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Ana Cortez was announced today as the new Assistant City Manager of Yakima

City of Yakima Council members Avina and Dulce Gutierrez have called a special meeting to be held in council chambers on Monday, June 12th at 10:30 a.m.

Yakima City Councilwoman Carmen Mendez says she regrets and is sorry for her recent arrest on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants. Mendez spoke Monday morning on News Talk KIT, saying she's ready to face whatever happens in the case and has no plans to resign...

Many people attended the Yakima City Council meeting Tuesday night to urge the council to reconsider a Welcoming City resolution that was defeated by the council on a 4-3 vote in January.  

Should Yakima ban Uber? A lot of people in Yakima have used Uber before and are excited that we finally have it here. I grew up in a town where you would have to wait forty-five minutes to an hour-at minimum- for a taxi. Of course, my hometown city of Nashville has a much wider geographic and demographic location than, say, the city of Yakima, but it is not uncommon to, even in Yakima, have to wai

The Yakima City Council held a special meeting Wednesday to address the issue of homelessness in Yakima.  In particular, the city wanted to provide an alternate location for a city sanctioned homeless camp as an option to impromptu camps on Chestnut near 6th and 7th street and behind the Depot on Yakima Avenue...

It took a couple of hours.  More than a couple of dozen people spoke. Both sides of the question of whether to lift Yakima’s ban on marijuana grow, package and retail operations presented their arguments. In the end, the fact that nearly six in 10 voters said no to marijuana meant nothing to four members of the Yakima City Council, who said they know better than the people who elected them, and th

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Yakima has tabled plans for a community court system for low-level offenders due to budget problems. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports that on Tuesday the City Council moved to pull the proposal while staff looks for ways to close a projected $750,000 shortfall in the general government budget. ...

  YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — There are about 100 buildings left in Yakima that officials are working to get fixed up or demolished as part of a program to address abandoned and potentially dangerous buildings in the city. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the City Council previously approved up to $100,000 in an effort to address such structures, which affect surrounding property values and can attract

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