The on-again, off-again Yakima Downtown Plaza is off again, and given Tuesday's vote totals of 69 percent no to just 30 percent yes, it's no doubt off for good.
Washingtonians were asked to weigh in on 4 statewide initiatives including environmental taxation, police training, changes in gun ownership and purchasing and the prohibition of local taxation on grocery items.
Smith...seriously breached ethics and fairness by pawning off their letters as the work of another. Smith, who is the publisher and editor of the Yakima Valley Business Times, declined to answer when asked if he crossed an ethical line.