This Wednesday, August 7th, City of Yakima crews will continue a series of traffic signal head upgrades at intersections this summer. Crews will be at the intersection of 16th Avenue and Yakima Avenue. As with previous signal upgrades, work will begin at 6:30 am tomorrow and be complete by 12:00 pm. The intersection will be
The Yakima City Council will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 pm on Monday, August 5th, 2024. The meeting has been moved from the usual first Tuesday night of the month due to National Night Out activities planned the evening of Tuesday, August 6th, 2024. Agenda items for the August 5th regular meeting include: ·
Lions Pool, an indoor facility owned and operated by the City of Yakima, is closed from Monday, August 5th, through Sunday, August 18th, so needed annual maintenance on the pool can be performed. Yakima Parks & Recreation crews are sprucing up several parts of the facility during the closure. General maintenance and repairs will be
This Wednesday, July 31st, City of Yakima crews will continue a series of traffic signal head upgrades at intersections this summer. Crews will be at the intersection of 1st Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. As with previous signal upgrades, work will begin at 6:30 am tomorrow and be complete by 12:00 pm. The
Four months after he was named Acting Community and Economic Development (CED) Director, Bill Preston P.E. has been appointed to serve in that capacity on a permanent basis. Preston’s role as the City of Yakima CED Director was effective July 17th. Preston began serving as acting director on March 18th, following his appointment by Interim
This Wednesday, July 24th, City of Yakima crews will continue a series of traffic signal head upgrades at intersections this summer. Crews will be at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. As with the other signal upgrades, work will begin at 6:30 am tomorrow and be complete by 12:00 pm.
Starting Monday, July 22nd, Russell Crane will remove the Buckingham apartment building that sustained significant fire damage earlier this year. As a result, Naches Avenue will be closed 24/7 between East Walnut Street and East Spruce Street from 6:00 am Monday through Friday, July 26th. From July 29th through August 23rd, this section of Naches
The Yakima City Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, July 16th. Action taken during the Council meeting included: Click the following to watch on-demand Y-PAC coverage of the July 16th Council meeting – Yakima City Council 07-16-24 (yakimawa.gov) The July 16th Yakima City Council regular meeting airs on Yakima Public Affairs Channel (Y-PAC), Charter
During its regular meeting tonight, the Yakima City Council announced Vicki Baker will be the next Yakima city manager. Baker was one of three finalists for the city manager job. The other finalists were Franklin County, Washington County Administrator Mike Gonzalez and Wellton, Arizona Town Manager Richard Marsh, Jr. The finalists were interviewed by the
Work on Phase 3 of North 1st Street revitalization reaches a milestone Wednesday, July 17th, when traffic will be switched over to the recently paved east half of the roadway. This third phase of North 1st Street revitalization includes Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to I Street. Work began in February 2024 and incudes replacing
