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In 1957, Fred Eichelman began teaching seventh-grade history in Roanoke County. He was using a shiny new state-commissioned textbook ... about women beyond Martha Washington and Pocahontas.
Kastner delivered in her state debut by winning the Class 2A long jump title with a leap of 16 feet, 8.75 inches. She will also try ... champions for just the third time in program history on Saturday ...
Washington state is set to study reparations for the first time in its history, as advocates express a need to examine the ...
Shuttering the facilities will curb access to the state’s trove of historical and governmental collections, the secretary of ...
The Library, which includes Seattle's Braille library, is closing to the public on July 1 due to a budget shortfall.
In “Murderland,” Caroline Fraser tries to understand why her hometown became a breeding ground for serial killers.
As GOP lawmakers push to ban some books and restrict history lessons, groups across the country plan a day of actions to ...
An ousted member of the state’s top school board will lead the process to approve K-12 textbooks that align with ...
For the second time on Thursday night, and Oregon Duck heard his name called in the 2025 NFL draft, and for the second time, the drafting team got a great grade for the pick. According to The ...
Regional general assignment reporter covering a range of topics including race, politics, history, crime and culture. Joe Heim has been with The Washington Post as an editor and reporter since 1999.
Globally, Christians remain the largest religion category in number, while Muslims and religiously unaffiliated people were the fastest-growing groups from 2010 to 2020. The rise of the “nones” was ...
During her recent visit to Clallam County as Peninsula College’s 2025 writer-in-residence, Fraser briefly summarized the book ...