The City of Chehalis will officially adopt Juneteenth as a government holiday — eventually. City employees will have to wait one more year for the extra day off. The Chehalis City Council ...

Since MLK Day is one of 11 federal holidays in 2026, Trump alone does not have the power to outright cancel any established ...

Juneteenth is something that nobody had heard of until five years ago and was pushed for political purposes,’ Post Falls ...

Long Beach’s waterfront Juneteenth celebration, which has drawn thousands to celebrate Black culture and heritage for the ...

A bill to make Juneteenth Independence Day a federal holiday passed the House on Wednesday and will head to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature. The bill would make June 19 the 11th federal ...

On February 17, the Post Falls, Idaho, City Council voted 4–2 to remove Juneteenth from the city’s paid holiday list and restore Columbus Day, a move with local policy and cultural significance. Mayor ...

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — ...

Post Falls Mayor Randy Westlund said he believes Columbus Day is a better holiday honoring 'American heritage.' ...