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

Always wanted to be on NWPB 😄 Also, we estimated about 400 people. So yeah, at least 100 😅 www.nwpb.org/local/2026-0...

I got Oak hugs the other night & a Sounders pounder with my homie! 💙💚

My youngest came out as trans last Summer. Tonight was her first Sounders match. She snapped this photo. I will never take for granted how @weareecs.bsky.social made a second generation supporter feel safe and proud in her city. 🩵🩷🤍

Street Fighter movie LEAK- Blanka origin story scene

Drum roll 🥁 — and the Yakima Pride Festival & Parade 2026 theme is…🌈✨ “Loud, proud & not backing down!” Submitted by: @srskank.bsky.social Sara Rae Shields 💖 Thank you to everyone who submitted your ideas! partiful.com/e/9xzKDGCSPy...

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

The smell of smoking meat hangs in the air as you step out of your car, a signal of the work taking place inside Snyder’s German Sausage Haus in Yakima, where the day begins early and hardly ever stops. Story by @sararae-yhr.bsky.social, Explore editor at yakimaherald.com.

The same week the NYTimes was devoting its significant resources to producing this ridiculous piece about Lauren Sanchez Bezos's call for rich people to not worry and be happy, Ryan Hass, an independent journalist in Oregon, was investigating this horrifying story about a death in an Amazon plant.

Not having a very good mental day. Everyone seems to think their thing is the most important and don’t understand I’m only one person working on my section. Mistakes can and do happen but not just by me. Calling me a disappointment will not help anyone.

When your homie’s a beer tender and you get a free beer on your tab

We mustn't dwell... no, not today. We CAN'T. Not on Rex Manning day!

Damn the man. Save the Empire.

Home.

OHMYGAAAAAAAAAAAWD! I finally finished Heated Rivalry!

Walk through the gate in Houston and one of the first people I see is @gvbsea.bsky.social! Pleasant surprise! 💙💚

Are your lenses progressive? How long did it take you to adjust to using them? I’m not sure how I feel about them tbh, but it’s only day 1, lol

I am, admittedly, a very old person, but I miss the days of being like “oh the game is on channel 5,” and then turning on the tv and flipping to channel 5 and watching the game

Very excited to see if the Sounders' first half today will be less than an hour long.

This is the most obvious logical thing to implement. It's wild they haven't at least trialed it yet. I suppose I could see refs feeling like they have to make a decision quickly, but maybe they shouldn't see the clock ticking.

A reader had a good suggestion: Once the ref goes to the monitor, VAR’s communication should stop. If they can’t see the infraction without the help of the commentary, it’s not clear and obvious. www.sounderatheart.com/2026/02/pro-...

Tomorrow is March and my brain can’t fully comprehend that!

I swear, every night before a weekend shift, I have the worst sleep. Doesn’t help that I’ve been stuck at home all week, getting over some sort of cold. It’s been a crappy one.

Tix purchased to see The Hold Steady (playing Boys & Girls in America!) and the Mountain Goats in August at Zoo Tunes! I. Am. Excite.

Home.

Checking the YHR-news email and in the clutter folder is an email from ‘Bone Idle’ and that would be a great band name.

Starting “Reservation Dogs” again and the IHS episode in the first season is probably the best!

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

Iconic moment as he says "God Bless América" and then names every country in South, Central, and North america in order For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S. It means evveeerrybody

Hahaha this is amazing He goes over to wake up a kid sleeping on some chairs There's always a kid sleeping in the corner at a real wedding The details!!!!

Omg this is so good I missed this! VERY intentional shot lingering on two men grinding on each other Throughout his career Benito has been an ally to the LGBTQ community and has tried to push back against the machismo prevalent in Latin music

I see you, Pedro!

That poor dog.

I saw Jeff Goldblum. I’m good.

when your lead singer drops an f-bomb on national television

“Nailed it!” -those jet pilots probably.

Watching the past MVPs walk out on the stage during that performance wasn’t awkward. At. All.

That ‘meh-beard’ was disturbing!

I’m not big into nachos but I’m really craving some right now.

Some of the 3D printed whistles included a phone number for the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network. The deportation defense hotline can be used to support Washington residents regardless of immigration status, according to WAISN. Coverage from @sararae-yhr.bsky.social / yakimaherald.com.

My lowkey flex is using fast pass to play Sandstorm at the bar!

At my fav dive bar and on any given tv is basketball, soccer or Lord of the Rings!

Out on an assignment this morning, I met a seeing eye dog in training and omg! It was so hard not to attack Pepper! She was cute!

They put a fake tournament in the middle of the season just to market MLS to Mexican fans and then immediately gutted their Spanish coverage

FIRST! 😝🫣

4 years ago today was my fist day at the Yakima Herald-Republic. Leaving the only adult job I ever had was the scariest decision I ever made, switching professions from map making to journalism. I don’t regret it.

Listening to The Halluci Nation before bed does a body good.

Played trivia tonight, team name “useless trivia trove,” we took first!

This has become my favorite series!

Your guide to weekend events in the Yakima Valley, courtesy of Explore Editor @sararae-yhr.bsky.social at the Yakima Herald-Republic.