If that's approved then mayoral candidates would then begin campaigns for a strong mayor election in November of 2020. The strong mayor would then be sworn in January of 2021.
Yakima County Commissioner Mike Leita is retiring at the end of the year and officials with the Yakima County Republican Party are looking for candidates. The Chair of the Yakima County Republican Central Committee Debra Manjarrez says if you are a registered voter in District 1 in the county you have until September 22 to declare your candidacy...
In Yakima County, it is now illegal to camp or store supplies on county owned property including areas near the Naches River on the greenway. Today, the county commissioners enacted an ordinance to help stop homeless camps that pose safety and health risks...
Mike Leita was recently re-elected to a third term as a Yakima County Commissioner. The county faces budget problems due to decreased tax revenues, increasing law and justices costs and other issues.
Commissioner Leita talked about these issues and more on Tuesday's Mike Bastinelli show...
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Yakima County is set to study the possibility of drawing water from the
Columbia River to assure adequate water supplies for agricultural irrigation.
The county commissioners will commit $750,000 to a study next year...