First of two Pullman Pride events this month is on Saturday, followed by June 29 fest

Organizers of two celebrations this month in Pullman wanted to make sure there was a presence in the area during Pride month, only to discover they’d doubled up. And, given the atmosphere currently, that’s not a bad thing, organizer Diana Whitney of the Intersectional Advocacy Coalition said...

Juneteenth in Moscow tops this week’s list of regional events

Cuts to programs supporting Black students at the University of Idaho make Thursday's (June 19) Juneteenth celebration in Moscow especially imperative, organizers said. The free, family-friendly gathering is set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Friendship Square at Fourth and Main streets in downtown Moscow...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries...

Volunteer sign-up is open for the Pullman Chamber and Visitor Center’s annual Fourth of July Celebration. Volunteers are needed to serve beverages and cotton candy, help with parking and clean up afterward...

Lifelike digital Triceratops and Spinosaurus lumbering through a reimagined “Walking with Dinosaurs” and Benson Boone’s sophomore album “American Heart” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: A documentary on trailblazing NASA astronaut Sally Ride, the third season of “The Gilded Age” and Tron: Catalyst, a video game inspired by the 1982 movie “Tron.”

Streaming is now bigger than broadcast and cable combined

LOS ANGELES — For the first time, streaming services have eclipsed traditional television in overall U.S. TV viewership, according to a Nielsen report released earlier this week. YouTube, Netflix, Paramount+ and other streaming services combined to attract 44.8% of all television usage in May, representing the largest share to date for direct-to-consumer platforms...