Lighting upgrades have been completed for the westside parking lot at the City of Yakima’s West Valley Community Park. The project is in response to a public safety forum the City Council hosted Dec. 10th at the Harman Center. The City of Yakima’s Traffic Operations Signals and Lighting staff completed parking lot upgrades at West … Continued

Changes made recently by the Washington State Legislature require cities to adopt new business license regulation language and for the new language to take effect January 2019.  In the fall of this year, the Yakima City Council followed the new state law and approved revisions to the City’s business license regulations.  As a result, people … Continued

City of Yakima crews are conducting emergency repairs on a water main break today, Wednesday, at the intersection of East Mead Avenue and South 1st Street. Customers on South 1st Street between Mead Avenue and Lindy Lane will experience water outages today until the repairs are completed. Northbound traffic on South 1stStreet is restricted to one … Continued

Many of the City of Yakima’s facilities will be closed the next two Tuesdays, December 25th, 2018 and January 1st, 2019 for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. That includes City Hall, Y-PAC, and Parks and Recreation offices. Business offices for the Police and Fire Departments will be closed. Emergency services will remain available. The … Continued

A tree removal project will impact traffic on a portion of Naches Avenue and a portion of Yakima Avenue during the day from Monday, December 17th through Thursday, December 20th. As a result of the project, Naches Avenue will be closed between Yakima Avenue and Chestnut Avenue from7:00 am to 3:00 pm from December 17th … Continued

At about 9:45 pm on Friday,December 14th, Yakima Police Department (“YPD”) officers responded to report of a reckless driver in the general area of 40thAvenue and Summitview Avenue.   Shortly after the report was received, YPD officers and Yakima County Sheriff’s office (“YSO”)deputies located the suspect vehicle, which had no lights on, in the area of … Continued

The Yakima City Council is seeking volunteers interested in serving on City of Yakima boards,committees, and commissions. The Arts Commission, Community Review Board and Bicycle/Pedestrian Committee each have one available position.  The Historic Preservation Commission and the Board of Appeals currently have two available openings. It is the responsibility of the City Council to appoint … Continued

Community members can keep in shape and help hungry families during a recreational swim program at the City of Yakima’s Lions Pool, 509 West Pine Street. The holiday recreation swimming program is 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm from Monday, December 17th, through Friday, December 21st. Each swimmer who brings a non-perishable food item during that … Continued

The Yakima City Council held a regular meeting yesterday, Tuesday, December 11th. Action by the Council yesterday included: Issuing a Homeless Persons Memorial proclamation. Accepting the 2019 budget for the City of Yakima, with the exception of eliminating the public education fire captain position and transferring the salary savings to reserves. Announcing the City Council’s … Continued