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Red globe flower with tiny yellow blooms.

Something beautiful for this day: Globe amaranth, Yakima, Washington (August 2025). #flowers

Hank Hill returns to a changed world in new 'King of the Hill' episodes Hank Hill is back in a new season of “King of the Hill,” this time streaming on Hulu after a 15-year break. The show follows Hank and Peggy as they

The lovable animated hero of “King of the Hill” has returned from a 15-year lull and he isn't sure what boba tea is, how ridesharing works and is confused by all-gender bathrooms. “What kind of food is poke?” he asks his wife, Peggy. (Mark Kennedy / AP)

WA’s new work zone speed cameras cite 7K drivers in first 90 days • Washington State Standard Thousands of Washington motorists have been caught speeding through highway work zones by new cameras the state deployed this year.

Only 262 of those thousands have resulted in fines, according to state patrol. First-time violators don’t have to pay anything, but the next infraction carries a $248 penalty. (Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard)

Trump says he doesn't trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after President Donald Trump on Friday fired the official who oversees it.

Most economists say the BLS is a nonpolitical agency staffed by people obsessed with getting the numbers right. The only political appointee is the commissioner, who doesn’t see the data until it’s finalized, two days before it is issued to the public. (Christopher Rugaber / AP)

Speakers talk about how Medicaid cuts will affect the Yakima Valley Federal changes in Medicaid will have an effect on Yakima Valley patients, health care providers and hospitals, speakers at a community forum said last week.

The state expects at least 250,000 Washingtonians will lose Medicaid coverage and 150,000 will be priced out of the state’s health care exchange, according to the governor's office. Coverage from Alexander Banks at the Yakima Herald-Republic.

UW, other WA colleges, face big money problems Cuts from the Trump administration and the state Legislature are forcing the University of Washington and other schools to lay off staff and raise tuition.

Across the state, Washington’s struggling public colleges and universities are laying off staff, raising tuition, cutting administrators and trimming programs. (Katherine Long / special to The Seattle Times)

Opinion: ICE isn't just after bad guys Across our state in the month of June, Immigration and Customs Enforcement snared at least 275 people suspected of being here illegally, the Washington State Standard reports.

Apparently grabbing people willy-nilly off the street, at their workplaces, in courthouses, schools — even churches — in order to meet arbitrary White House quotas doesn’t guarantee that you’re rounding up criminals. You’re just locking up your neighbors. A Yakima Herald-Republic editorial.

Borowitz. What a card.

Editorial Cartoon: Dave Whamond (Aug. 4, 2025) Click here to view this image from yakimaherald.com.

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Grown from seed I saved from the old house.

You’ve got sharp eyes.

Something beautiful for this day: First sunflower to bloom at the new house, Yakima, Washington (August 2025). #flowers

Red Aussie with a white muzzle resting his chin on a concrete retaining wall.

Look at that boyish face. Look at that sweet smile. Do you wanna talk about physical strength? Do you want to talk about sheer muscle? Do you want to talk about the Olympian ideal? You are a God. And listen to me, you are not evil. You... are... good. (Frederick Frankenstein / Young Frankenstein)

Tragedy at Bonneville: Land Speed Racer Chris Raschke Killed in Record Attempt Crash | Drag Illustrated Veteran land speed racer Chris Raschke, 60, was tragically killed Saturday afternoon during a record attempt at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats. The fatal incident occurred at approximately 3:03 p.m. ...

Racing is a blood sport and drivers understand the risks. But I hate it when racers die.

Big red and white Aussie sitting behind a table containing a Sherktini and a cigar.

It’s been too long between Sherktinis with my best pal. #aussie #rescuedog

Your Sunday Moment of Zen: Bee on a sunflower, Yakima, Washington (August 2025). #bees #flowers

Over and over.

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Club El Mundo Elegante. It gives me great personal pride and pleasure in presenting to you — umm, the Moula Banda Rhythm Aces!

Black and yellow bumblebee dying among small orange flowers and green leaves.

Something beautiful for this day: Bumblebee on butterfly weed, Yakima, Washington (August 2024). #bees #wildflowers

The White House landscape now matches our national political one.

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Friday night Justin Townes Earle. Because he was too damned good to forget.

White spidery center of a deep purple hollyhock flower.

Something beautiful for this day: Hollyhock, Yakima, Washington (July 2024). #flowers

‘Bee Atlas’ project turns up 26 new or rare species buzzing around Washington • Washington State Standard More than two dozen new and rare bee species were documented during the first year of a new Washington state project that’s designed to get a better understanding of the insects.The Washington State…

The Washington Bee Atlas also documents which plants native bees depend on, with the goal of developing recommendations for seed mixes to support pollinators. (Emily Fitzgerald / Washington State Standard)

Doctors left Idaho after abortion ban, study confirms • Washington State Standard Idaho lost more than a third of its practicing obstetrician doctors after the state’s near-total abortion ban, a new study confirms.

Idaho’s abortion ban took effect in 2022, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned national abortion protections. Some OB-GYNs, including maternal-fetal medicine specialists, said publicly that they were leaving because of the ban. (Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun)

Off the rails.

DNA used to identify missing Wapato woman of Yakama descent found murdered in the 1960s Martha Bassett, who graduated from Wapato High School in 1955, moved to Chicago in 1960. After she was found murdered in September 1968, her identity would be unknown for decades.

Martha Bassett was 33 years old when a highway department worker discovered her remains on Sept. 30, 1968, in brush near the intersection of Interstate 55 and Blodgett Road in Will County, Illinois. #MMIP coverage from Tammy Ayer at the Yakima Herald-Republic.

Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report President Donald Trump on Friday had his team remove the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a weak report showed hiring slowed and was much

Economists and Wall Street investors have long accepted the data as free from political bias. (Josh Boak & Christopher Rugaber / AP)

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump The demise of the corporation, known as CPB, is a direct result of President Donald Trump's targeting of public media.

CPB helps fund both PBS and NPR, but most of its funding is distributed to more than 1,500 local public radio and television stations around the country. (Ted Anthony & Kevin Freiking / Associated Press)

Opinion: Overdose tracking program is a promising tool Speaking with YH-R reporter Donald W. Meyers the other day, Safe Yakima Valley‘s executive director, Alicia Stromme Tobin, offered a blunt observation about responding to drug overdoses:

While it’s by no means a cure-all, a program like ODMAP is proving to be a helpful tool in the ongoing battle to save local lives. A Yakima Herald-Republic editorial.

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