The City of Yakima and Yakima County are approaching the final stages of the addendum to the 2007 Upper Yakima River Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plan (CFHMP), a long-range plan undertaken in response to the 2016 and 2017 Cowiche Creek flood overflows into the City of Yakima. Click Upper Yakima CFHMP 2018 Cowiche Addendum – Joint

A Yakima teen saw a need and acted. The result is new agility equipment for the City of Yakima’s Dog Park at Randall Park. Brayden Packard, 15, noticed the need for dog park equipment and made it his project for earning an Eagle Scout badge. “I see a lot of elderly people using the park

A long-popular local event has a new name and promises yet another day of quality music on Yakima’s historic North Front Street on Saturday, August 18th. The Yakima Rhythm & Brews Festival, formerly known as Blues & Brews, will be held Saturday, August 18th on Front Street with this year’s line-up poised to provide a

The Yakima Police Department’s long-awaited response to a lip sync video challenge debuts today, Monday, August 13th. The Police Department’s video features the Journey song “Don’t Stop Believin” and was produced over a 3-week period with support from the City’s Community Relations Office. Other City staff, such as firefighters, also participated as did the public

The Yakima City Council has approved a truck route system to limit truck use on local streets, as well as other non-truck route arterial streets. Council members took the action after a public hearing during their regular meeting on Monday, August 6th. The truck route network is intended to concentrate truck traffic to better accommodate

The Washington State Department of Ecology has issued an air quality alert for the Yakima area that is in effect until 10:00 am Friday, August 10th. The alert is due to wildfires burning in the region, combined with forecasts that call for conditions which could cause air quality to reach unhealthy levels. Pollutants in smoke

The City of Yakima is installing new sidewalks just in time for the start of a new school year.  “Improving sidewalks in neighborhoods and keeping Yakima children safe are certainly priorities of the Yakima City Council,” said Assistant Mayor Dulce Gutierrez, who chairs the Council’s Public Safety Committee. “Results from partnerships with local schools are

The Yakima City Council held a regular meeting yesterday, Monday, August 6th. Action by the Council on August 6th included: Proclaiming August 19th, 2018 Doctor Joe T. Denman Day in the City of Yakima. Appointing City Council members to the Gang Proviso Program Steering Committee Amending Yakima Municipal Code Title 8 to establish truck routes.

An historic Downtown Yakima building is receiving national recognition. Hotel Maison, 321 E. Yakima Avenue, will unveil a plaque designating it on the National Register of Historic Places during a ceremony at 5:00 pm on Monday, August 13th. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. In 2016, the City