Show Some Love To Yakima When Naming The New State Ferry
The new 144-car vessel will need a name and the Washington State Transportation Commission has initiated its process to do so by seeking naming proposals from the public."
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Low Ballot Return For Primary with Little Interest From Voters
Currently of the nearly 89,000 ballots that were sent out, 6,575 have been returned or 7.36%.
Yakima Artists to Help Bring Empty Windows Alive in Downtown
The project is part of an ongoing effort to bring public art to downtown Yakima.
CWU Teaches Future Docs To Consider – More Healthy Food – Fewer Pills
Food prepared at home is associated with a healthier diet and greater fruit and vegetable intake....yet more Americans are eating away from home - a 42% increase.
Dog Killer in Court Friday Dog Lovers Say They’ll Be There Too
Many Yakima animal lovers vow to be at the courthouse in support of the dog that police say Eduardo Serrano-Reyes tortured and killed at his home on the 4th of July.
Will A Higher Standard For Police Lower The Bar On Public Safety?
The bills are a package that was approved in the wake of a social reckoning, the murder of George Floyd,
It’s Time for The Fair and Time to Get a Job
Fair officials say people will be hired on the spot during a job fair set for Wednesday, July 28 from 11:00AM to 7:00PM in the Modern Living Building at Yakima's State Fair Park
State Says Plastic Bag Ban Hits in October BYOB or You’ll Pay
So get used to your own bag or get ready to pay in October when the ban takes effect in Yakima and around the state.
Deadly Highway 97 Seeing Improvements to Save lives in Yakima
On Wednesday a groundbreaking ceremony was held at Highway 97 and McDonald Road near Toppenish where the work to install a roundabout will get underway on Wednesday.
Progress Made But More To Do Helping The Homeless
The average cost to a community of an unsheltered person is roughly $40,000 a year in police, emergency room, treatment, jail, ambulance, and shelter costs.