A press release says "the First Amendment allows religious organizations the freedom to hire those who share the same beliefs without being punished by government.
Over the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic Johnson says while he hasn't seen an increase in the number of homeless people in Yakima he's seen an increase in 'bad behavior' of the local homeless population
The Yakima Union Gospel Mission is waiting on COVID-19 test results of people now living in the family shelter. Mission Director Mike Johnson says everyone is quarantined until test results are available at the end of the week. Johnson says a man in the family shelter recently tested positive for the virus after spending 8 days at the shelter with no symptoms...