The Yakima City Council will hold its last regular meeting of 2018 at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, December 11th in Council Chambers at Yakima City Hall, 129 North 2nd Street. Agenda items for the December 11th regular meeting include: Issuing a Homeless Persons Memorial proclamation. Adopting the 2019 budget for the City of Yakima. Receiving
The Yakima City Council will host a public safety forum at 5:30 pm on Monday, December 10th, at the Harman Center, 101 North 65th Avenue. Councilmember Holly Cousens (District 7) called for the forum during the City Council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, December 4th. The Council approved the forum during the December 4th meeting. “I
The Yakima City Council held a regular meeting yesterday, Tuesday, December 4th. Action by the Council yesterday included: Terminating all work associated with the Central Plaza project. Approving a capital facility needs and feasibility study for Lions Pool, Franklin Pool, the Henry Beauchamp Community Center, the Washington Fruit Community Center, and a possible new outdoor
A stormwater maintenance project will impact traffic on a section of Powerhouse Road from Tuesday, December 4th through Wednesday, December 5th. Powerhouse will be closed between 24th Avenue and 26th Avenue from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm each day while the project is ongoing. Detour routes around the project area will be available. Drivers are
The Yakima City Council will hold its next regular meeting at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, December 4th in Council Chambers at Yakima City Hall, 129 North 2nd Street. Agenda items for the December 4th regular meeting include: Holding a second public hearing on the 2019 Preliminary Budget for the City of Yakima. Taking next steps
Water service line repairs will result in traffic restrictions on North 2nd Street between Staff Sgt Pendleton Way and East Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard from Monday, December 3rd through Friday, December 7th. Work on the project will begin at 7:00 am and last until 3:30 pm each day. Traffic will be restricted in both
A media event at 3:30 pm tomorrow, Friday, November 30th, will mark the transfer of a fire engine from the Yakima Fire Department to Morelia, Mexico. It will be held at Yakima Fire Station No. 95, 807 E. Nob Hill Boulevard. The Yakima-Morelia Sister City Association (Y-MSCA) purchased the retired fire engine from the City
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued an air stagnation advisory for the Yakima area that is in effect through 12:00 pm on Friday, November 30th. The advisory was issued this morning, Wednesday, due to a surface inversion that is allowing pollutants to become trapped. Poor air quality may cause issues for those with respiratory
Yakima Transit will provide free shuttle bus service to the Yakima Area Arboretum’s 2018 Luminaria Candle-Lit Walk event on Friday, December 7th and Saturday, December 8th. 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
The calendar is full of family fun holiday festivities this season in Downtown Yakima. It all begins this Saturday, December 1st, with free horse wagon rides that begin and end at the Community Christmas Tree at Millennium Plaza. Offered every 20 to 25 minutes on a first-come, first-served basis, the rides are provided by the
