Beginning on Monday, August 17th, the section of Pacific Avenue between 6th Street and 3rd Street will be closed to traffic for about two weeks while a road improvement project is underway. The project includes grinding and overlaying the road surface along the section of Pacific Avenue. The project is expected to be completed by

Lions Pool, an indoor facility owned and operated by the City of Yakima, will be closed for a little more than two weeks beginning in the middle of August so that needed annual maintenance on the pool can be performed. Lions Pool will be closed from 1:00 pm on Friday, August 14th until 6:00 am

Installation of a water line will result in the closure of Englewood Avenue between North 22nd Avenue and North 20th Avenue on Wednesday, August 12th. The work will begin at 6:00 am and should be completed by 3:30 pm. Detours around the construction site will be available, but because of heavy traffic volume in the

The fifth count of ballots from the 2015 Primary Election has done little to change results from the most recent count on Friday of last week. The top two vote getters in each race move on to the November 8th General Election. In Yakima City Council District 1, Dulce Gutiérrez still has 80.76% (361 votes)

Repairs to a utility access cover will disrupt traffic along a portion of the westbound lanes of Nob Hill Boulevard and a section of 10th Avenue on Tuesday, August 11th. The work will begin at 6:00 am and should be completed within two or three hours. About 120 feet of the westbound outside lane on

Water service repairs will disrupt traffic in the eastbound lanes of a portion of West Nob Hill Boulevard on Tuesday, August 11th. The work will begin at 5:00 am and should be completed by 3:30 pm. The eastbound and westbound lanes of Nob Hill Boulevard between South 28th Avenue and South 26th Avenue will be

The fourth count of ballots from the 2015 Primary Election has been completed and, with one notable exception, trends established on election night in races for the six Yakima City Council positions continue to hold. The top two vote getters in each race move on to the November 8th General Election. In Yakima City Council

A third count of ballots from the 2015 Primary Election has been completed and not much has changed in races for the six Yakima City Council positions from where things stood after yesterday’s second count. Only the top two vote getters in each race move on to the November 8th General Election. In Yakima City

The second count of returns for the 2015 Primary Election had little effect on the six Yakima City Council positions being contested when compared to the initial count on election night. Only the top two vote getters in each race move on to the November 8th General Election. In Yakima City Council District 1, Dulce

The first returns of the 2015 Primary Election are giving an early indication of which of the 23 candidates for six Yakima City Council positions being contested will advance to the General Election on November 8th. Only the top two vote getters in each race move on to the General Election. The Yakima County Auditor’s