01/23/12 In Basket


Yakima Herald-Republic

Insurance

* Brianna Cervantes has joined Farmers Insurance as an agent. Cervantes, who was born and raised in the Yakima Valley, previously worked in the finance and housing industries.

 

Media

* Northwest Broadcasting has hired Doug Holroyd as general manager of the Fox affiliate KCYU-TV in Yakima, KFFX-TV in Kennewick and KAYU-TV in Spokane.

Holroyd comes to Northwest Broadcasting from Sainte Partners II L.P. in Modesto, Calif., where he was the general manager of 13 broadcast television stations.

 

Nonprofit

* The Yakima Schools Foundation has selected Patricia Byers and Mike Latimer to be co-chairs of the Celebrate Our Youth Breakfast event in March. Byers runs a private mental health therapy practice; Latimer is senior vice president at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

 

* In Basket is a Monday feature noting personnel changes, additions and accomplishments of area business people. To have an item published, mail a brief announcement with a photo to the Business Desk, Yakima Herald-Republic, P.O. Box 9668, Yakima, WA 98909. Items also can be dropped off at our office at 114 N. Fourth St. in Yakima; faxed to us at 509-577-7767; or emailed to business@yakimaherald.com. The deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday for the following Monday.



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