The City of Yakima’s popular Yak Back app will be unavailable next Monday, December 13th, while the City’s Information Technology Services staff update the program. Work next Monday will include upgrading Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as well as updating GIS security. As a result, GIS and mapping services on the City website will not be
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Yakima City Council Dec. 7th Regular Meeting Review
The Yakima City Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, December 7th. Action taken by the Council included: Adopting the 2022 Budget for the City of Yakima Adding 66th Avenue and Englewood Avenue intersection, Nob Hill Boulevard from 34th Avenue to 44th Avenue and intersection of 40th Avenue and Chestnut Avenue to the Transportation Benefit
Yakima City Council Approves 2022 Budget
The Yakima City Council approved the City’s 2022 budget during its regular meeting last night, Tuesday, December 7th. The 2022 budget calls for $293,669,112 in total spending, including $69,951,160 for the General Fund. The 2022 budget achieves the following: Establishes equipment replacement reserves for Police vehicles and Fire apparatus. Increases Clean City funding in order
Say Yes! COVID Test Program Offers Free, Rapid, Self-Administered Tests to Individuals in Yakima County to Reduce COVID-19 Spread
Yakima County has been chosen to participate in the national initiative Say Yes! COVIDTest At-Home Testing program, which provides households with access to free, rapid COVID-19 testkits that they can self-administer. Say Yes! COVID Test encourages individuals to use the tests to reducethe spread of COVID-19 and keep the community healthy. Individuals in Yakima County
El programa ¡Decir que sí! Prueba de COVID ofrece pruebas gratuitas, rápidas yadministradas por usted mismo a personas en el condado de Yakima para reducir lapropagación de COVID-19
El condado de Yakima ha sido elegido para participar en la iniciativa nacionaldel programa de pruebas ¡Decir que sí! Prueba de COVID en el hogar, que brinda a los hogaresacceso a kits de prueba rápidos y gratuitos de COVID-19 que pueden ser administradas por ustedmismo. ¡Decir que sí! La prueba COVID anima a las personas
Yakima City Council December 7th Regular Meeting Preview
The Yakima City Council will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, December 7th, via Zoom. Agenda items for the December 7th regular meeting include: Announcing the Council regular meeting schedule for 2022 Adopting the 2022 Budget for the City of Yakima Discussion relating to the Transportation Benefit District, modifying transportation improvements to
Water Line Work to Restrict Traffic on Washington Avenue
Water line work will result in traffic restrictions on Washington Avenue between 16th Avenue and Cornell Avenue starting Monday, December 6th, through Friday, December 10th. Work on the project will begin at 7:00 am and last until 3:30 pm each week day. City of Yakima water customers in the project area can expect water
Yakima Health District News Release: COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses Available for All Adults 18 Years and Older
On November 29, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expanded its COVID-19 vaccine booster dose eligibility to include all adults 18 years and older. Starting today, the Yakima Health District mobile vaccine teams will begin administering Pfizer COVID-19 booster doses to all adults 18 years and older. Individuals who received the Pfizer
Dec. 2021 Issues Brief e-Newsletter
Click the following link for the December 2021 City of Yakima Issues Brief e-Newsletter – Issues Brief is published monthly by the City of Yakima Community Relations Office.
Yakima Transit Offers Free Luminaria Shuttle
Yakima Transit will provide free shuttle bus service to the Yakima Area Arboretum’s 2021 Luminaria Candle-Lit Walk event on Friday, December 10th and Saturday, December 11th. Shuttle buses will run continuously from the parking lot of the current U-Haul Neighborhood Dealer (formerly the K-Mart store parking lot), located south of Highway 24. The Arboretum is
