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Candidate Search Underway For County Commissioner Seat
Candidate Search Underway For County Commissioner Seat
Candidate Search Underway For County Commissioner Seat
Yakima County Commissioner Mike Leita is retiring at the end of the year and officials with the Yakima County Republican Party are looking for candidates. The Chair of the Yakima County Republican Central Committee Debra Manjarrez says if you are a registered voter in District 1 in the county you have until September 22 to declare your candidacy...
Politics in Your Future? You Still Have a Chance to File
Politics in Your Future? You Still Have a Chance to File
Politics in Your Future? You Still Have a Chance to File
If you missed candidate filing period last week you still have a chance to run for office in August. Yakima County Elections Manager Kathy Fisher says no one filed for 16 different positions that range from city and county councils to sewer and fire district positions...
Yakima County Has Extra Money To Share
Yakima County Has Extra Money To Share
Yakima County Has Extra Money To Share
After years of being in a financial slump, the Yakima County now has some extra money for departments. The county has an extra $1.5 million that they didn't expect to have at the end of 2012. Commissioners said the extra money came from huge increases in sales tax revenue and income from election services...
For Rent: Beds at the Yakima County Jail
For Rent: Beds at the Yakima County Jail
For Rent: Beds at the Yakima County Jail
Yakima County is renting beds at the county jail again. It is been years since the bed rental business fell off and left the county without needed funding. But Tuesday the county approved a 7 hundred thousand dollar contract with the city of Fife to house its inmates beginning next month...

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