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This is KIMA.
Now live from Yakima, April Hennister, Alan Sillman Sports and Stu Seibel Weather, this
is KIMA News at 11.
Good evening.
Thanks for joining us.
There have been numerous accidents in the Yakima Valley because of ice and snow.
As one Yakima police officer reports, the fresh snow created an ice rink for drivers.
A semi-truck jackknifing on I-82 near Milepost 40 was one of five accidents the Washington
State Patrol responded to in just an hour and a half this morning.
Officials say no one was hurt in the accident.
Traffic slowed to a crawl as cars were rerouted on the Parker exit around the scene.
Officials were urging people to stay off the roads.
Officials say the roads have been especially bad because of the drizzle we had before this
latest snowfall.
They say the drizzle froze into a sheet of ice underneath the new snow.
The eastbound lanes of Interstate 82 near Prosser remain closed, but the State Patrol
says they should reopen in the next hour.
At about 415 this afternoon, a semi-jackknifed in that area, and there have been some trouble
spots clearing that roadway.
The State Patrol is also advising that traction tires are required on the Yakima River Canyon
Road and I-82 between Yakima and Ellensburg.
The latest snowfall is creating a new challenge for Yakima Street crews.
City officials say they are ready and will be working around the clock to clear city
streets, but the cost of snow removal is soaring as we learn in this report from NewsBeats
Ken Crockett.
Yakima crews are thankful that the latest snowfall is not a record breaker.
They were overwhelmed two weeks ago when a foot and a half of snow fell in less than
24 hours.
But the latest snowfall should be more manageable, according to Street Superintendent Dave Hussle.
When we deal with the regular four, five, six inch type snowstorms, normally we can
deal with that fairly effectively.
And so we're going to be going on two 12 hour shifts, plowing 24 hours a day until we have
all the streets plowed up again.
Yakima budgeted $117,000 for snow removal this year, but nearly two thirds of the money
was spent in January and February.