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Get Ready to Vote: Ballots Headed to Yakima County Residents
It's almost time to vote in the August 6 Washington primary election and your ballot will soon be waiting for you. Ballots will be sent out soon and if you're not registered to vote you can register today. Voters in the state have no deadline which means you can register or update your address up to and including on election day and receive a ballot that same day.
Prosecutors Drop charges Against Elderly Central Washington man Accused of Shooting Wife in 2023
A Wapato man will not be tried in the shooting death of his wife. Yakima County prosecutors dropped first- and second-degree manslaughter charges against Donald Leroy Lawrence, 81, in late June, according to records filed in Yakima County Superior Court. In the order, Deputy Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney Amy Yarger...
Upper Valley fire districts seeking 'lid lift' to hold inflation at bay
Three Upper Valley fire districts are asking voters to approve a boost in property taxes. Officials of the Highland (District 1), East Valley (District 4) and West Valley (District 12) say the “levy lid lifts” are necessary to keep pace with inflation and increasing property values. The measures,...
Central Washington State County has had 12 Homicides so far This Year
A man's death in a shooting July 3 near Grandview was a homicide, an autopsy concluded. The autopsy was performed in Thurston County, Yakima County Chief Deputy Coroner Marshall Slight said. Yakima County sheriff’s detectives are investigating the homicide, which occurred in the area of South Euclid and Bridgeview Roads....
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