Elections 2016

Yakima County Auditor Charles Ross says when all the counting is finished he expects at least a 50% turnout.

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business associate, Rick Gates, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy against the United States and other felony charges.

On Friday, January 20, 2017, Donald Trump with take the oath of office to become the 45th president of the United States.

The time of Trump is upon us.  Millions of us have wondered for some time what it would be like to have a political outsider, a non-politician in the Whitehouse and now we will find out. The inauguration is Friday and our consultant, businessman, blogger buddy Tim Bryce weighs in on what he thinks America needs to hear in the President’s address...

This past Saturday, the Yakima County Republican Central Committee held its biennial organizational meeting to examine local party rules, by-laws and to elect a new executive board.  Precinct committee officers who attended voted-in elected the following officers to serve: Chair: Benine McDonnell Vice Chair: Jeremie Dufault Treasurer: Norma Joiner Secretary: Lisa Herke State Committeeman: Gary Cla

OLYMPIA (AP) — As Washington state prepares to swear in its first blind lieutenant governor, the Senate has undergone a makeover that incorporates Braille into that chamber's floor sessions. On a recent day just weeks before the start of the legislative session that begins Monday, the desks of 49 senators got an upgrade: a system that will enable Lt...

Dion and Garth Brooks are reportedly the latest singers who've declined invitations.

OLYMPIA (AP) — The count is in for Washington state's Electoral College votes. Democrat Hillary Clinton received eight votes, former Secretary of State Colin Powell got three, and Faith Spotted Eagle, an elder in the Yankton Dakota tribe, got one...

Correcting what it considers a misreading of its 2015 draft report on hydraulic fracking, the EPA has released a final report it says “provides scientific evidence that hydraulic fracturing activities can impact drinking water resources in the U...

Electors are gathering Monday in every state to formally elect Donald Trump president even as anti-Trump forces try one last time to deny him the White House. Protests are planned Monday in state capitals, but they're unlikely to persuade the Electoral College to dump Trump...