The Yakima City Council will hold its first regular meeting of 2019 at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, January 8th in Council Chambers at Yakima City Hall, 129 North 2nd Street. Agenda items for the January 8th regular meeting include: Issuing a School Board Recognition Month proclamation. Appointing a member to the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee.

A free Shakespeare production, a second annual iron chef event, projects to help the community, and much more are included in the Winter 2019 Newsletter published by the City of Yakima’s Harman Center at Gailleon Park. The newsletter covers activities at the center scheduled during January, February, and March. It includes event announcements, as well

April Pools Day (a free family swim activity), youth soccer and winter co-rec volleyball are just a few of the seasonal offerings available in the 2019 Winter/Spring Program Guide issued recently by Yakima Parks and Recreation. The 16-page guide is available at Yakima Parks and Recreation offices (2301 Fruitvale Boulevard), as well as online at

To provide the best service possible, the City of Yakima’s Refuse Division is asking customers during winter weather to do the following: Make sure garbage carts are accessible and clear of all snow and ice at the curbside Keep a 36-inch-wide path around the carts to enable equipment to safely pick them up If your

Both eastbound and westbound traffic on a section of Terrace Heights Drive will be reduced to one lane tomorrow, Thursday, for a City of Yakima project to repair a concrete barrier. Traffic restrictions will be in place from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm tomorrow on Terrace Heights Drive from 18th Street to the Yakima city

Lighting upgrades have been completed for the westside parking lot at the City of Yakima’s West Valley Community Park. The project is in response to a public safety forum the City Council hosted Dec. 10th at the Harman Center. The City of Yakima’s Traffic Operations Signals and Lighting staff completed parking lot upgrades at West

City of Yakima crews are conducting emergency repairs on a water main break today, Wednesday, at the intersection of East Mead Avenue and South 1st Street. Customers on South 1st Street between Mead Avenue and Lindy Lane will experience water outages today until the repairs are completed. Northbound traffic on South 1stStreet is restricted to one

Many of the City of Yakima’s facilities will be closed the next two Tuesdays, December 25th, 2018 and January 1st, 2019 for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. That includes City Hall, Y-PAC, and Parks and Recreation offices. Business offices for the Police and Fire Departments will be closed. Emergency services will remain available. The

Community members can keep in shape and help hungry families during a recreational swim program at the City of Yakima’s Lions Pool, 509 West Pine Street. The holiday recreation swimming program is 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm from Monday, December 17th, through Friday, December 21st. Each swimmer who brings a non-perishable food item during that