An effort by the City of Yakima to boost the number of people flying into and out of the Yakima Airport in order to convince Alaska Airlines to add a fourth daily flight between Yakima and Seattle has paid off. A marketing campaign called FLYYKM, which the City launched last spring, helped the Yakima Airport
The removal of several trees along a one-block section of Peach Street will result in the daytime closure of that portion of Peach Street on Wednesday, April 22nd, Thursday, April 23rd, and Friday, April 24th. While City of Yakima crews are removing the trees, Peach Street between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue will be closed
Paving activities will occur on Nob Hill Boulevard between South 1st Street and South 6th Street, on Monday, April 20th, resulting in a nighttime closure of the two eastbound travel lanes and center turn lane. A detour will be posted at South 1st Street and South 6th Street. Construction activities may temporarily affect homeowners and
Repairs to a manhole will result in the closure of eastbound and westbound inside lanes on a section East Nob Hill Boulevard just west of the Fair Avenue intersection on Monday, April 20th. The work will begin at 6:00 am and should be completed within two or three hours. About 120 feet of both inside
Traffic signals at the intersection of Fair Avenue and Nob Hill Boulevard will be shut down temporarily during the day on Sunday, April 19th for a few hours while work is done to replace the signal cabinet at that location. City of Yakima crews will be installing a signal cabinet from 8:00 am until about
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Since it opened in early December last year, the first dog park built by the City of Yakima has been being enjoyed by dogs big and small and their owners. The Randall Park Dog Park, however, still needed a few finishing touches before it was officially done, and those final details had to wait to
P.O.W. Contracting, Inc., a Pasco-based construction firm, is the primary contractor for an approximately $980,000 project that has improved the irrigation system in several neighborhoods in Yakima. Work on the West Yakima Irrigation System Phase 2 Improvements project, which began in November of 2014, is nearly complete. The contractor has completed the installation of all
The installation of new sewer service will result in daytime closure of a portion of Lincoln Avenue on Monday, April 13th. Lincoln between 60th Avenue and 63rd Avenue will be closed to all traffic from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm on April 13th. Detour routes will be in place to allow drivers to avoid the
Repairs to a water line will result in the closure of East Viola Avenue between South 18th Street and South 19th Street on Thursday, April 9th. The work will begin at 7:00 am and should be completed by 3:30 pm. Detours around the construction site will be available, but because of heavy traffic volume in
