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Plea change sees homicide charge in 2022 4th of July crash
PENDLETON – A Yakima man is in Umatilla County Jail after changing his plea in a fatal crash that occurred on July 4, 2022. Jakob Michael Moser was arrested Wednesday at Hermiston Circuit Court. The Umatilla County District Attorney’s Office said that Moser changed his plea with Judge Christopher...
Yakima high school students walk out to protest YSD layoffs
YAKIMA, Wash. - Students at Davis High School and Eisenhower High School walked out on Thu., March 28 to protest recent staff cuts in the Yakima School District. Students reportedly walked out at 1:30 p.m. for the protest. At a board meeting on Mon., March 25, a total of 124...
State Auditor: One bookkeeper misused thousands of taxpayer dollars across 7 Yakima Co. special purpose districts
YAKIMA, Wash. — A fraud investigation by the Washington State Auditor’s Office found thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds paid to Yakima County special purpose districts were misused between January 2019 and June 2023.
Yakima police's one-day police academy offers insight into use of force, police work
YAKIMA, Wash.-- The Yakima Police Department just held a one-day academy class in Yakima, to teach citizens on police work and the practices they use. Registered attendees took part in the academy hosted by Y-P-D at Perry Technical Institute in Yakima Saturday, to learn about the use of force and participate in use of force scenarios police are faced with.
Ex-Toppenish superintendent gained over $56,000 in unapproved raises, audit shows
TOPPENISH, WA-- A state audit in released in November of 2022 found the Toppenish School District did not properly check how much they were paying former superintendent John Cerna. The board then hired an outside group to look further back beyond the two-year audit and this latest report finds much...
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