Since January, Bob Stewart has served as acting chief of the Yakima Fire Department. Stewart stepped into the role following the retirement of Dave Willson. After evaluating his performance over the last five months and being impressed with what he has seen, City Manager Tony O’Rourke has decided that Stewart will be the department’s next

A citywide street repaving project that began in mid May and will continue until this fall will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from June 9th through June 13th. The City is spending about $15 million dollars this year completing a “grind and overlay” project, which involves removing old and deteriorated asphalt and replacing

The installation of new connections for fire protection and domestic water service and the abandonment of some other connections will result in the overnight closure of a portion of 40th Avenue from Sunday, June 8th through Wednesday, June 11th. The section of 40th between Lincoln Avenue and Summitview Avenue will be closed from 8:00 pm

Last fall the City of Yakima welcomed a substantial contribution of $50,000 from an anonymous donor who stipulated the gift was to be used to make improvements to Randall Park, located between 44th Avenue and 48th Avenue south of Nob Hill Boulevard and north of Washington Avenue. Shortly after the initial donation was made, another

Community Development Director Steve Osguthorpe has accepted a similar job with the City of Mount Lake Terrace in Western Washington and will leave his position with the City of Yakima near the end of this month. Osguthorpe accepted the role of Community and Economic Development Director for Mount Lake Terrace after he was offered the

A citywide street repaving project that began earlier this month and will continue until this fall will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from June 2nd through June 6th. The City is spending about $15 million dollars this year completing a “grind and overlay” project, which involves removing old and deteriorated asphalt and replacing

The rebuilding of existing sections of Coolidge Road and construction of a new section of the road will result in the closure of a portion of the street to through traffic from Monday, June 2nd through the end of July. While the project is underway, Coolidge Road between 88th Avenue and 96th Avenue will be

Tree trimming along Wide Hollow Road will result in the closure of a portion of the eastbound lane of the street for most of the day on Thursday, May 29th. City of Yakima crews will be cutting back branches on trees along the roadway to improve safety in the area. As a result, the eastbound

Traffic on Tieton Drive between 59th Avenue and 72nd Avenue will be intermittently interrupted each day from Wednesday, May 28th through Friday, May 30th and again from Monday, June 2nd through Wednesday, June 4th while the westbound, outside lane of that section of Tieton is repaved.   Traffic on Tieton Drive between 59th Avenue and

The removal of an old drain will result in the temporary shutdown of the City of Yakima’s Maclaren Irrigation System during the day on Thursday, May 29th. The result of the temporary shutdown will likely be reduced irrigation water pressure to the homes served by the Maclaren system for a few hours that day. The