Martin Luther King Jr.

Roberts parents were close friends with the Kings.

Each year the annual MLK March is held on streets in downtown Yakima but this year it's a virtual only event.

Activities are planned for MLK Day in Yakima and Toppenish beginning January 10th through January 17th, 2022.

Today's theme is "Power in the People...Freedom, Equality, and Prosperity". There can be none of these things if we don't start getting our STUFF together-as a community and as a nation.

Instead of the march the organizers plan a week of activities leading up to the national holiday of January 18

The Yakima City Council is now waiting to see three concept designs for a proposed outdoor pool at Martin Luther King Jr. Park.

This event is being held nationwide in memory of the slain American civil rights leader.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner and civil rights movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. He changed my life forever and I was only 2. My mom used to remind me as I got older of a man who was tired of there being a split in this world. She told of a man who was black and was smarter than anyone would ever be. I was so happy she told me these s

With a steady drum cadence, an honor guard, a police escort and several Yakima Transit buses trailing behind, about 200 people joined a mile-and-a-half-long peace walk through Yakima to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday.

The other night, my 5-year-old daughter, Willow, and I were sitting on the bed, lounging around because it was a Saturday evening. I asked her if she wanted me to read her a story and she asked me to pick out the books. I chose to read her a book I have never read to her (and never even read myself)...

As the city of Yakima celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Yakima, some businesses and services are taking the day off.

I have walked in the MLK Peace Walk with my daughter for three years in a row. When my daughter was an infant, I decided that I wanted her to grow up with an appreciation for the walk and soup kitchen offered at the Southeast Community Center...