Mid-October fall foliage frames a photo looking out over the City of Yakima’s Chesterley Park.

Preparations will get underway in October for work on Phase 1 of the Cowiche Canyon Trail project. Click https://www.yakimawa.gov/media/cowiche-canyon-trail-project/ for details and a timeline for the City of Yakima project.

Yakima Parks & Recreation partnered with local Rotarians to install a new playground at Martin Luther King Jr. Park on Saturday, Sept. 19. The equipment was provided by local Rotary Clubs, who joined the City for a groundbreaking ceremony in February to celebrate the new playground. The installation was scheduled for April, but delayed due

Masks and social distancing are among the precautions during the Downtown Yakima Farmers Market, held from 9 am to 1 pm each Sunday in front of the Capitol Theatre. Click https://downtownyakimafarmersmarket.com/farmers-market-shopper-behavior-expectations/ for more about what to expect at market in response to COVID-19.

Thousands of flags at Chesterley Park symbolize each person in Yakima Coutny with COVID-19. Red flags for those diagnosed, black flags for those who died from the virus.

A bright mural now decorates the entire side of a building in the 100 block of South 4th Street in Downtown Yakima.

Sofie Zepeada cools off from the summer heat in Yakima this week.

These hanging flower baskets in Downtown Yakima are reminders that summer sun brings warm weather, blue skies and plenty of seasonal blossoms to the area.

The Yakima School District (YSD) Class of 2020 is celebrated in this aerial photo provided by Clem See of YSD. Graduates from around the area are also being honored with special programming on Yakima Community Television (YCTV), Charter Spectrum Channel 192. YCTV is airing special videos several local schools created for their graduates. Click https://videos.yakimawa.gov/CablecastPublicSite/schedule