazi hearings Wednesday. Today Rich will be on "The Mike Bastinelli Show

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When is a person considered a missing person verses a runaway? That's a question  police departments all over the country are confronted with on a regular basis. The safe return of 3 women kidnapped a decade ago in Cleveland has brought that question to light. Some people have criticized the Cleveland Police Department for mislabeling one of the girls as a runaway instead of a kidnap victim.  How does the Yakima Police Department make that determination?

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Felix Hernandez gave up a run in the first inning, but shut down the Pittsburgh Pirates for the next seven innings to improve his record to 5-2.

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