About 200 people attend Democrats’ town hall in Yakima

By Reneé Diaz
At the Yakima Convention Center on Wednesday more than 200 people gathered for a town hall hosted by the Washington State Democrats. Some people passed out flyers with Representative Dan Newhouse’s phone number,urging people to demand a town hall from the congressman. Organizers say the event was held in response to Newhouse not hosting a public town hall this term.Read More

Bringing Indigenous languages into public schools

By Lauren Gallup
a teacher showing a book to students
A number of Washington state public schools are partnering with tribes to bring Indigenous languages into classrooms in an effort to rectify the marred history of Native American boarding schools. Rachael Barger is a teacher on special assignment with Bethel School District, one of the districts partnering with the Nisqually Tribe to bring its Southern Lushootseed Read More
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