SunComm, the 9-1-1 and dispatch center serving the City and County of Yakima, is implementing a new application called Smart911. This is a free, subscription-based service that allows the public to provide additional information to the 9-1-1 call taker. The primary focus of this program is households with residents who have special needs. A household
Effective Monday, June 14th, Yakima Transit is revising Route 4 to serve Chuck Austin Place, 1703 Tahoma Avenue, a new housing development and service hub for veterans. Instead of turning on to Mead Avenue from 16th Avenue, Route 4 will continue down 16th Avenue and turn on Washington Avenue. Route 4 will then turn on
The public will have its first look at the recently completed Yakima Convention Center expansion project during an open house from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm this Friday, May 14th. During the open house, community members are invited to tour the expansion and ask questions of Convention Center staff. The Yakima Convention Center is located
Water line work will result in traffic restrictions on South 3rd Avenue between Mead Avenue and Logan Avenue starting Monday, May 10th, through Thursday May 13th. Work on the project will begin at 7:00 am and last until 3:30 pm each day. Traffic will be limited to one lane in both directions in the project
Click the following link for the May 2021 City of Yakima Issues Brief e-Newsletter – Issues Brief is published monthly by the City of Yakima Community Relations Office.
The Yakima City Council held a regular meeting yesterday, Tuesday, May 4th. Action taken by the Council yesterday included: Approving extension of Mayoral Proclamation declaring an emergency order due to COVID-19 Issuing a Missing and Unidentified Persons Awareness Month Proclamation Receiving a presentation by Northwest Harvest regarding its new Yakima campus Supporting the Energy Innovation
Water line work will result in temporary water outages and traffic restrictions on South 1st Street between Mead Avenue and Washington Avenue on Thursday, May 6th and Friday, May 7th. Work on the project will begin at 7:00 am and last until 3:30 pm on Thursday and from 3:00 am to 11:00 am on Friday.
Traffic will be restricted at the intersection of 3rd Street and Lincoln Avenue on Wednesday morning, May 5th, for traffic signal improvements. Traffic at the intersection will be restricted to one lane in each direction during the project work hours of 8:00 am to 11:30 am this Wednesday. Temporary stop signs will be in place
The Yakima City Council will hold a regular meeting via Zoom at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, May 4th. Agenda items for the May 4th regular meeting include: Resolution approving extension of Mayoral Proclamation declaring an emergency order, if the Mayor issues a proclamation extending the civil emergency proclamation and order due to COVID-19 Issuing a
Local children will have an opportunity to improve their soccer skills during a clinic next month at Washington Fruit Community Center, 602 N. 4th Street. The center is located at Miller Park. Yakima Parks and Recreation will offer the soccer clinic from 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm each day on May 11-13. It is available
