Fort Simcoe News Today

This editorial was published in the Yakima Herald-Republic.

The story is heartbreaking. Brutal. Shameful.

MOSES LAKE — The Columbia Basin Job Corps Center officially cut the ribbon on its Advance Training Wildland Fire Fighting facility at 8331 Forbes Street in Moses Lake Wednesday. “I’ve always talked about Columbia Basin (Job Corps Center) being the hidden gem,” said Center Director Mike Rios. “As we know, you can always get your foot in the door with the education, but it’s that specialized training that’s going to set you aside to take part in those opportunities out there. This is...

A White Swan couple were sentenced Tuesday for their roles in a brutal assault on a woman during a carjacking in 2021.

A five-member committee is investigating Washington states history of Native boarding schools. Listening sessions are planned.

Its not a simple undertaking to sum up a year of news in the Yakima Valley.

This editorial was published in the Yakima Herald-Republic.

This editorial was published in the Yakima Herald-Republic.

An all-Indigenous committee will identify the state’s responsibility of rectifying harm caused to boarding school survivors and their descendants.

For centuries, white America has sought to reshape, redirect or outright eradicate Native culture.