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Yakima City Manager Tony O'Rourke presented several ideas at a joint study session Tuesday, to improve the Yakima airport, which he called "under-performing" and "deficit-driven.” He says it's the key to Yakima's economic future.

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New Yakima City Manager Tony O'Rourke is expected to take the oath of office during an early Yakima city council meeting this morning. The city will hold its regular agenda meeting at 10 a.m

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Lock your car doors because thieves are after your vehicle in Yakima. Police statistics show that car thefts continue to rise with108 cars stolen during March and April. That's up from 77 in January and February combined

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Voters could be asked in November to increase car tabs $20 to pay for street repairs. Instead of placing the issue on the November ballot, the City Council decided to hold off and wait for new Yakima City Manag

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Following an executive session held Friday night, the Yakima City Council has voted unanimously on Tony O’Rourke for Yakima’s next city manager.

O’Rourke was one of four finalists for the job, all of whom were interviewed for the position by the council, city department directors, and a community member panel Sunday

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After two days of interviews and following an executive session this evening, the Yakima City Council has decided it wants Tony O’Rourke to become Yakima’s next city manager.

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The search for a new Yakima city manager will begin on April 26th. The finalists will be interviewed by a panel of community members selected by the city council, a panel consisting of the city’s department directors, and by the entire city council

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The city narrowed down it's selection for city manager Tuesday during an executive session.

Four finalists have been selected for the position that was left vacant after the former city manager resigned

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Shaking hands and talking money. That's what city council members Mayor Micah Cawley, Dave Ettl and interim City Manager Michael Morales are doing today. The trio is in Washington D.C. lobbying federal lawmakers for dollars for the city of Yakima

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Dominic Rizzi, Jr., who was born and raised in Chicago and has spent more than 25 years moving up the chain of command in that city’s police department, has been chosen by Interim City Manager Michael Morales to be Yakima’s next chief of police

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