A section of Yakima Avenue will be closed this Saturday, June 7th, for the Downtown Yakima Mile event. Yakima Avenue will be closed between 16th Avenue and South 3rd Street for the Yakima Mile and event staging. Road closures will take place between 1:00 pm and 10:00 pm on June 7th. Flaggers will be on site
The Yakima City Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, June 3rd. Actions during the June 3rd regular meeting agenda included: Click the following to watch on-demand Y-PAC coverage of the meeting – Yakima City Council 06-03-25 The June 3rd Yakima City Council study session airs on Yakima Public Affairs Channel (Y-PAC), Charter Spectrum channel
The 19th annual “Paws in the Pool,” at Franklin Pool, as well as free concerts and outdoor movies are some of the highlights in the Summer 2025 Summer Program Guide recently issued by City of Yakima Parks and Recreation. Click 2025-YPR-SUMMER-PG-f2p-web2.pdf for the guide in English and 2025-YPR-SUMMER-PG-SP-fp-web2.pdf in Spanish. It is also available at
The City of Yakima’s urban forestry management plan is available for viewing – In July 2023, the City of Yakima received a $20,000 Washington State Department of Natural Resources grant to develop an urban forestry management plan for the City’s Public Works Department. In 2024, the City hired consultant ArborPro of Yorba Linda, California to
The Yakima City Council will hold a regular meeting beginning at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025. Some of the agenda items for the June 3rd regular meeting include: Click the following link for the entire June 3rd meeting agenda packet – Agenda – Default Click Agendas and Minutes | City Council (yakimawa.gov) to
Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field (YKM) Director Rob Hodgman has been selected to serve on Washington state’s Commercial Aviation Work Group (CAWG). The Commercial Aviation Work Group was created by the Legislature in 2023 to evaluate long-range commercial aviation and transportation needs of the state, including alternatives for additional aviation capacity which includes expanding use of existing
Forty-Eighth Avenue will be closed between Summitview Avenue and Chestnut Avenue from Monday, June 2nd, through June 5th for a road replacement project. Crews will tear out and replace this section of roadway starting at 6:30 am Monday. It is hoped work will be completed in time to re-open 48th Avenue by noon on Thursday,
Traffic at the intersection of South 1st Street and East Walnut Avenue will be one lane in all four directions Wednesday morning, May 28th. Work is scheduled to begin at 6:30 am Wednesday. It is expected to be complete by 12:30 pm. The traffic signal will be dark during Wednesday morning’s project work hours. It
A multi-phased project to improve and modernize the passenger and cargo terminal building at Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field (YKM) begins this Thursday, May 29th. This first project will provide a new roof and new HVAC units for the terminal. YKM staff are asking for the public’s cooperation as this work gets underway. “Some of the
The following road closures will be in place from 7:00 am Tuesday, May 27th, through the beginning of September due to roundabout construction at Fruitvale Boulevard/River Road/34th Avenue: Detours will be posted. Access will be maintained to properties in the project area. Due to construction, Yakima Transit Route 3 will have a detour starting Tuesday,
