Yakima City Council Meeting Preview

The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the March 3rd agenda include –    Recognition of retiring fire department secretary Rita Mantey –    A public hearing on adoption of the Yakima Airport Master Plan –   


2015 Yard Waste Pick Up Service To Begin

It is that time of year again when the City of Yakima Refuse Division resumes weekly collection of yard waste. The service will start next week and continue until the end of November. More than a quarter of Yakima’s 25,000 refuse customers voluntarily subscribe to the yard waste pick up service, which costs $2.96 a


Allied Arts Building to be Razed this Weekend

The longtime home of the Warehouse Theatre Company, a gallery that often featured the work of local artists, multiple classrooms, and the offices of the non-profit Allied Arts of Yakima Valley will be razed on Saturday, February 28th. Demolition of the building is expected to begin around 8:00 am that day. More than a year


Parking Lot Project to Impact Traffic on 40th Avenue

Traffic along a one-block portion of 40th Avenue near Fisher Park Golf Course will be impacted today, Friday, and next Monday while work associated with a golf course parking lot project is underway. The outside northbound lane of 40th Avenue in front of the golf course will be closed from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm


Yakima City Council Meeting Review

The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, February 17th, 2015. Action taken by the Council on February 17th included: –   Approval of $100,000 for marketing and operational expenses at the Yakima Valley SunDome –   Rejecting a public advisory vote on the proposed Yakima downtown plaza –   Establishing


Yakima City Council Meeting Preview

The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, February 17th, 2015. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the February 17th agenda include: –    Council direction on potential and pending items before the state legislature –    Establishing no parking zones along parade routes –    A


February 2015 City of Yakima Issues Brief

The February 2015 edition of the City of Yakima Issues Brief e-Newsletter includes the following articles: Generosity of Local Service Clubs Makes a Big Difference for Parks – Procurement Manager Named to Organization’s Leadership Post – City Program Repairs Homes of Senior and Disabled Residents. Click on the link below to see the February 2015


Cleaning of Brick Pavers Will Impact Traffic on North Front Street

Traffic on a two-block section of North Front Street will be impacted while brick pavers in the Historic District are cleaned on February 17th and 18th. Crews from the City of Yakima Streets Division will be cleaning the brick pavers in the southbound lane of North Front Street between Yakima Avenue and MLK, Jr. Boulevard


Irrigation System Improvements Nearly Complete

P.O.W. Contracting, Inc., a Pasco-based construction firm, is the primary contractor for an approximately $980,000 project that will improve the irrigation system in several neighborhoods in Yakima.  Work on the West Yakima Irrigation System Phase 2 Improvements project is nearly complete and will be finished in time for the start of the 2015 irrigation season