Preliminary work on the long-awaited North 1st Street Revitalization project will likely get underway later this week and more construction activity will be taking place starting early next week. Tapani Inc, based in Battleground, Washington, is the general contractor for Phase 1 of the three-phase project. Tapani crews will begin saw cutting pavement this Thursday,

A 25-year-old man died Friday night at a house on East Race Street in what police suspect to be a homicide. Yakima police were dispatched to a home located at 604 East Race Street at about 5:15 pm Friday.  After entering the house, officers discovered the deceased 25-year-old man in a bedroom.  He had apparently

One person was injured and approximately 40 people were evacuated this morning, Wednesday, due to a fire at an apartment building on South 4th Street near Downtown Yakima. (It is the practice of the Yakima Fire Department to not release the specific address of a private home involved in a fire or other emergency response)

The U.S. Census Bureau is encouraging people who live in the Yakima area to apply for a temporary job with the bureau to help make sure data collected during the 2020 Census is as accurate as possible. The bureau is in the process of hiring thousands of workers to assist with the census next year. 

Work on a concrete median will result in traffic being impacted on a section of 40th Avenue and a section of Powerhouse Road on Friday, February 22nd from 9:00 am to 11:00 am.  Traffic on 40th Avenue near Powerhouse Road will be restricted to one lane in each direction while the project is underway.  The

After a two-week weather delay, a project to replace existing water and sewer mains along a section of Hathaway Street will begin Thursday, February 14th. The project limits on Hathaway Street are from North 6th Avenue to North 16th Avenue.  P.O.W. Contracting, Inc. of Pasco will begin construction near Elks Park on February 14th by

A Snow Route Alert issued by the City of Yakima on Saturday, February 9th has been cancelled.  The City issues a Snow Route Alert when necessary to provide notice to drivers to remove their vehicles from designated snow routes in order to allow snow to be plowed from roads as efficiently and safely as possible.

A Snow Route Alert issued by the City of Yakima on Sunday, February 10th remains in effect.  The alert will remain in effect until further notice.  A key part of the Snow Route Alert protocol is to let drivers know they need to move their vehicles from designated snow routes.  The City is requiring drivers

With winter weather continuing to impact the Yakima area, Yakima City Manager Cliff Moore will hold a news conference today at 1:00 pm in the Council Chambers at Yakima City Hall (129 N. 2nd Street) to discuss the effects heavy snow, low temperatures, high winds and other severe conditions are having on the community. “The

NOTICE OF YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING FEBRUARY 12, 2019 @ 11 AM RATIFY DECLARATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY COUNCIL CHAMBERS – CITY HALL 129 N. 2ND STREET A complete meeting agenda and other related items are posted on the City’s website at www.yakimawa.gov.  Other locations to review this information are the Yakima Central Library