Washington prepares for first vaccines to go to health care workers, nursing homes
SEATTLE -- Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots…
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Pasco School District moves forward with blended learning start dates
PASCO, Wash. - By unanimous decision, the Pasco School District Board of Directors decided Tuesday night to work towards transitioning elementary, middle and high school students to a blended learning model of education. The plan to transition all students…
Richland schools using $35,000 donation to support free meal program
RICHLAND, Wash. -- Richland School District is putting a $35,000 donation from the Albertsons and Safeway donation toward free meal distribution for children in the community. The school district said it's receiving additional federal funding for the meals, which include…
Rally planned after 2 workers at Pasco food plant die of COVID-19
PASCO, Wash. -- Two employees at the Twin City Foods plant in Pasco have died of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to a local union. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1439, which represents food workers across…
Gov. Inslee responds to Chuck E. Cheese owner's re-open plea
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Gov. Inslee responded today in a press conference about reopening businesses in the state. This comes after the longtime owner of Tri-Cities' sole Chuck E. Cheese location penned a…
Watch live: Trump and Biden face off in their first presidential debate
Watch live video as President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden go head-to-head in their first presidential debate.
Richland police make arrest in Riverfront Hotel killing; second suspect on the run
RICHLAND, Wash. -- Richland police arrested 43-year-old Michael Gene Cook in connection to Saturday morning's fatal shooting at Riverfront Hotel near Howard Amon Park. Authorities booked Cook at the Benton County jail on charges of murder and kidnapping, both in…
An elderly woman ran out of gas. This Kennewick police officer came to her rescue
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- The Kennewick Police Department is recognizing one of their own for going above and beyond his civil duties. In a social media post, police wrote that Officer Keegan Wolf responded to a call Thursday evening about a…
Sources say Trump will nominate RBG replacement soon
WASHINGTON --- With Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing, her seat on the court is now vacant. According to multiple ABC News sources close to President Trump, he expects to put forth a nominee to fill that spot in…
Benton Co. requests criminal investigation into Sheriff Hatcher
Benton County Deputy Sheriff Guild's response to Sheriff Hatcher's appeal of recall: Sheriff Hatcher had a full fair hearing before an independent judge from another county. The Judge reviewed…
Joe Biden accepts Democratic presidential nomination
WASHINGTON -- Former vice president Joe Biden gave an acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday. Watch here:
Thousands of Washington, Oregon Verizon customers experience service outage
UPDATE: 911 services have been restored, according to the Spokane Regional Emergency Communications Center. Outage reports have also dropped over the past several hours, after peaking around 9:30 p.m. with 5,458 customers reporting issues. UPDATE: We have been notified…
Newhouse, McKinley advance from primary for Washington's 4th congressional district
Incumbent Dan Newhouse and Doug McKinley advanced from the primary for U.S. House Washington District 4. Heading into the election, the incumbent is Dan Newhouse (Republican), who was first elected in 2014. Washington's 4th congressional district encompasses a large area…
Tri-Cities hits 108 degrees, breaking heat record
TRI-CITIES, Wash. -- The Tri-Cities just broke a heat record. Extremely high temperatures were expected for Thursday, July 30, and just before 4 p.m., they reached 108 degrees Fahrenheit. That's the hottest day on record for July 30 in the…
Kennewick police chief celebrates 42 years of serving his community
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Kennewick Police Chief Ken Hohenberg celebrated 42 years of serving the Tri-Cities community on Friday. Over his many years with KPD, Hohenberg has been a patrol officer, traffic officer, motorcycle officer, Kennewick's first DARE officer, patrol sergeant…
Elderly man injured in fire at Kennewick home
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- An elderly man was injured in a fire at a small apartment in Kennewick Tuesday afternoon. Officials with Kennewick Fire say the man was inside the home on the 1100 block of Cleveland St. near Canal Drive…
Hundreds march down G-Way during Richland BLM protest on Fourth of July
RICHLAND, Wash. -- Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters spent their Fourth of July afternoon marching in the streets of Richland, many of them choosing to wear black on the holiday known for the colors red, white and blue. The…
Dozens rally in Kennewick to show support for President Trump
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Dozens of people lined up along Columbia Center Boulevard near the Kennewick mall on Friday to rally in support of President Donald Trump. The rally was organized by members of the Benton County Republican Party and a…
Tri-Cities BLM group to protest 'white washed narrative' of Fourth of July
RICHLAND, Wash. -- A Black Lives Matter protest is scheduled for July 4, Independence Day, at the Hapo Community Stage in Richland. The protest is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 800 Jadwin Ave. In a Facebook event…
Oregon Zoo welcomes baby red panda
PORTLAND, Ore. — Mei Mei, 4-year-old red panda at the Oregon Zoo, has given birth to a cub. Her baby was born June 18 and weighs about half a pound. Mom and baby are doing well in their behind-the-scenes maternity…
Hispanic leaders from across the state address COVID-19 in Latino communities
When Mike Gonzalez, Public Affairs Manager at Franklin PUD was approached by the Benton-Franklin Health District to help get the word out to the Hispanic community about the benefits of wearing masks to fight the spread of COVID-19, he immediately…
COVID relief grants now available for Pasco small businesses
PASCO, Wash. -- COVID-19 relief grants of up to $30,000 each are now available to eligible small businesses in Pasco. These grants are funded by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, as allocated to the U.S.…
51-year-old man dies in apparent drowning at Finley park
FINLEY, Wash. -- A 51-year-old man died in an apparent drowning at Two Rivers Park Thursday afternoon. A Benton County sheriff's deputy told KAPP-KVEW the man was on a floatation device when he fell into the Columbia River. Two other…
Yakima County Sheriff's Office will not enforce face covering mandate
YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. -- Yakima County Sheriff Robert Udell issued a statement Thursday saying his office will not enforce a statewide mandate to wear face coverings in public. Earlier this week, Gov. Jay Inslee announced that face coverings will be…
