The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, June 18th.  Action taken by the Council on June 18th included: –   Reading of a proclamation recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Yakima Trolley system –   Asking  the Council Public Safety Committee for recommendations to deal with the presence of beggars

The Yakima Arts Commission, an advisory group appointed by the Yakima City Council, is inviting Central Washington artists to help invigorate windows of empty downtown storefronts by displaying their work as part of a new project called, “Windows Alive”. Artists living in Yakima County and Kittitas County are being encouraged to submit an application and

The intersection of 40th Avenue and Tieton Drive will be closed from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am on both Monday, June 17th and Tuesday, June 18th in order to accommodate the installation of a new wastewater line. Also, as has been the case since the project began on June 9th, Tieton Drive between 38th Avenue

The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, June 18th.  The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the June 18th agenda include: –    A proclamation recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Yakima Trolley system –    A public hearing to receive testimony from citizens concerned with the

After a successful test run last fall that was positively received by both business owners and community members, Yakima Police Department (“YPD”) Bike Patrol officers return to the streets of Downtown Yakima on Monday, June 17th.  The bike patrols will continue for about the next three months. Two YPD Bike Patrol officers at a time

A water system project associated with improvements being made to Davis High School will impact traffic on West Walnut Avenue between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue on Friday, June 14th and again from Monday, June 17th through Thursday, June 20th. On those days, Walnut between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue will be closed to all

Members of AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) Local 1122 have approved a contract agreement that does not include any pay increases for 2013 but does provide each of the 264 City of Yakima employees represented by the union a one-time cash payment, an additional paid day off, and the ability to

Three new Franklin Park facilities, the Yakima Sunrise Rotary Pavilion, the Downtown Yakima Rotary Playground, and two Southwest Yakima Rotary Picnic Shelters will be officially dedicated during a combined fundraiser and celebration on Wednesday, June 12th. Dedication of the pavilion, playground, and picnic shelters will take place during the invitation-only event at Franklin Park that

Major improvements are being made to a heavily-used section of River Road that provides access to numerous businesses as well as to Yakima School District’s Stanton Academy.  The 10-block section of River Road between 6th Avenue and 16th Avenue will be reconstructed and widened, and new curbs, gutters, sidewalks, lighting, and stormwater system infrastructure will