Jean Stotts is so annoyed about the sidewalks in her Yakima neighborhood that she recently attended a City Council meeting to complain about it. Stotts lives in the 1000 block of South Sixth Street, one of the city's older neighborhoods, but by no means...
Classified staff wants same raise as teachers - TOPPENISH -- Classified workers want the same wage increase that the state required for teachers and that is now blamed for a budget crunch in the Toppenish School District. Classified employees are maintenance, food service, transportation and office wor...
City selling out-of-town surplus land to state - The city of Yakima is moving to sell nearly 300 acres of land along State Route 410 it has owned since before the Great Depression. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is buying the land for $1.3 million in grant funds from the Bonneville Power Admi...
Trim around fire hydrants in Selah - SELAH -- Residents are asked to cut vegetation around fire hydrants before the fire department begins its annual testing next week. The testing will begin Tuesday and will take place through mid-October. The vegetation should be cut three feet away from...