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Wednesday, June 4th, 2025
Good morning, Yakima. Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 4th of June.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Central Washington Disability Resources celebrated the opening of its Yakima office — the new center will help people with disabilities get services like living skills training and advocacy. The office runs in a hybrid model with some staff commuting from Ellensburg and other workers based locally, and CWDR will add more services as it secures funding and community partnerships. KIMA
CULTURE NEWS
- ➤ Over a dozen authors from across the Pacific Northwest gathered last weekend in Yakima to share their latest works and connect with local writers in a parking lot between a restaurant and a bookstore on South 5th Avenue and West Walnut; Encore Books + Yakima Book Co organized the event and plan to host another fair later this year. 1280 NewsTalk KIT
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ The City of Yakima released its new urban forestry management plan that details tree maintenance, inventory updates, and a planting schedule of 20 to 60 trees each year – the plan also uses existing data to assess the forest’s value at an estimated replacement cost of $23.2 million and encourages community outreach for a stronger urban green network. KIMA
- ➤ The City of Yakima released an urban forestry management plan — developed by ArborPro and funded by a $20,000 grant from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources — that recommends updating tree maintenance cycles, inventory, and planting 20 to 60 new trees each year. The plan finds about 90% of trees are in average or good condition across 95 species and estimates a replacement cost of $23.2 million. NonStopLocal
HEALTH NEWS
- ➤ On June 3rd, the CDC updated its guidelines for international travelers by advising that Americans 1 year and older receive two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and infants 6 to 11 months get one early dose+ the change follows reports of measles spreading in transit, including a recent outbreak linked to an international flight in Denver. FOX 41
REAL ESTATE NEWS
- ➤ In the first quarter, first-time home buyers had a hard time because inflation-adjusted list prices dropped only a little while rising mortgage rates pushed monthly payments to about 42% of average earnings. Experts say buyers should save more for a down payment and check all the buying costs so local buyers can plan better—further drops in rates are not expected soon. FOX 41
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