During the first weeks of November, Washington state reported several record-breaking days of new COVID cases — averaging more than 1,500 cases a day. At the same time, we’re hearing encouraging news about vaccine trials and effectiveness.
For adults who have been thinking about earning their GED or learning to speak English, now is the time to act. Strengthening the skills that employers are demanding is more critical than ever in today’s uncertain, rapidly changing economy.
Just eight years ago, Washington state led the nation in working to improve access to justice for the average American by creating a new category of licensed legal professionals — the limited licensed legal technician. LLLTs were modeled after similar successful human resource additions in t…
The oppressive gray blanket that covered the Yakima Valley lifted just enough Saturday to offer hope.
Throughout this year, I’ve been amazed and encouraged by the strength, courage, and compassion of my patients and their families, as well as my colleagues in health care, as we’ve united to all do our part to slow the spread of COVID-19. Wearing masks, socially distancing when possible, prac…
Courts will reveal Trump’s landslide
To the editor — As I prepare for the first Thanksgiving since my mother’s death, a letter writer hopes “that most will collectively decide to use their intelligent disobedience and not let som…
To the editor — As a member of the Yakima community, a community I truly love living in, it is incredibly disheartening to find out the Yakima County Sheriff's Office does not wear masks. COVI…
To the editor — I was disheartened to read the Nov. 19 Herald-Republic article on “Turnover high among public health officials.” Seven county or multi-county health departments in Washington s…
To the editor — Years ago, people complained about news showing who's ahead in the presidential race. They felt it influenced how we voted on the West Coast.
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Shortly after President-elect Joe Biden clinched his party’s nomination in May, a group of 50 progressive organizations sent his campaign a letter urging him to commit to a broad agenda of foreign policy reform. They wanted him to agree to such policies as reentering the Iran nuclear deal and cutting at least $200 billion from the Pentagon budget.
SAN DIEGO — After 30 years of evaluating presidential Cabinet appointments for diversity, I entered this latest round feeling a tad burned out.
As President Donald Trump tries to end America’s longest war, he has settled on a compromise. Instead of withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Christmas, as he boasted in a tweet in October, he will be leaving behind a small counterterrorism force.
SAN DIEGO — For Latinos — that mercurial group of swing voters that both parties supposedly want in their camp yet don’t take the time to understand — the aftermath of this election has been marked by frustration and confusion.
Go away and hide, President Trump, because you botched the handling of COVID-19 except for one teensy thing: starting Operation Warp Speed to develop vaccines faster than history allows.
During the first weeks of November, Washington state reported several record-breaking days of new COVID cases — averaging more than 1,500 cases a day. At the same time, we’re hearing encouraging news about vaccine trials and effectiveness.
For adults who have been thinking about earning their GED or learning to speak English, now is the time to act. Strengthening the skills that employers are demanding is more critical than ever in today’s uncertain, rapidly changing economy.
Just eight years ago, Washington state led the nation in working to improve access to justice for the average American by creating a new category of licensed legal professionals — the limited licensed legal technician. LLLTs were modeled after similar successful human resource additions in t…
In yoga, one is taught to breathe. In relaxation therapy, one is taught to breathe deeply and slowly. Breathing in this manner is meant to calm or to soothe us.
The oppressive gray blanket that covered the Yakima Valley lifted just enough Saturday to offer hope.
September is National Suicide Prevention Month — an opportunity to call attention to this serious public health concern. According to the CDC, 1 in 4 adults between ages 18 and 24 has considered suicide in the past month. Suicide is the 10th-leading cause of death in the United States, the s…
No one enjoys restrictions on their lives or businesses. Just like no one likes to get sick. The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged us as individuals and communities in terms of what we find acceptable. And problems arise when the restrictions drag on for months and months, seemingly with litt…
As a former Selah councilman, attorney and veteran, I am discouraged to see the council sit silently while one man’s political opinions dictate how the city responds to peaceful protests.
The Yakima County Commission does not reflect the diversity of our views and our communities. Latinos and Native Americans make up about half of the population of Yakima County, and yet only one candidate that looks like us or has experienced similar life challenges has ever been elected to …
The Yakima River Canyon is the most beautiful place on Earth.
Imagine living in a home without a computer. Or access to broadband internet. Imagine your family’s only connection to the internet is a smartphone with a data plan that is prohibitively expensive. Now imagine your kids — both of them —need to get their education through that smartphone. But…
The high rate of COVID-19 infections among the Latino population in Yakima County didn’t take me by surprise. Knowing well that poor dissemination of news in Spanish still exists, it was just a matter of time before we would see the adverse effects on our community.
This is the time right now when young people from every grade level in our local schools would be going through all the rites of passage that are familiar to us in concluding the latest cycle of a school year. We all know June as the time when students are gathering in classrooms for those l…
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