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East Valley Girls Swimming Wins 2A State Academic Championship

Franklin Pool in Yakima will let you swim with your pooch to close out the dog days of Summer this weekend.

Yakima's Franklin Pool closed out the 2016 swimming season Sunday (Aug. 28) by letting it go to the dogs. Literally.

The city of Yakima has announced that it will be closing Lions Pool beginning Monday, (Aug. 8), for three weeks to complete annual maintenance on the indoor facility.

We complain all year about how it just isn't warm enough. Now it is warm and we are all complaining about how it is just too much. But the kids need something to do and stay cool at the same time. So take them swimming! Here are three of the top pools in the Yakima Valley.

We have wonderful pools to swim in this summer in Yakima -- like the ones at Franklin Park and Lions Pool. I like the waterslide at Franklin. I love taking my daughter on it as many times as we can before they blow the whistle signaling that it's time to go...

Ahh, summer. 'Tis the season of watermelon art, diving fails and-- you guessed it-- belly flops. When we were kids, this pool move was awesome. But nowadays... who are we kidding? It's still (painfully) awesome!

As soon as the sun starts shining in Yakima and the weather becomes warm enough to wear shorts, one of the first questions people ask is when Franklin Pool opens in Yakima. Here's what we know.

I woke up this morning with a dilemma many mothers (and fathers) are faced with: What the hay am I gonna do with the toddler(s) on a Monday morning? Asking for help on Facebook was a bust. No one had any suggestions I didn't already know about...

Summertime in Yakima can be brutal. There isn't much a finer idea underneath the hot summer sun than going for a dip, but what if you don't have a pool in your own backyard? Here are a few swimming options for you in Yakima. Franklin Pool Franklin Pool is the traditional favorite of Yakima...