Next month, Yakima County’s code enforcement department will embark on what it’s calling the gap-to-gap cleanup, which aims to remove abandoned campsites along a 13-mile stretch of the river from ...

Changes are coming to the Yakima Greenway entrance at the north end of 16th Avenue between U.S. Highway 12 and the Naches River. As part of a broader effort for the 20-mile-long trail that runs ...

From the winding Yakima River Canyon to hilltop hop fields, vineyards and hiking trails, the Yakima Valley is a sweet escape for Washington sun-seekers. My family enjoyed a weekend exploring… ...

News; Pacific NW; Big project will restore Yakima River to natural flows between Selah and Union Gap July 30, 2022 Updated Sun., Aug. 27, 2023 at 11:13 a.m. Hot-air balloons soar over the Yakima ...

Yakima Greenway is a much longer hike close to the city. It’s around 20 miles total and will take around six hours to ...

A new section of the Merrimack River Greenway Trail in Concord has been completed, offering residents a scenic and accessible route along the river’s east bank.This 0.7-mile, ADA-compliant ...

A flotilla of muscle-powered watercraft will make its way down the lower Yakima River on Saturday to celebrate the opening of the Tapteal Water Trail. Those interested in joining should meet at ...

The Yakima River, itself a tributary of the Columbia, is only 210 miles long, one-seventh the Colorado’s length, and lies within a single state, not seven plus Mexico.

A Prosser rafter has died after being rescued from the Yakima River after he fell into the water from a raft near the Wanawish Dam and Horn Rapids near Richland and the Hanford site.

The body of a non-verbal 5-year-old boy with autism who went missing in September was found in the Yakima River last week, police in Washington state said.

News; Pacific NW; Yakima County poised to clear abandoned homeless encampments from Yakima River Greenway June 12, 2022 Updated Sun., June 12, 2022 at 8:48 p.m. A log recently used as a bridge to ...

The entire project will only enhance the Greenway, which spans the Yakima River from the Selah Gap to Union Gap and westward along the Naches River, Connaughton said.