The Yakima City Council held a regular meeting yesterday, Tuesday, April 2nd. Action by the Council yesterday included: Issuing an Arbor Day proclamation. Authorizing an application for a grant from the Washington State Department of Transportation Aviation Division for capital improvements at Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field. Receiving the Yakima Fire Department’s 2018 Annual Report. Accepting
Empty storefronts in Downtown Yakima will come alive again on Friday, April 5th when the talents of local artists are put on public display for the latest “Windows Alive!” installment. Six years ago, the Yakima Arts Commission, an advisory group appointed by the Yakima City Council, developed the idea to harness the creativity of Central
Residents in one area of Yakima will have the opportunity to spruce up their neighborhoods on Saturday, April 13th during a free Community Cleanup event. Households located from South 1st Street to Interstate 82 between East Chestnut Avenue and Pacific Avenue are eligible to participate in the free cleanup. Residents in those areas can bring
The Yakima City Council will hold a regular meeting at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, April 2nd in Council Chambers at Yakima City Hall, 129 North 2nd Street. Agenda items for the April 2nd regular meeting include: Issuing an Arbor Day proclamation. Authorizing an application for a grant from the Washington State Department of Transportation Aviation
The City of Yakima’s Lions Pool is hosting an “April Pools Day” event from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm on Saturday, April 6th. “Every year, many pools around the state host April Pools Day events for families and community members,” said Parks and Recreation Manager Ken Wilkinson. “Our hope is that bringing this free event
City of Yakima crews are at work sweeping each day to remove winter gravel from City streets. The street sweeping program began about a month ago. “Due to the severity of the winter, there is more of a sand/gravel mix left on the street after the snow melts,” said Streets & Traffic Manager Joe Rosenlund.
Monday, April 1st, will mark the start of the 2019 irrigation season for the vast majority of the residential and business customers served by the City of Yakima’s irrigation system. That’s the day that the majority of the collection of systems operated by the City’s Water/Irrigation Division are scheduled to begin delivering water. All City of
SunComm 9-1-1 Communications has added an additional emergency number to the county system in the event of a 9-1-1 outage. “SunComm is asking residents to add (509) 453-9000 to their home emergency plan, including mobile and computer-based phone systems,” said Brad Coughenour, Director of SunComm Communications. “The (509) 453-9000 number should only be used if
The golfing season is just a week away at the City of Yakima’s Fisher Park Golf Course, but with some temporary adjustments due to late winter snows. “Fisher Golf is scheduled to open on Friday, March 29th,” said Recreation Supervisor Tami Andringa. “However, the course is quite saturated so we will likely only allow foot
Traffic will be restricted to one lane on a section of Wide Hollow Road from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm tomorrow, Wednesday, March 20th so crews can clear out a culvert in the area. The project will impact Wide Hollow Road between 96th Avenue and 80th Avenue. The eastbound lane will be closed and flaggers
