Affordable housing efforts took another step forward when Yakima City Council voted to use just over $1.4 million in state grant funding to help build housing infrastructure at several sites
Filing will close Friday at 8 p.m. and opened Monday morning. In the first day, candidates have registered to run for state legislature, county commissioner and Yakima Superior Court seats.
A busy Yakima City Council meeting will include policy on distributing opioid settlement funds and several resolutions regarding the Yakima Police Department.
With staff on board, work by state s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Cold Case Unit is underway. Authorities also hope to clear state s backlog of unidentified remains.