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Your Ideas Will Help Shape Downtown Yakima
Your Ideas Will Help Shape Downtown Yakima
Your Ideas Will Help Shape Downtown Yakima
It is the first in a series of meetings to talk about the future of downtown Yakima and it is set for tomorrow night at the Howard Johnson Hotel. The meeting, which will begin at 6:30 p.m., will give a chance for Yakima residents to tell city leaders what they did like to see in downtown Yakima and give input on the development of both a comprehensive master plan for the downtown core and an appro
City Wants To Share Costs Of Downtown Events
City Wants To Share Costs Of Downtown Events
City Wants To Share Costs Of Downtown Events
The Yakima City Council wants to share the cost of parades and big events downtown. Currently the city pays for security and traffic management for all approved events. But under a new proposal those costs would be shared. Events that the city of Yakima fully sponsors would be paid for by the city...
Union Gap to Change City Government
Union Gap to Change City Government
Union Gap to Change City Government
Union Gap voters have decided to change their form of government from a strong mayor to a city manager. It is still a close race with Proposition 1 approved by 55 percent of the voters as of Tuesday night. It means Mayor Jim Lemon would lose his power and become the eighth council member...
Fire Inspections Could be Coming Back for The City of Yakima
Fire Inspections Could be Coming Back for The City of Yakima
Fire Inspections Could be Coming Back for The City of Yakima
A push to bring back fire inspections in Yakima could become a reality today. The city council is expected to debate a proposal by City Manager Tony O'Rourke during tomorrow's council meeting. Mayor Micah Cawley says the plan would reinstate the inspections under the fire department...
Cost of Prisoner Housing Rising... Officials Looking for Solutions
Cost of Prisoner Housing Rising... Officials Looking for Solutions
Cost of Prisoner Housing Rising... Officials Looking for Solutions
Costs continue to rise as city and county officials look for solutions to housing local prisoners. Today, a joint city/county study session was held to address the problem. A number of ideas were talked about including the possibility of having one regional jail instead of one in the city and one in the county...
City of Yakima Looking to Add More Public Defenders
City of Yakima Looking to Add More Public Defenders
City of Yakima Looking to Add More Public Defenders
Yakima city leaders faced the reality of contracting up to 20 more public defenders and spending a million more of your tax-payer dollars; all to meet a mandate that limits public defenders caseloads to 400 a year. But city leaders have a new plan to cut those costs dramatically...
Yakima Finding Ways to Fight Graffiti
Yakima Finding Ways to Fight Graffiti
Yakima Finding Ways to Fight Graffiti
In an attempt to get a handle on the ever growing problem of graffiti the City of Yakima will soon create a hotline and call on volunteers to help wipe out the problem.  City Manager Tony O'Rourke says the hotline will be created so people can report the graffiti vandalism...
2012 Yakima Citizen Survey Results Released
2012 Yakima Citizen Survey Results Released
2012 Yakima Citizen Survey Results Released
Results from the 2012 Yakima Citizen Survey have been released and they show people who took the survey believe several aspects of the community should be improved, ranging from street repair and employment opportunities to crime prevention and the overall reputation of Yakima...

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