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Yakima City Manager Tony O'Roarke was a guest on Wednesday's Mike Bastinelli show. O'Roarke discussed the recent city council decison to vacate a section of South 4th Street to create an event space, attracting more events to downtown Yakima, making downtown safer, and how to drive economic development in the city. Click this...

The closure of 4th Street behind the Capital Theater will be on the agenda of the Yakima City Council tomorrow night. City Manager Tony O'Rourke says it is part of the plan to energize the downtown area.  The closure, between Yakima Avenue and Chestnut will create an area where thousands of people can gather for big events...

The search for the new Yakima City Manager continues today. The four finalists began their first day of interviews on Thursday taking questions from three panels . The city leaders wasted no time asking the finalists about Yakima's pressing issues like crime and the challenges ahead with a shrinking budget...