Every four years, presidential and gubernatorial races grab voters’ attention.
Almost 30 candidates have filed for office in Yakima County on Friday, including two former elected officials.
Yakima County saw several more candidate filings for local elected office Thursday.
Yakima County saw another swell of candidate filings for local elected office Wednesday.
Two Yakima City Council races have become more crowded as Yakima County saw 21 additional candidate filings Tuesday.
The candidate filing period for the Aug. 3 primary kicked off Monday with 55 candidates in Yakima County filing for 44 races, led by a pair of Yakima County Commission candidates and an octet of Yakima City Council candidates.
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A trio of Yakima City Council seats, a Yakima County Commission seat and dozens of other positions are at stake as the weeklong candidate filing period for the Aug. 3 primary election opens Monday.
Selah and Toppenish residents voted in favor of renewing school levies in a special election Tuesday.
A Yakima City Council candidate has pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault and third-degree malicious mischief in connection with an incident at a woman’s apartment.
Voters in Selah and Toppenish will soon receive April ballots to decide whether to renew school operation levies.
Business owner and pastor Matt Brown will run for the District 6 Yakima City Council seat this fall, joining an increasingly crowded race.


Business owner and pastor Matt Brown will run for the District 6 Yakima City Council seat this fall, joining an increasingly crowded race.
Yakima County Commissioner LaDon Linde has announced his interest in retaining the District 3 post.
In an analysis of recent voter data and behavior, InvestigateWest found that voters with Latino surnames in Washington state were more than twice as likely to have their ballots rejected because of signature mismatch.
Marissa Reyes still doesn’t understand why her signature would cause her August 2020 Benton County primary ballot to be tossed out.
Washington state voters with Latino surnames are much more likely to have their signatures challenged and ballots thrown out than other voters, according to an InvestigateWest analysis of eight counties with the highest share of Latino population.
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