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Domestic violence is a big problem in the city of Yakima.

. On average police respond to nearly 2,000 incidents every year. That places Yakima within the top five cities in the state for the number of domestic violence incidents.

Yakima Police say the program is making a meaningful impact on the future of the community.

Along with the second-degree murder charge Havins also faces charges of unlawful imprisonment, hit-and-run , vehicular homicide and fourth-degree assault-domestic violence.

Authorities have been looking for 37-year-old Christopher Havins since Monday

Yakima Police say the incident started late Tuesday night when the victim called police to report a problem with the father of her child

Deputies say they were called to a home in the 500 block of Irene Lane near Selah after getting a report of a shooting between a man and a woman.

A story in the Yakima Herald Republic says the Yakima Police Department wrote 68 citations for street racing and 64 citations for reckless driving between January 2020 and May 2021.

Machinery now exists to do everything in a vineyard, and University of California specialists say that could help grape growers overcome chronic problems in hiring enough people.

Authorities say Rodriguez is expected to be released from the hospital in Seattle within the next several days and eventually returned to the Yakima area to face charges.