After a career with the City of Yakima that has spanned more than three decades, including the last 15 years in the role of Public Works Director, Chris Waarvick will retire at the end of July. Waarvick told City Manager Tony O’Rourke that he’s retiring now in order to spend more time with his family

Officers from the Yakima Police Department were dispatched to 405 W Yakima Ave, Roy’s ACE Hardware, shortly after midnight on Wednesday, June 5th for a burglary in progress.  Witnesses on scene reported hearing a crash, and watched three subjects dressed in black and wearing backpacks, run north from the business.  Officers located a large rock

The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, June 4th.  Action taken by the Council on June 4th included: –     Exempting the gambling tax on the first $15 thousand dollars for nonprofit corporations –     Approving the purchase of 74 police vehicles and replacing 70 firefighter air packs –     Clarifying

The 10th Annual Yakima Police Department Cop on Top fundraiser for Special Olympics is set to take place at Top Foods on South First Street in Union Gap on Thursday, June 6th and Friday June 7th.  (10:00am Thursday until 6:00pm Friday).  This event benefits Yakima Special Olympic athletes by enabling them to participate in a

On Monday, June 3rd and Tuesday, June 4th, traffic on I Street between 4th Avenue and 1st Avenue will be disrupted while City of Yakima crews complete a water system project. On Monday, June 3rd, intermittent lane closures will occur on that section of I Street.  Flaggers will be on site to alert drivers and

The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, June 4th.  The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the June 4th agenda include: –    A public hearing to consider adoption of the six-year Transportation Improvement Program –    A report on gambling tax on nonprofit corporations –    Consideration of

Beginning on Monday, June 3rd, two sections of J Street will be closed to through traffic while the roadway is paved in connection with a wastewater line installation project. The four-block section of J Street between 16th Avenue and 20th Avenue and the two-block section of J Street between 6th Avenue and 8th Avenue will

The closure of the one-block section of 8th Avenue between Mead Avenue and Logan Avenue will remain in effect most likely through the first week of June while a grind and overlay paving project is being completed. The closure, which began on May 8th, has been extended because additional work on utility lines in the

The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, May 21st.  Action taken by the Council on May 21st included: –     Setting a June 16th, 2013 public hearing date for enhanced regulations of panhandlers in the City of Yakima –     Continuation of a six-month moratorium on new permit applications for