Tammy Ayer
Features and Reader Engagement Editor at Yakima Herald-Republic
Features/Reader Engagement Editor for The Yakima Herald-Republic. Runner, writer, reader and historian. Cat lady, vintage fashion fan and Mid-Century Modernista
Articles
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2 days ago |
yakimaherald.com | Tammy Ayer
Amid a drought emergency that's been expanded to several more Washington counties, some Yakima River Basin growers and irrigators are seeing their estimated water supply continue to drop. The early estimate of the total water supply available in the Yakima Basin for the May 20–September period indicates junior water rights holders are expected to receive 43% of their allotment, according to a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation news release.
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3 days ago |
thenewstribune.com | Tammy Ayer
TOPPENISH - Ma-Lena "Lena" McClellan grew up playing basketball. When she began attending Yakama Nation Tribal School, which is known for its winning basketball programs, continuing in that sport seemed an obvious choice. McClellan, 18, also has a gift for throwing a discus and a nearly 9-pound metal ball called a shot. Shawn Mills saw and nurtured that gift early on when he worked at the tribal school as its registrar.
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4 days ago |
thenewstribune.com | Tammy Ayer
Dr. Neil Barg, who joined the Yakima Health District as its health officer during the COVID-19 pandemic, has left that role. Barg's last day was May 29. The infectious disease expert and longtime local physician began as the agency's health officer on Aug. 1, 2021. The position was part-time; when Barg was hired, his contract covered 50 hours a month.
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4 days ago |
yakimaherald.com | Tammy Ayer
Dr. Neil Barg, who joined the Yakima Health District as its health officer during the COVID-19 pandemic, has left that role. Barg’s last day was May 29. The infectious disease expert and longtime local physician began as the agency's health officer on Aug. 1, 2021. The position was part-time; when Barg was hired, his contract covered 50 hours a month.
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1 week ago |
thenewstribune.com | Tammy Ayer
May 29-A man who helped conceal the body of Rosenda Strong after her murder on the Yakama Reservation in October 2018 has been sentenced to 26 months in prison. Jamaal Antwan Pimms, 44, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Yakima after pleading guilty in a February plea agreement to one count of misprision of a felony. Pimms will get credit for time served.
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