Our photo of the week features the City of Yakima at a glance for the year 2025.

Yakima Parks & Recreation staff will host the 6th annual drive-thru Letters to Santa event on Dec. 13th at the Public Works facility. Like last year, Mrs. Claus will be on hand to greet families as they drop off their letters for Saint Nick. Visit www.yakimawa.gov for more about this and other events in Yakima

This week’s photo shows a bee attracted to sunflowers near downtown Yakima.

This aerial photo courtesy of Yakima Police Department looks west on Yakima Avenue, showing traffic during a Cruisin’ the Ave event on July 19th.

A dream years in the making was realized Thursday, June 19th, when the Aquatic Center at Martin Luther King Jr. Park opened to the public following a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Learn more about this project, and community support that made it possible, at Aquatic Center Now Open! | Points of Interest

This week’s photo shows Yakima City Councilmembers congratulating Police Chief Shawn Boyle after he was sworn into office on Tuesday, Feb. 4th.

Fall colors are in abundance at the Yakima Area Arboretum!

A photo of hops adorns a utility box along 40th Avenue. It’s one in a series of utility boxes that have been wrapped in artwork throughout the City of Yakima. Visit Yakima Arts Commission | City Council (yakimawa.gov) for more about this and other community art projects within the city.