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

The Yakima City Council will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, July 16th, 2024. Agenda items for the July 16th regular meeting include: Click the following link for the entire July 16th meeting agenda packet – Agenda – Default (granicus_production_attachments.s3.amazonaws.com) The meeting will be held via Zoom and in person at Yakima

The Yakima Arts Commission is seeking applications for the 2024-25 fall/winter Downtown Yakima Windows Alive! project. The deadline is 5:00 pm on Friday, August 30th. The goal is to have the show ready for Friday, October 4th. Windows Alive! enables talented artists and groups of artists to display their works and at the same time

The City of Yakima Streets Division will begin its annual chip sealing program on Monday, July 15th. This year’s project will be completed in the following order: The project is expected to last about eight weeks and should conclude approximately the first week of September. Crews will be working in the project areas from 6:00

A project to replace the existing water main and services along a section of South 2nd Avenue is nearing completion. The existing 12-inch, 100-year-old cast-iron water main is being replaced with a new 12-inch ductile iron water main, including new system valves, fire hydrants and water services.  Replacement will greatly reduce any on-going maintenance or