During a special meeting early Monday evening, the Yakima City Council selected Don Cooper as the next Yakima city manager. The City will now begin the process of negotiating a contract with Cooper.

A Yakima officer demoted from Captain to Sergeant will have his rank reinstated. Rod Light admitted sex with two subordinates.

A state panel on public employment relations now says former Yakima police chief Sam Granato did not discriminate against a Yakima police officer, reversing a ruling made two years ago.

Yakima city manager Dick Zais has been named as the Grand Marshal for the 2011 Yakima Sunfair Parade.

Yakima City Council members have chosen Colin Baenziger & Associates to lead efforts in finding a replacement for City Manager Dick Zais.

The search for the firm that will hunt down a qualified candidate to replace Yakima City Manager, Dick Zais begins on Tuesday afternoon. And you're invited to sit in on the interviews.

The three officers were demanding a total of $9,000,000 for claims of job and sex discrimination as well as sexual harassment. The settlement is roughly two percent of that figure. The money will come from both the city's risk management account and its insurance company.

Getting the upper hand on the drug problems facing Yakima is an expensive proposition. KIMA has learned a big part of the bill for drug enforcement comes from the dealers themselves. In fact, the money police take in from one drug busts goes a long way toward making the next.

KIMA is following up on Yakima's city manager and answering the question, is Dick Zais ever coming back? Last month, Zais was forced to take an extended leave after suffering what KIMA now discovered was a serious medical emergency. In fact, there are a lot of doctors in town still scratching their heads over how the city manager even survived to talk about it.

The Yakima City Manager names an interim police chief and explains the severance package being giving to the retiring, Sam Granato.

We were there Tuesday morning when The Yakima City Council decided on final cuts it will make to balance next year's budget. And there were some real surprises. Many of the layoffs that were threatened have now been reduced, which means when it comes to protecting you and your family, the council spared no expense to keep that protection in place.