For many local high school students, Feb. 2 was a day of excitement, as the Yakima Health District announced its support for high schools’ transition to a hybrid, partially in-person learning model.
Ann Marie Cordova is an English teacher at Selah High School who, in her spare time, loves hiking around Mount Rainier, doing yoga, and listening to audiobooks. She has two sons, one a senior at West Valley High School, and one who recently passed his test to become a registered nurse. After…
Mark Uhlman still remembers what it was like to help build a park for the Yakima community in 1994.
Dominick Fernandez is among those many graduated seniors from the class of 2021 who is now making plans for what he will do after high school. Fernandez attended Davis and played on the Pirate…
For the owners of Hang Loose Shave Ice, summer is the season of frozen treats, hard work and serving the community.
Morgan Green is a math teacher at Sunnyside High School and has been with the school district for four years. She also serves as the head girls varsity soccer coach and is an assistant coach i…
Sara Brown walked across the stage and graduated with the Selah High School class of 2021 after a senior year of high school that was one of both tribulation and triumph.
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As a longtime fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I sat in the theater with bated breath before the opening frames of “Black Widow.” Ever since the second Iron Man film, where the titular ch…
You are the impostor. Your mission is to sabotage a spacefaring voyage, and to kill as many people as possible. They are looking for you. Hide your tracks.
“Mexican Gothic,” written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and published by Del Rey in 2020, is a fascinating novel that has mystery, deception, darkness, and a race to recover one’s sanity.
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Discord is not your average instant messaging app.
There’s no going back to the pre-pandemic music industry. Without live performances, the past year has pushed artists to embrace livestreaming, TikToks, NFTs (digital material known as non-fungible tokens), and other forms of virtual content.
A decade ago, I was 8 years old getting ready to go into third grade. A lot has happened since then.
Summer is halfway through and I’ve reached a dilemma. I’ve already filtered through all my “cute” clothes that I’ve had for a while. And, like…
What sport or athlete are you looking forward to watching in the Olympics?
High school was humbling. I initially felt small amid the towering upperclassmen and overstimulated by the busy classroom and sports environme…
Actually sitting down to write this column has really been a struggle for me, for two reasons.
