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Tourism is picking back up in the Yakima Valley.

Yakima is making news again and this time we've seemed to have got the attention of MSNBC's host Rachel Maddow. Rachel's show featured the recent Yakima deportation meeting that was spotlighted in the Yakima Herald.

On Wednedsay morning, I saw a story online at the Yakima Herald reporting that some KKK fliers found were on lawns and driveways in Ellensburg, WA. I dismissed the story as just one of those things I care about that likely no one else around here will, and kept on going about my day...

The Yakima Herald-Republic just reported that the Yakima-area Kmart department store is closing. Expect the doors to shut forever by the middle of December. I remember shopping at Kmart for all my back-to-school clothes when I was a kid, and I also purchased my very first Christmas tree there for my brand-new Yakima apartment years ago...

If you are not a subscriber to the Yakima Herald Republic's website, then you will have to pay* to access online articles starting Tuesday. Many people have ceased ordering newspaper delivery services and many newspapers find themselves in the dilemma of trying to be profitable while maintaining a viable presence online, where most websites do not charge for access...

Coming down the pike is the Playdate Expo! Lots of fun for the kiddos! Last year, I took my daughter Willow, who was 10 months old and had just turned started standing up by herself only a few weeks before. She was able to stand beside the Kids' Zumba stage and do her little wiggle dance...