Yakima City Council January 8th Regular Meeting Preview

The Yakima City Council will hold its first regular meeting of 2019 at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, January 8th in Council Chambers at Yakima City Hall, 129 North 2nd Street. Agenda items for the January 8th regular meeting include: Issuing a School Board Recognition Month proclamation. Appointing a member to the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee. … Continued

Harman Center Publishes Winter Newsletter

A free Shakespeare production, a second annual iron chef event, projects to help the community, and much more are included in the Winter 2019 Newsletter published by the City of Yakima’s Harman Center at Gailleon Park. The newsletter covers activities at the center scheduled during January, February, and March. It includes event announcements, as well … Continued

High School Seniors Encouraged to Apply for $1000 AWC Scholarship

The City of Yakima is encouraging area high school seniors to apply for a $1000 scholarship being offered by the Association of Washington Cities (“AWC”).  The AWC 2019 Center for Quality Communities Scholarship will be awarded to six high school seniors in spring 2019. Application packets can be downloaded from the City of Yakima website … Continued

9-1-1 Service for SunComm Operational – Service Testing Continues

Emergency calls to 9-1-1 are directly reaching the SunComm center that serves several first responder agencies in Yakima County, but additional testing is being conducted to ensure intermittent outages experienced early this morning after a major outage occurred last night are completely resolved.  If an outage occurs again, or if anyone calling 9-1-1 gets a … Continued

Yakima Parks and Recreation Issues Winter/Spring 2019 Guide

April Pools Day (a free family swim activity), youth soccer and winter co-rec volleyball are just a few of the seasonal offerings available in the 2019 Winter/Spring Program Guide issued recently by Yakima Parks and Recreation. The 16-page guide is available at Yakima Parks and Recreation offices (2301 Fruitvale Boulevard), as well as online at … Continued

9-1-1 Service Restored to SunComm

Emergency calls to 9-1-1 are again directly reaching the SunComm center that serves several first responder agencies in Yakima County.  On Thursday evening, an outage that originated with CenturyLink resulted in SunComm switching to a backup phone number.  Emergencies could also be reported during the outage by texting 9-1-1. The outage affected 9-1-1 calling capabilities … Continued

SunComm Being Affected by 9-1-1 Outage Occurring Across U.S.

Emergency calls to 9-1-1 at the SunComm center that serves several first responder agencies in Yakima County is being affected by an outage that is being attributed to an as yet undetermined issue originating with Century Link. Until the Century Link issues are resolved, people in Yakima County can call 509-457-0207.  Calls will then be … Continued

Refuse Division Seeks Public’s Help During Winter Weather

To provide the best service possible, the City of Yakima’s Refuse Division is asking customers during winter weather to do the following: Make sure garbage carts are accessible and clear of all snow and ice at the curbside Keep a 36-inch-wide path around the carts to enable equipment to safely pick them up If your … Continued

Repair Project to Impact Traffic on Terrace Heights Drive

Both eastbound and westbound traffic on a section of Terrace Heights Drive will be reduced to one lane tomorrow, Thursday, for a City of Yakima project to repair a concrete barrier. Traffic restrictions will be in place from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm tomorrow on Terrace Heights Drive from 18th Street to the Yakima city … Continued