The Stars and Stripes and Washington’s Evergreen had a new companion—a Rainbow—on the flag pole high atop Barge Hall on the Central Washington University campus Monday. The new flag, a rectangle...

Next Wednesday, Douglas Blackmon, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, will speak at the First Amendment Festival about his work on the “neo-slavery” of African Americans from 1865 to the 20th century....

When Cynthia Mitchell, associate professor of journalism, first read in a survey that most students don’t understand the First Amendment, she wanted to scream. “I thought to myself, ‘You’ve...

On a hot and dusty day in the summer of 1993. 23-year-old Jay Ball stepped out of the taxi that took him and four classmates from East Jerusalem to the Gaza Strip. The two-hour car ride brought them to...

The local Habitat for Humanity just finished its 16th home and moved its chosen family, Spring Liles and her two children, into the Sunlight Waters home near Cle Elum on Tuesday. Liles qualified for...

The Associated Students of Central Washington University (ASCWU) decided Monday not to pursue a recall election of President Ryan Anderson. Anderson also chose not to voluntarily resign. “We met with...

Washington lawmakers are looking to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. Last year, a bill to raise the smoking age requirement did not pass despite the highly publicized support...

Central Washington University students will join local elementary schools next week to celebrate and remember Martin Luther King Jr. Around 400 students from the second grade to the fifth grade from...

This year’s unusually heavy snowfall caught everyone by surprise, including Karin Bumeaco, assistant state climatologist for Washington state. According to Bumeaco, the snowfall in lower-elevation...

Bus shelters are usually seen as functional things to shield people from the elements during the colder months. But Alex Eyre, chairmen of the Ellensburg Arts Commission, wants them to be something more. He...

Near the end of Thursday’s demonstration, protester Gianni Glover challenged President James Gaudino: “If you give us false hope by making these commitments and fail to do them, would you be willing...

  Faced with the possible loss of Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) funded grants, the Central Transit bus system is exploring other, more stable funding options, according...

Today about 60 students protested racial injustice on the Central Washington University campus. The protest started at about noon in the Student Union & Recreation Center (SURC) marketplace. "Racism...

Since it started in 1925, homecoming has been about celebrating Central’s past. For alums who have graduated and moved on to be geologists, teachers, computer specialists and pilots, it’s a time...

Non-fiction writer and ex-reporter Rene Denfeld has an interesting job. In her line of work, she meets people who society says shouldn’t be alive. “Every year we take thousands of people and we...

Central and Yakima Valley Community College (YVCC) are receiving more than $3 million from a federal grant, according to KIMA TV. The Department of Education Title V Developing Hispanic-Serving Institution...

The recent vilification of Planned Parenthood by conservative members of Congress has once again stirred up the decades-old abortion debate.   Additionally, a video circulating around the Internet...

Central is going viral—and not in the usual way. Central’s online English program was recently ranked seventh amongst similar programs in the nation by BestSchools.org. Created two years ago the...