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Mount Vernon increases police chief salary amid hiring woes, looming retirement

After losing promising candidates, the city found pay range was the issue

A 42-year-old man was arrested Sunday, April 14, in connection to a Mount Vernon murder. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)
By Jemma Alexander News Intern
Mount Vernon has increased the salary in its police chief job hunt after two candidates sought highe

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