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• Local & Regional (New) New Deputy Fire Chief beefing up areas that were “suffering”

  KIMA is following up on the hiring of a new deputy fire chief. The position comes with a roughly $100,000 salary, which had many of you wondering why the department didn't use those funds to hire two firefighters instead. KIMA learned that new man is now on the job, and is taking on the work of many.
• Home 73-year-old accused of putting a hit out on his daughter-in-law (Video)

  Yakima County Deputies say they cracked a bizarre case of a 73-year-old man who wanted to kill his daughter-in-law. Only they say he tried to hire a hit man.
• Local & Regional Let the people choose: $20 car tab put on survey (Video)

  You will have a chance to weigh on a $20 car tab fee in Yakima. It just won't be on the ballot. Yakima City Council wants you to fill out a survey instead. Action News learned money was behind the decision.
• Local & Regional Jury convicts Steve Powell of voyeurism charges (Photo Gallery) (Video)

  A jury has convicted Steve Powell of voyeurism charges that stemmed from an investigation into the 2009 disappearance of his daughter-in-law Susan Powell, a mother of two from Utah who has never been found.
• Home Yakima officer fighting shoplifting for free (Video)

  A retired Yakima police officer is coming back to the force as a volunteer to help tackle shoplifting cases. Preston Brown went back to work after patrolling for 21 years, he's now taking on a detective role.
• Home New Yakama Nation jail open in Toppenish (Video)

  A new jail with a $15 million price tag opened today in Toppenish. It's a tribal facility that doubles as a rehabilitation center. Tribal council and corrections officers say inmates will leave the jail as better people.
• Consumer State unemployment rate falls to 8.1 percent

  Washington state's unemployment rate fell in April to 8.1 percent, despite a loss of 300 jobs last month, officials said Wednesday.
• Home Inmate extradited from Virginia to face local charges (Video)

  A man accused of murder and attempted murder in two separate cases appeared Wednesday before a judge.
• Home (Updated) Local businesses step up to help woman and seven kids with no water (Video)

  The Yakima Valley stepped up to the plate to help the woman and her seven kids living with no water. The family has a dry well, and can't afford to fix it.
• Local & Regional Fire rips through Wapato home

  Fire severely damaged a home Tuesday night on South Wapato Road.