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After three surgeries and months of recovery, Highland High School student Arturo Sotelo is back to normal life, doing what he loves: playing the alto saxophone.

The director of the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife this week authorized the “incremental” killing of wolves in southeastern Washington with a goal to stop attacks on livestock.

Rick McKee

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Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed. But after two injections, she kept breathing. She made snoring sounds, she talked, she said her arm was hurting. The Associated Press was

Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed. But after two injections, she kept breathing. She made snoring sounds, she talked, she said her arm was hurting. The Associated Press was

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans blame President Donald Trump for persistently high prices, while only about 2 in 10 approve of his handling of the cost of

The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network, the state’s largest nonprofit supporting immigrants and refugees, confirmed staff cuts Wednesday afternoon.

From the first question of a debate Wednesday night, John Duresky and Amanda McKinney sparred over big issues in Washington's 4th Congressional District.

Un nuevo vehículo del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos, con el logotipo del ICE y el eslogan "Defend the Homeland", comenzó el lunes a patrullar

A new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle bearing the ICE logo and the slogan “Defend the Homeland” started patrolling shopping center parking lots in Yakima and Union Gap on

President Donald Trump claimed that the U.S. has the “best poverty numbers in history,” meaning less poverty now than at any other time. But while that’s consistent with 2025 Census

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The owners of El Taco Loco bought the longtime Walla Walla drive-in restaurant to expand their business.

Mike Luckovich

Cast out those commies! Hmm, maybe we should do exactly that. Read about the process behind the scenes on this comic here: https://davewhamond1.substack.com/p/cast-out-those-communists

In the void left by President Trump, the prime minister has led the way in seeking to establish a new international order that is not dependent on the U.S.

The attorneys general of Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana contend that the laws in California, Massachusetts and New York undermine their abortion bans.

A new AP-KFF poll finds that the Make America Healthy Again movement has a substantial following among rural voters, but most don't think President Donald Trump's healthcare policies have benefited

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is announcing some major changes to the U.S. military in what he calls his “State of the Force” address. They include establishing a new drone command

A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house told campus police that she could “say with 100% confidence

The statewide ban on outdoor burning expires at noon Wednesday, but fires still burn across the state, and King County and Seattle haven't ended their bans.

Protections for gray wolves have been debated and litigated for many years. Recent federal actions have highlighted the disagreements in Washington.

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9/29/2026- The Convert https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/sep/28/the-convert/

Rick McKee

Federal prosecutors in Texas announced assault charges against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in the back by immigration enforcement agents Sept. 20. A federal complaint alleges…

The Supreme Court will let President Donald Trump’s administration resume deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal. The

Gov. Bob Ferguson called on voters Tuesday to reject Initiative 638, which would ban transgender girls from competing in girls K-12 sports.

For a city surrounded by shrub steppe, Yakima has an outsized connection to the forest-dwelling Sasquatch.

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9/27/2026- You Decide https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/sep/26/multiple-choice/