The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, April 7th, 2015. Action taken by the Council on April 7th included: –         Approving an agreement with SOZO Sports of Central Washington for a multi-sports complex. –         Authorizing a professional services contract for engineering and design work on the Downtown Yakima

The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, April 7th, 2015. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the April 7th agenda include: –       A report on a recent Washington, D.C. trip by City officials –       Extending a moratorium on new applications for homeless shelters

The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, March 17th, 2015. Action taken by the Council on March 17th included: –     Seeking reconsideration of a federal court decision on the election process for Yakima City Council members –     Allowing smoking at certain outdoor events where minors are not presen

The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, March 17th, 2015. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the March 17th agenda include: –    Possible action concerning a federal court ruling on the election process for Yakima City Council members  –    Allowing smoking at certain

A portion of Wide Hollow Creek running through the City of Yakima’s Randall Park will be receiving some special attention on Saturday, March 14th. Volunteers from the Yakima County Master Gardeners program will be planting tree saplings and other native shrubs along the creek bank to help improve fish and wildlife habitat. The project is

The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015. Action taken by the Council on March 3rd included: –    Approving the Yakima Airport Master Plan –    Authorizing an engineering contract for phase 2 of the North 1st Street revitalization project –    Approval of parking improvements for downtown

The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the March 3rd agenda include –    Recognition of retiring fire department secretary Rita Mantey –    A public hearing on adoption of the Yakima Airport Master Plan –   

It is that time of year again when the City of Yakima Refuse Division resumes weekly collection of yard waste. The service will start next week and continue until the end of November. More than a quarter of Yakima’s 25,000 refuse customers voluntarily subscribe to the yard waste pick up service, which costs $2.96 a

In 2013, the Yakima Arts Commission, an advisory group appointed by the Yakima City Council, developed an idea to harness the creativity of Central Washington artists to help invigorate windows of empty downtown storefronts by displaying their work as part of a new project called, “Windows Alive!”. Based on similar projects that have proven successful

The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, February 17th, 2015. Action taken by the Council on February 17th included: –   Approval of $100,000 for marketing and operational expenses at the Yakima Valley SunDome –   Rejecting a public advisory vote on the proposed Yakima downtown plaza –   Establishing