"This is a fraud scheme that should be important to everyone, no matter which side of the political spectrum you're on," said attorney Susan Pai, who has represented six former Lozano clients. (Nina Shapiro / Seattle Times)

Four years of drought conditions in the Yakima Valley and poor snowpack set the year up with conditions ripe for fire. Coverage from Questen Inghram at yakimaherald.com.

The shooting has sparked outrage in the small city of Senatobia, where some say it’s the latest in a series of troubling encounters between police and Black residents. (Russ Bynum / Associated Press)

The decision is a major legal setback for President Donald Trump in his efforts to use federal agencies to encourage a nationwide crackdown on having noncitizens illegally on state voter rolls. (Ali Swenson & Fatima Hussein / AP)

We can’t help stressing the importance of taking every possible fire precaution you can for the next few months. Your neighbor’s home — or maybe half your hometown or your favorite recreation area — is riding on it. A yakimaherald.com editorial.

Fresh ink from Pat Bagley.

Something beautiful for this day: Lantana, Yakima, Washington (June 2026). #flowers

More than 40,000 children in Yakima County are among the more than 500,000 who have received SUN Bucks payments since summer 2024. (Alexander Banks / yakimaherald.com)

Washington’s snowpack is all but finished, weeks before normal, and some major reservoirs are starting to dip as much as a month early. (Conrad Swanson / Seattle Times)

People have marked solstices for eons with festivals and monuments, including Sweden’s midsummer eve celebrations and Stonehenge, which was designed to align with the sun’s paths at the solstices. (Associated Press)

Lawrence is Kansas at its best.

Americans’ views on how the president is handling Iran are roughly in line with his overall job approval, which stands at 37%, unchanged from an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted in May. (Linley Sanders & Amelia Thomson-Devaux / AP)

Trump's claims came after days of negative attention to the state of the pool, which has drawn television cameras and curious onlookers. (Associated Press)

A Father’s Day cigar and Negroni with my youngest child. #aussie #bordercollie #rescuedog

Scenes from Saturday's Yakima Pride Parade in downtown Yakima, Washington. Photos by Evan Abell of yakimaherald.com.

Fresh ink from John Darkow.

Father's Day commentary from John Taylor, opinion editor at yakimaherald.com.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Club El Mundo Elegante. It gives me great personal pride and pleasure in presenting to you — umm, the Moula Banda Rhythm Aces!

Something beautiful for this day: Petunia, Yakima, Washington (June 2026). #flowers

Waxing crescent moon, Yakima, Washington (June 2026). #moon

A song for tonight: We are stardust, we are golden We are billion-year-old carbon And we've got to get ourselves Back to the garden

Satellite No. 1.

Friday night Justin Townes Earle. Because he was too damned good to forget — and this song speaks to me tonight.

1/2 A personal note: Thanks to everyone who showed patience and love this week as I dealt with the six-month anniversary of Nacho’s death. When he died in December, I didn’t have time to grieve because of RIFs in one of my newsrooms and the urgency of saving Mercie from a kill list in Idaho.

Something beautiful for this day: Marigolds, Yakima, Washington (June 2026). #flowers

No algae.

Something beautiful for this day: Vincas, Yakima, Washington (June 2026). #flowers

The theme for this year’s festivities is “Loud, proud and not backing down.” Coverage from @sararae-yhr.bsky.social, Explore editor at yakimaherald.com.

When a community member asked the council to indicate with a show of hands who had reviewed Flock's policies, no one did so. (Olivia Palmer / yakimaherald.com)

The conservative Heritage Foundation has kept a long-running database of proven instances of voter fraud. Its list identifies 15 instances of fraud in Washington between 2004 and 2025. (Joseph O'Sullivan / Seattle Times)

“I hope this center will serve as an affirmation of just how special, how precious our democracy truly is and remind us what we can achieve when we embrace our shared responsibilities as citizens,” the nation’s first Black president told the crowd. (Scott Bauer / AP)

Trump on Truth Social called his critics “fools” and said the $300 billion payment to Iran by the United States is “fake news.” (Thomas Beaumont & Mary Clare Jalonick / AP)

The latest from Seattle Times columnist @naomiishisaka.bsky.social.

Fresh ink from Pat Bagley.

Three satellites in 20 minutes. Not bad.

I found a place in the backyard where I can see the night sky through the trees. And just like that, two satellites split off south an southeast. Nacho would approve.

Something beautiful for this day: Honeybee on a pincushion flower, Yakima, Washington (May 2026). #bees #honeybees #flowers #pnw

Your guide to weekend events in the Yakima Valley, courtesy of @sararae-yhr.bsky.social, Explore editor at yakimaherald.com.

Livestock entering Washington state now must undergo a veterinary inspection within five days prior to travel, aligned with federal requirements. Before the detection of screwworms in the United States, that timeline was longer. (Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard)

More than 4 million Americans lost SNAP benefits between February 2025 and this February, according to analyses of federal data. The numbers are expected to increase as a result of the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act signed last summer by President Trump. (Kevin Hardy / Stateline)

Nacho died six months ago tonight. And that Aussie-size hole in my heart? It still hasn’t healed. I miss my big red dog. #aussie #rescuedog

Fire crews from Washington state and Idaho attacked the fire from the ground and air, but it quickly grew to 225 acres (.35 square miles). It was 10% contained Wednesday morning, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. (Martha Bellisle / AP)

Besides the new oil revenue for Iran, the two sides are more or less back where they were 3½ months ago — before Israel and the U.S. launched their war on Iran, which has left thousands dead across the region, triggered a global energy crisis and shaken the American economy. (Lee Keath / AP)

Think of it: On the 250th anniversary of our country’s founding, America’s increasingly senescent president turned the White House lawn into a tacky, bloody gladiatorial arena while capitulating to Iran. The latest from New York Times columnist @michellegoldberg.bsky.social.

Fresh ink from Nick Anderson.

Interstate 82 between Selah and Ellensburg was closed overnight and reopened around 7 a.m. Wednesday. It closed again at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Something beautiful for this day: Honeybee on May Night Salvia, Yakima, Washington (June 2026). #bees #flowers #salvia #PNW

CLAIM: Trump's tough immigration policies have led to a drop in car insurance premiums, after a spike under the Biden administration caused by illegal immigration. THE FACTS: This is false. (Melissa Goldin / Associated Press)

Clinton’s assessment came at a moment of renewed scrutiny of the mistakes that led to Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to Trump in 2024. (Tim Balk / New York Times)

The department’s biggest functions are effectively now reassigned, and what remains is a skeleton of what it once was. (Associated Press)