Water service repairs will disrupt traffic in the northbound lanes of 16th Avenue on Wednesday, September 17th. The work will begin at 6:00 am and should be completed by 3:30 pm. South 16th Avenue between Plath and Logan Avenue will be restricted to one lane going north. Because of heavy traffic volume, motorists can expect
A citywide street repaving project that began in May and will continue until this fall will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from September 15th through September 19th. The project involves reconditioning more than 90 lane miles of roads and will cost a total of $15 million. The “grind and overlay” project is now
Water service repairs will disrupt traffic in the northbound lanes of 16th Avenue on Tuesday, September 16th. The work will begin at 6:00 am and should be completed by 3:30 pm. South 16th Avenue between Nob Hill Boulevard and Prasch Avenue will be restricted to one lane going north. Because of heavy traffic volume, motorists
A crowd gathers as the acrid smoke pours out of the newly constructed Central Washington Tour Home. Fortunately, this is only a simulation and the City of Yakima Fire Department is on hand to show visitors how to safely evacuate the home. Additionally, the Red Cross is on site to ensure that visitors go home
Water service repairs will disrupt traffic at the intersection of 16th Avenue and Nob Hill Boulevard on Wednesday, September 10th. The work will begin at 6:00 am and should be completed by 3:30 pm. While the project is underway, traffic will be restricted to one northbound lane on 16th Avenue and one eastbound lane on
A citywide street repaving project that began about four months ago and will continue until this fall will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from September 8th through September 12th. The project involves reconditioning more than 90 lane miles of roads and will cost a total of $15 million. The “grind and overlay” project
A four-block section of Lincoln Avenue will be closed to all traffic for most of each day from Monday, September 8th through Friday, September 18th while crews repair and repave the street. Lincoln between 52nd Avenue and 56th Avenue will be closed from 6:00 am to 4:00 pm while the project is underway. Detour routes
A citywide street repaving project that began about four months ago and will continue until this fall will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from September 2nd through September 5th. The project involves reconditioning more than 90 lane miles of roads and will cost a total of $15 million. The “grind and overlay” project
Even though the data that’s been compiled during a four-month pilot curbside recycling program that the City of Yakima’s Refuse & Recycling Division conducted is still being tabulated and analyzed, all indications are that the experiment was a success. From early May through August 29th, about 540 homeowners in neighborhoods east and north of Kissel
The decision to split this year’s Lunchtime Live concert series into two sessions in order to avoid the hottest part of the summer seems to have been a fortuitous one. The last few months have seen record high temperatures. Now that the weather is cooling off a bit, the series will once again fill Downtown
