Yak Back Update Planned

The City of Yakima’s popular Yak Back app will be unavailable next Monday, December 13th, while the City’s Information Technology Services staff update the program. Work next Monday will include upgrading Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as well as updating GIS security. As a result, GIS and mapping services on the City website will not be


Yakima City Council Dec. 7th Regular Meeting Review

The Yakima City Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, December 7th. Action taken by the Council included: Adopting the 2022 Budget for the City of Yakima Adding 66th Avenue and Englewood Avenue intersection, Nob Hill Boulevard from 34th Avenue to 44th Avenue and intersection of 40th Avenue and Chestnut Avenue to the Transportation Benefit


Yakima City Council Approves 2022 Budget

The Yakima City Council approved the City’s 2022 budget during its regular meeting last night, Tuesday, December 7th. The 2022 budget calls for $293,669,112 in total spending, including $69,951,160 for the General Fund. The 2022 budget achieves the following: Establishes equipment replacement reserves for Police vehicles and Fire apparatus. Increases Clean City funding in order


Yakima City Council December 7th Regular Meeting Preview

The Yakima City Council will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, December 7th, via Zoom. Agenda items for the December 7th regular meeting include: Announcing the Council regular meeting schedule for 2022 Adopting the 2022 Budget for the City of Yakima Discussion relating to the Transportation Benefit District, modifying transportation improvements to


Yakima Transit Offers Free Luminaria Shuttle

Yakima Transit will provide free shuttle bus service to the Yakima Area Arboretum’s 2021 Luminaria Candle-Lit Walk event on Friday, December 10th and Saturday, December 11th.  Shuttle buses will run continuously from the parking lot of the current U-Haul Neighborhood Dealer (formerly the K-Mart store parking lot), located south of Highway 24. The Arboretum is


Downtown Yakima Events Usher in the Holidays

The calendar is full of family fun holiday festivities this season in Downtown Yakima. The Holiday Lighted Parade is 6:00 pm on Sunday, December 5th. The procession will begin at 6th Avenue and continue down Yakima Avenue to 3rd Street, ending at 3rd and Walnut Street. Parade organizers anticipate about 10,000 spectators. The parade is