Volunteers, led by Kyle Rasmusson, will install a pollinator garden this Saturday morning at the City of Yakima’s West Valley Community Park. The project was created by Yakima Rotaract, a sub-group of Rotary, with assistance by the City’s Parks and Recreation Department. City staff prepared a 16-foot-by-16-foot area for the pollinator garden, located at the

Chestnut Avenue will be closed between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue for three weeks starting tomorrow, Tuesday, September 24th. The closure will be in effect 24/7. This section of Chestnut Avenue is scheduled to re-open the week of October 14th. Road closure is necessary to replace the existing sewer in the project area. Access will

The Yakima City Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, September 17th. Action taken during the Council meeting included: Click the following to watch on-demand Y-PAC coverage of the September 17th meeting – Yakima City Council 09-17-24 (yakimawa.gov) The September 17th Yakima City Council regular meeting airs on Yakima Public Affairs Channel (Y-PAC), Charter Spectrum

The Yakima Sunfair Parade will follow its familiar route of more than one-and-a-half miles through Downtown Yakima on Saturday, September 21st. The parade begins at 10:00 am and is anticipated to last until 2:00 pm. It is expected to attract about 10,000 spectators. The parade will include about 200 vehicles as it makes its way

Yakima Transit will again provide free shuttle bus service to the Central Washington State Fair throughout its 10-day run. Shuttle buses will run continuously to the fairgrounds from the parking lot of the former Astria Regional Medical Center, 110 South 9th Avenue. Yakima Transit Free Fair Shuttle Bus Service Hours                                                      First Departure    

The Yakima City Council will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, September 17th, 2024. Agenda items for the September 17th regular meeting include: Click the following link for the entire September 17th meeting agenda packet – Agenda – Default (granicus_production_attachments.s3.amazonaws.com) The meeting will be held via Zoom and in person at Yakima

Work is underway to change Lewis Avenue from a two-way street to a one-way street southbound between Lincoln Avenue and Folsom Avenue. Crews are changing and installing new signage today, Thursday, September 12th, and tomorrow. It is anticipated that the section of Lewis Avenue will be a one-way street by Friday, September 13th. Drivers are

The City of Yakima is asking for input from the community about the 6th Avenue rebuild and rail renovation project. The first step in that process will be an open house next Thursday, Sept. 19th, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at Garfield Elementary School, 612 N. 6th Avenue. The project covers a nearly one-and-a-half

Halloween egg hunt and free Tahoma Cemetery historical tours are just a few of the activities in the Fall 2024 Program Guide recently published by the City of Yakima’s Parks and Recreation Department. The 12-page program guide is available at 2024-YPR-FALL-PG-fp-web.pdf (yakimaparks.com) Printed copies of the Fall 2024 Program Guide are available at Yakima City