fees

Some fees are already in place, but the new inflation fees are effective May 2025.

Does it bother you to be charged extra fees?

Wait 'til you hear why the late library fines are going away in Yakima Valley!

Fun!

City residents will begin paying the extra fee on July 1. The money paid by vehicle owners will bring in about $1.5 million annually and will help fund a $10 million facelift of North 1st Street the official entrance to the city of Yakima.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a bill that will allow government agencies to charge fees for electronic copies of records. While public agencies can already charge a default rate of up to 15 cents per page for photocopying documents in response to public records requests, current state law doesn't include comparable language for charging fees for documents that are scanned and se

The Yakima City council wants to fund 19 projects totaling $24 million with an increase in car tab fees. The council will hold a public hearing at its regular agenda meeting Tuesday night before voting on the issue. The council is looking at an increase of $15 to $20...

SEATTLE (AP) — Owners of electric cars in Washington state don't pay gasoline or gas taxes, but they're soon going to be hit with a $100 fee to own the battery-operated cars. A section of Washington state law that takes effect next year will require electric car owners to pay a $100 annual fee for road and highway improvements intended to compensate for the lack of gas taxes they pay...

Toppenish owes about 13 thousand dollars to the Yakima Regional Clean Air Authority..that's an estimate by a spokesman from the agency....last week a county judge ruled the city must pay annual fees to the clean air agency...apparently the city halted payments five years ago because the city is located on the reservation...

  Jewelry and personal items were taken by robbers, but no one was injured. That story and more from KIT's Lance Tormey.