Yesterday brought several inches of snow to the Yakima area. As a result, City of Yakima crews will work to clear remaining snow from roadways throughout today and this evening. To help make removing snow as efficient and safe as possible along designated snow routes, the City is requiring car owners to remove their vehicles
Please be aware that a “Snow Alert” has been issued by the City of Yakima. When a snowfall reaches three inches in depth, which it now has, a “Snow Alert” is issued, triggering a series of steps to more efficiently and effectively get streets cleared of snow as quickly as possible. A key part of
Articles in the December 2015 City of Yakima Issues Brief e-Newsletter include – Refuse Rates Increasing for First Time in Eight Years – Help Keep Yakima Safe When Winter Weather Hits – Take Steps to Prevent Winter Home Fires. See the December 2015 City of Yakima Issues Brief e-Newsletter
Four newly-elected Yakima City Council members and three returning incumbents will be officially sworn in during a special Council meeting on Wednesday, December 9th at 1:00 pm. The special meeting will take place in the City Council Chambers at Yakima City Hall. Dulce Gutiérrez, Avina Gutiérrez, Carmen Méndez, and Holly Cousens, the four newly-elected Council
Combined, they have attended nearly 1000 City Council meetings and served on a total of more than 80 boards and committees. Each has contributed significantly to ensuring that critically needed investments were made in public services and infrastructure over the last few years. And on Tuesday, December 8th, each will attend their final official business
The calendar is full of family fun holiday festivities this season in Downtown Yakima. On Friday, November 27th Yakima’s Community Christmas Tree will serve as the centerpiece during a free Light Up the Plaza celebration at Millennium Plaza. The event will start at 6:00 pm with a musical performance by Tim Snider (6:00 pm –
About an hour after it was issued, a “Snow Alert” has been cancelled by the City of Yakima. Weather conditions have changed significantly enough to allow the alert to be cancelled. Snow has essentially stopped falling and temperatures are predicted to warm up from now until later this afternoon. “The City followed its protocol in
The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, November 17th, 2015. Action taken by the Council on November 17th included: – Approving three cold weather shelters in the city – Amending the North 1st Street project construction schedule – Approving a 0.25% increase in the 2016 property tax levy
Now that Emergency Cold Weather Shelters are operating, the City of Yakima will begin encouraging homeless campers to take advantages of the services offered at the shelters, which are being run by Yakima Neighborhood Health Services. Any encampments, tents, or other temporary shelters will be moved and the people living there will be directed to
A power outage in Downtown Yakima is preventing telecast of tonight’s Yakima City Council meeting on Y-PAC. Our apologies. We are working to fix the problem, but are reliant on Pacific Power to make repairs before we can fix the issues on our end. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
