Good morning, Yakima.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.