graffiti

For years, the City of Yakima has had a graffiti ordinance that holds property owners responsible for the clean up and fines them if the graffiti is not removed. City Manager Tony O'Rourke says the city council changed the policy Tuesday and created a new system in which property owners can report the problem to the city for action...

In an attempt to get a handle on the ever growing problem of graffiti the City of Yakima will soon create a hotline and call on volunteers to help wipe out the problem.  City Manager Tony O'Rourke says the hotline will be created so people can report the graffiti vandalism...

The Yakima office of Neighborhood Development is trying to help Yakima residents paint out graffiti.  Office Service Manager Archie Mathews says the city has some graffiti removal kits available for homeowners. Mathews says the kit is meant to act as an incentive to take on the problem yourself if your home is the victim of graffiti...

Have you noticed all the graffiti lately? The growing problem in the area has led Union Gap to start looking for a part time employee to clean it up. The job has been vacant for a few months after the city administrator fired the last employee...

Efforts to clean up the graffiti problem in Yakima are about to improve. Two new employees will be hired next month to only focus on cleaning up the graffiti in Yakima. The city received a $16,000 grant to pay for it. Their focus will be on the neighborhoods around downtown Yakima; however, it's only for two months...

Yakima police say graffiti and other cases of vandalism are slowing down in the city. Police records show a 40 percent drop over the last four months. Lower level property crimes like graffiti, broken windows and other mischief fell from 151 incidents in March down to 94 so far this month...

Investigators are tracking fingerprints and blood left behind from a break in at Naches Intermediate School May 21. Yakima County Sheriff’s Officials say they destroyed thousands of dollars in property. It took four people an hour to clean the mess...

We've seen our fair share of wacky marriage proposals, but this one might take the cake. UPI reports that New York-based couple Roger and Carolyn Mooyoung got the surprise of their life when they received a letter informing them that their Florida vacation home had been vandalized. According to the letter, someone had spray painted a marriage proposal on their garage, to which the recipient, named