The City of Sunnyside is getting closer to their 2013 budget after Thursday night's public meeting. No official decisions were made, but there was a lot of negotiating.
A poll showed council is not in favor of cutting the deputy police chief...
A $200,000 mistake was knocked down to a loss of $25,000; KIMA learned Kennewick agreed to take Sunnyside's street sweeper for $175,000.
Earlier this year, Sunnyside bought a street sweeper that didn't work on the city's roads.
It turns out this isn't the kind of thing you can just return...
Large concrete barriers are the newest crime-fighting tool in Sunnyside. New signs installed Thursday turn drivers away from a familiar path, as concrete blocks on South Hill road now create a dead end.
City officials are calling it "Operation Cul-de-Sac."
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The city of Sunnyside spent $200,000 on a street sweeper that barely works on its coarse chip sealed roads. Our News partner KIMA Action News says the city never tested the machine ahead of time. It has now been in the city almost six months and can't be returned...
A Sunnyside man who had been reported missing on Sunday was found shot to death Monday in the 1 thousand block of Barnhart road near Highway 22. The Yakima County Sheriff's office says a car belonging to Jose Manuel Correa was burned Saturday night in the same area...
In cooperation with the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce, the Sunnyside Police Department is working to put together a Business Watch program to help our local businesses with their safety and crime issues. The concept of a Business Watch is much like a Neighborhood Watch in the "neighbors looking out for neighbors" concept, just on a commerical level...
Just like Yakima, the city of Sunnyside is now looking for a new city manager...Mark Gervasi announced his resignation this week after spending 16 months in the position...the city will officially begin looking for a replacement after a special meeting set for February 25th...