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Orioles Can’t Rally This Time, Fall to Athletics and Drop Series

Orioles · Yakima

Orioles Can’t Rally This Time, Fall to Athletics and Drop Series

50% Center coverage: 22 sources

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Baltimore Orioles arrived in California as MLB’s hottest team, winners of six straight games. The Athletics, meanwhile, were in a vicious spiral, losers of 20 of their past 22 games.See the Story

This Date in Baseball - Alex Rodriguez Ties Lou Gehrig’s Record by Hitting His 23rd Grand Slam

Alex Rodriguez · Yakima

This Date in Baseball - Alex Rodriguez Ties Lou Gehrig’s Record by Hitting His 23rd Grand Slam

44% Center coverage: 18 sources

June 12 See the Story

Winfrey’s New Book Club Pick Marks the Return of an Old Favorite, Wally Lamb

Oprah Winfrey · Yakima

Winfrey’s New Book Club Pick Marks the Return of an Old Favorite, Wally Lamb

Coverage: 14 sources

NEW YORK (AP) — For her next book club pick, Oprah Winfrey is highlighting an author she has praised even before she had a book club.See the Story

Yakima floats $7.2M tax hike as budget hole widens and Band-Aids run out

67% Center coverage: 3 sources

(The Center Square) – The city of Yakima may ask voters to raise taxes by $7.2 million this fall as local officials also consider $1.8 million in cuts to balance a $9 million deficit ahead of 2026.Taxes · Yakima See the Story

Today in Sports - Novak Djokovic Wins His Men’s Record 23rd Grand Slam Singles Title

40% Left coverage: 10 sources

June 11Novak Djokovic · Yakima See the Story

Letter: What was Sheahan trying to say in that letter?

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

To the editor — As a frequent letters-to-the-editor contributor, I try hard to write with clarity and purpose for a general readership. Once again, it is impossible to tell from Colleen Sheahan’s May 31 letter what she is talking about…Yakima · Yakima Read Article

Letter: Yakima City Council disrespects LGBTQ community

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

To the editor — I want to thank the Yakima Herald-Republic for its May 31 editorial calling out Yakima's City Council for willfully ignoring Yakima's gay community after its legitimate request that the City Council proclaim June as Gay Pride…LGBTQ+ · Yakima Read Article

Sunnyside needs to clarify facts, then make some decisions

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Ever get your car so pinned into a parking lot that you can’t go anywhere until somebody else moves their car?Sunnyside, Washington · Sunnyside Read Article

From Where I Sit: Yakima churches should forsake politics, renew faith

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

I never met my paternal grandparents. I remember only one story about them.Yakima · Yakima Read Article

Letter: Perhaps we've found a treasure amid our sins and debt

Coverage: 2 sources

To the editor — Hooray! I see by the Herald our Legislature has allocated $300,000 in taxpayer funds to seed the study of paying reparations to direct descendants of African slavery (we’ll forget the fact we were not then even…Yakima · Yakima See the Story

Local Report: Pippins beat Nighthawks for second straight win

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

The Yakima Valley Pippins started their nonleague series with the NW Star Nighthawks with a 14-5 victory at Yakima County Stadium on Friday night.Yakima · Yakima Read Article