Downtown

Was it a gang shooting? Police say the gang unit is now investigating.

The job fair for youth will be virtual this year.

Lime scooters look so cool to ride, but knowing me, I'd fall off and break a leg or something. That won't keep me from trying one of these little do-dads out when they arrive in downtown Yakima soon!

Yasss! The Seattle Police Department accepted the lip-sync challenge and it is something else! :)

Back in April my co-worker John Riggs wrote a blog about 'Pita Pit' opening in the Lee Semon Building near the corner of Yakima Ave and 2nd Street. Initially it was thought the eatery would be open by Mid-August. Then the Yakima Herald wrote an article at the end of August that said Pita Pit would be open sometime between Sept 15th and Oct 3rd...

Not everyone is an art connoisseur. While I enjoy art and did visit the Picasso Museum and The Louvre when my wife and I went on vacation to Paris back in 2000 it's not something I typically do. Not because I don't enjoy it, it's just that I have other things on my agenda...

If you look around the country at the healthiest, most vibrant cities, one thing they have in common is a bustling downtown core. Portland is a great example of a city that invested in its downtown ... albeit in keeping with their slogan "Keep Portland Weird" they did it in an unusual way...

I had just got my coffee and was heading to Downtown Yakima to take some pictures of the more iconic buildings for another blog when I met a roadblock that wouldn't allow me to travel any further than 1st street. Kicking off this morning at 8am was day 2 of the Hot Shots 3 on 3 Tournament...

On a night when lots of people might've stayed home by their swamp coolers, Yakima decided to stroll downtown and catch some breezy music from Polecat and Crow and the Canyon. Yup -- even as the temperature hovered around 100, folks were dancing and singing along as a couple of Northwest favorites put on a Downtown Summer Nights program that was darn near as hot as the air temperature on North Fro

Assuming you have a pulse, there's no way you went home bored after this week's Downtown Summer Nights street party. The Robbie Walden Band and Slings and Arrows put on one of North Front Street's most energetic evenings of the season Thursday...

The Yakima Farmer's Market will open on Tuesday nights starting this week.

Bicycles and a bike path are a vital part of the Downtown Master Plan that city officials are working on.