Get That Business Done Early Offices Closing for Holiday

This is a holiday week and city, county, state and federal offices will be closed both Thursday and Friday, November 24 and 25.
In the city of Yakima the closures includes City Hall, Y-PAC, and Parks and Recreation offices. If you have a court date on Thursday or Friday the courts will be closed. Yakima Municipal Court as well as business offices for the Police and Fire Departments will be closed. Emergency services will remain available. Some Banks and the post office will be open on Friday.

Even the Harman Center will be closed

Along with those closures the City’s Harman Center will be closed Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Nov. 24-26, in observance of Thanksgiving. Lions Pool will also be closed for the holiday.
If you ride the bus Yakima Transit will not be providing bus service on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, but will operate its normal Friday schedule on Nov. 25.

If Thursday is your garbage day?.....

If your garbage day is Thursday there will be no City of Yakima garbage pick-up service on Thursday, Nov. 24.
Garbage scheduled for pick-up on Thursday by the City’s Refuse Division will instead be collected Friday, Nov. 25. Garbage pick-up scheduled for Friday will be collected Saturday, Nov. 26.

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