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Yakima’s Clean City program launched in 2019 removes graffiti, abandoned mattresses, shopping carts, and encampments downtown and uses cleanup data to target repeat hotspots; crews coordinate with the Yakima Police Department for faster responses and residents can report issues via the YakBack portal.

Dozens of craft fairs and holiday bazaars are scheduled across the Yakima Valley this November, with weekend markets at Glenwood Square, West Valley churches, Selah Civic Center, and Meadowbrook Mall (dates and times vary by event).

Dolores Huerta, co‑founder of the United Farm Workers, died at 96 this week, and Yakima Valley organizers say her slogan “Sí, se puede” and decades of farmworker advocacy helped spur local union efforts dating to the 1960s.

All lanes of I‑90 over the Vantage Bridge are open for the holiday season after WSDOT paused work for winter.

Bridge-deck replacement will resume in March 2027 after crews found multiple through-deck holes and the last major repairs were in 1982.

A federal judge blocked the administration’s June 2026 Medicaid work-rule change that narrowed who counts as medically frail, paused enforcement for six months, and upheld Washington's multistate challenge to protect Apple Health (the state Medicaid program) recipients.

Try Zesta Cucina for upscale Italian and The Kiln Taproom for pizza and craft beer on tap in West Valley, where both spots are local favorites worth adding to your Yakima restaurant bucket list.

Yakima residents have four easy Thanksgiving-weekend choices: sleep in and cook at home, run the Turkey Trot at Sarg Hubbard Park on Thanksgiving morning, go wine tasting in the Valley over the holiday weekend, or shop local on Small Business Saturday + tell us which type you are on social.

On Oct. 27 Eisenhower girls soccer ended a 26-year championship drought with a home win over Wenatchee, finishing the regular season with 14 wins and one loss and going undefeated in 4A Columbia Basin play.

The Cadets travel to Sunnyside next, then play Wenatchee for the district title at Zaepfel Stadium on Nov. 5.