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Every morning, readers of the Yakima Herald-Republic can turn to Page 2A and read the most recent results from Washington’s Lottery drawings.
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The return of the Washington State Patrol’s black and whites will be a welcome sight for nearly all who live within the boundaries of the Yakama reservation or who travel U.S. Highway 97 and State Route 22 within Yakama land.
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To the editor — I was born and raised in the eastern part of the United States. After graduating from college, I lived and worked in New York. Like others in the East, I was well aware of the …
To the editor — A talk I gave on climate science for the Audubon Society on Jan. 23 has been the subject of two recent letters to the editor.
To the editor — So, the governor of Oregon, in her infinite wisdom, wants to remove the four Snake River dams in our fair state to “protect salmon runs.”
To the editor — I have loved hunting, fishing and the outdoors all my life. I have owned guns all my life and my wife will tell you I have too many. I have subjected myself to 90-day backgrou…
To the editor — On Page 4A of Feb. 16's print edition of the Herald-Republic, this item appears: “Community invited to Yakima police awards ceremony Tuesday.” The item announces that the Yakim…
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CHICAGO — Ahead of Wednesday’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar introduced herself to a group of Latino workers in the city’s Culinary Union by recalling that she was assigned the name “Elena” in her fourth-grade Spanish class.
“I’m fine but, wow, thanks for asking! Very few people ask how Mom is doing; we usually get asked how baby is doing, and that’s that.”
The president of the United States isn’t a king, and he isn’t above the law — or so constitutional law professors like me keep reminding everybody. But the painful truth is that there is one exception to this truth: the pardon power, exercised this week by President Donald Trump to free or absolve several white-collar criminals.
Many of you know we recently lost a great leader. What you may not know is the profound impact Brian Winter had on school safety.
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The news around health care has not been positive lately, and we’re not immune to the effects in Yakima County. Amid the global health emergency of the coronavirus, our own country is taking steps to weaken our health care safety net.
William O. Douglas, the longest-serving United States Supreme Court justice in history and Yakima’s most notable resident ever, is the namesake for numerous awards and honors across the country, including many here in Washington.
The following editorial first appeared in the Vancouver (Wash.) Columbian.
When Mary Fairhurst, at the time chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court, announced in October that she was stepping down to focus on her cancer treatment, the wheels of replacement quickly began to turn.
After further review, the ruling on the field is overturned. The new video-digital scoreboard at Zaepfel Stadium has the city of Yakima’s approval.
Yakima-area residents have long benefited from Cowiche Canyon Conservancy’s stewardship of the land.
The following editorial first appeared in the Vancouver Columbian.
All we really need to know … maybe it’s learned in kindergarten, like the book says. Wouldn’t that be great?
If there were a trial that focused on taxing districts and the potential for voter confusion, the West Valley School District would sit on the evidence table as Exhibit A. The district finds itself in this position after learning too late that its 2020 levy tax rate for homeowners will excee…
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