Amanda Ray

03/07/2021

On a traffic pole at a busy intersection in Toppen*sh, weatherworn paper flyers feature photos and information about Indigenous people who are missing. One is Leona Sharon Kinsey, who was

07/22/2020

The display is an effort to draw attention to the people infected and killed by the coronavirus, said Leola Reeves, who proposed the field of flags. “What I want is for people to understand how many people are honestly affected by this,” she said.

More than 8,000 red and black flags marked with a silhouette lined the edge of Chesterley Park Tuesday evening.

07/21/2020

"At the Sunnyside Municipal Court, people appear at a window on the side of the building that houses the court, police department and jail, and talk to a judge and attorneys through a tablet computer while passing court documents to clerks through the window’s sliding drawer." More of the story below by Don Meyers.

For years, people have been buying food and doing their banking at drive-up windows.

06/02/2020

Protestors chant during a Justice for George Floyd rally.

06/02/2020

Scenes from a peaceful protest in downtown Yakima. See the photo gallery here at ➡️ https://bit.ly/3gMs2LR

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04/07/2020

Yakima Herald-Republic photographers Evan Abell and Amanda Ray selected 52 of their best images last month: Action from the state basketball tournament, sanitizer stations that sprung up as concern about

04/01/2020

More good news coming from the Yakima Valley, volunteers from Yakima Maker Space and Thrive Industries print 3D masks for health care providers. More of the story here at Yakima Herald-Republic ➡️ https://bit.ly/2WZNXYE

03/23/2020

"Neighborhood Health and the mission are handling medical patients differently in an effort to slow the spread of the virus.

Both agencies are screening people while they wait in their cars, and neighborhood health is providing drive-thru testing when warranted, said Rhonda Hauff, deputy CEO of Neighborhood Health."

Lyle Wilcowski is wheelchair bound, frequently coughs and breathes with the help of a tube in his throat. He’s also homeless.

02/04/2020

Hundreds of Rocky Mountain elk gather for a feeding Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, at Oak Creek Wildlife Area near Naches, Wash. Feeding starts at 1 p.m. every day and a Discover Pass or WDFW Vehicle Access Pass is required to park at the site. Heavy snow last February and March brought down some 1,100 elk from Yakima’s shrinking herd to the Oak Creek site.

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01/21/2020

Standing in front of a mural, DJ Tye Walker prepares for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day march Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, on North Sixth Avenue in Yakima, Wash. ➡️ In the second image, Banice Garret holds a placard high on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. ➡️ In the last image, marchers honor Martin Luther King Jr. as they walk along the underpass on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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01/17/2020

White Pass Ski Area’s snow statistics show 150 inches of new snow since Jan. 1, including more than 80 inches over the past week. ⬆️ In the image above, from left, Leslie Johnson, Gene Webb, Mike Pedersen, James Bardt, and Rick Webb prepare to ski at White Pass Ski Area Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, in Naches, Wash.

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01/14/2020

Judy Mobley, left, embraces Sister Fe Sumalde in front of the St. Elizabeth’s School of Nursing building as people gather in memory of their time at Astria Regional Medical Center Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, in Yakima, Wash. ➡️ In the second image, standing in front of emergency department doors, Valda Longsine holds a lit candle in memory of her time at the hospital.

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