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September 4, 2018 at 8:30 pm

Yakima misses deadline, loses $400,000 for street project

Yakima lost $400,000 in federal funding to upgrade alleys; staff says it’s overworked and that the grant fell through the cracks.

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August 22, 2018 at 8:04 pm

Yakima City Council votes to end 31-year pit-bull ban

Yakima is lifting a decades-old ban against pit-bull terriers, which have had a bad reputation in the city. The City Council voted 5-2 to the...

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April 26, 2018 at 8:21 pm

Traditional foods like chorizo unite Yakima Valley families in special way

Yakima chef Shawn Niles said that throughout history, food like chorizo has brought people together in a way words can’t. He strives though his dinner...

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March 25, 2018 at 4:29 pm

Yakima effort aims to introduce temporary housing for farmworkers

Yakima is exploring a plan to allow temporary housing in the city limits for farmworkers, which currently is allowed only in unincorporated areas.

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December 27, 2017 at 6:49 am

Yakima police kill two men in separate standoffs

Two officer-involved shootings — each leaving a person dead — occurred within two hours of each other after lengthy standoffs with Yakima police.

December 22, 2017 at 7:54 pm

250-foot-deep crack in earth prompts landslide warnings at Rattlesnake Ridge near Union Gap

State transportation officials, meanwhile, were working on plans should Interstate 82 be shut down by rockfall or a landslide.

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Jorge Villasenor translates a City Council meeting for Spanish-speaking attendees at Yakima City Hall in downtown Yakima, Wash., Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. Although translation services are available at all City Council business meetings, residents say audio in the headsets makes it difficult to hear what is being discussed and that translated meeting agendas are not provided. (SHAWN GUST/Yakima Herald-Republic)

September 29, 2017 at 3:43 pm

Yakima City Council works to offer Spanish-language outreach

Nearly two years after a voting-rights lawsuit changed the way Yakima elects its council members to ensure a more proportionate voice for Hispanics, some say...

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July 31, 2017 at 6:22 pm

Yakima Council to review marijuana-store zoning request

The city planning commission has recommended denying a request to allow the sale of marijuana in a light-industrial zoning, even though growing and packaging pot...

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Candles, balloons, and flowers are set up at the scene of a shooting near the 1400 block of Cherry Avenue in Yakima, Wash., Wednesday, May 10, 2017. A 33-year-old man was shot and killed early Wednesday morning at the site. (SOFIA JARAMILLO/Yakima Herald-Republic)

May 15, 2017 at 5:26 pm

Gang intervention: The earlier, the better, Yakima police say

Officers told the City Council recently it could make a difference by working with schools and parents to prevent youths from becoming gang members in...

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March 12, 2017 at 6:40 pm

Advocates want Yakima’s don’t-ask immigration policy to become binding ordinance

Some worry the existing practice could change in the future and regard it as a safety issue. But the mayor, who voted against the proposal,...

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