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Kittitas Valley Hospital leaders present August levy to sustain local labor and delivery and expand care

Ellensburg City Council · July 8, 2025
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Kittitas Valley Healthcare officials presented details of a proposed local levy to the Ellensburg City Council on July 7, asking voters in August to help sustain labor and delivery services and expand primary and specialty care.

Kittitas Valley Healthcare officials presented details of a proposed local levy to the Ellensburg City Council on July 7, asking voters in August to help sustain labor and delivery services and expand primary and specialty care.

KVH representatives said the hospital’s labor-and-delivery services cost roughly $8 million a year to operate and brought in about $3 million in revenue from last year’s births, creating an ongoing operating deficit the levy is intended to help close. “With just a little under $6,000,000 that will be collected if this levy passes, you can see that directly correlates to labor and delivery services being…

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