Photo of the Week – Nite Lites – 12-6-13
Traffic on Yakima Avenue adds color to the newly restrung tree lights and Christmas decorations that adorn streets in Downtown Yakima.
Traffic on Yakima Avenue adds color to the newly restrung tree lights and Christmas decorations that adorn streets in Downtown Yakima.
John Woodersen stands by as Clyde the blue spruce (named by his late wife Sandy) is placed at the Millennium Plaza by Yakima Parks & Recreation workers where the tree will serve as the 2013 Yakima Community Christmas Tree.
As temperatures dip into the teens in Yakima, Extreme winter weather shelters provide a warm alternative for area homeless.
The headstone of Yakima’s only Medal of Honor recipient, Staff Sergeant Jack James Pendleton, sits off from the military section at Tahoma Cemetery. S Sgt. Pendleton was honored this weekend with a Street named for him in Downtown Yakima.
David Greene admires the official Capitol Christmas Tree making its way to Washington DC as our state’s gift to the nation.
Trick or Treaters exit the porch of a “haunted” house on W. Yakima Avenue. This area is one of the City’s most popular trick or treating locations in town.
Cars wait at the cross arms on Yakima Avenue as a Burlington Northern train rolls by.
Construction of a new McDonald’s takes shape at the intersection of 1st Street & Yakima Avenue.
Denise Risley’s painting fills an empty store window in Downtown Yakima as part of the Windows Alive! project.