yakima County Public Works

Yakima County Public Works officials first discovered the presence of E.Coli on August 3 after routine sampling of water in the system.

Thieves are targeting the Yakima County landfill in Terrace Heights.  So the county has decided to hire a private security firm. Yakima County Public Works Director Vern Redifer says thieves are stealing metal and copper and other recycleable materials from appliances and refrigerators as a result the county is paying a security company 540 dollars a month to prevent any future thefts at the

A multi-million dollar job to make the county courthouse more energy efficient continues beyond the deadline. Yakima County Public Works Director Vern Redifer says the completion date has come and gone. The courthouse was supposed to be finished last week...