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Wenatchee Record.jpg The January 2025 edition of The Wenatchee Record was published Thursday. WENATCHEE — A political mailer last seen in 2023 reached local mailboxes on Thursday with renewed claims that the Wenatchee School District is failing due, at least in part, to its diversity, equity and inclusion policies. As with the first edition, The Wenatchee Record was published ahead of an ...

Jan. 30—Donald Trump has signed a myriad of executive orders since being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2025. This includes several focused on gender expression and the LGBTQ+ population, like one targeting "gender ideology extremism" revoking X gender markers on passports and in federal agencies, and overturning DEI protocols. While these executive orders ...

A Seattle man claiming to be a bounty hunter made threatening comments at a press conference in Sunnyside this week, saying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to deputize and pay private civilian forces to detain undocumented immigrants.

John Houston's parents were pressured under the threat of eminent domain to sell their land to the Renton School Board in 1968, he said. But the school district ultimately never used the land and instead sold it to a developer.

Jan. 30—OLYMPIA — The Washington Health Trust, a statewide initiative for universal health care, is supporting proposals introduced in both the Senate and House (House Bill 1445 and Senate Bill 5233), according to a statement from the group. The two bills are also backed by the Health Care is a Human Right Coalition and aims to establish a comprehensive healthcare model for all Washington ...