A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft — carrying four astronauts from three countries — took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday morning, beginning their six-month stay in space.This launch marked the third-ever crewed flight for Elon Musk's company…
TRI-CITIES, Wash — Happy Earth Day 2021! This year's theme is "Restore Our Earth," something that local officials said is a must if we want future generations to enjoy the planet. Richland Park Ranger…
HERMISTON, Ore. - The Hermiston School District Wellness Clinic has reopened, after it closed due to the pandemic. The district has partnered with Good Samaritan Health System to provide…
UNION GAP, Wash. — Local businesses have struggled during the pandemic, but many are holding strong, including a Union Gap restaurant that is celebrating 75 years in business. Jean's Cottage…
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the sentence of life without parole for a juvenile offender in a 6-3 decision, rejecting arguments that such sentences should have additional limits.Justice Brett Kavanaugh penned the decision for his conservative colleagues, holding that…
The Senate passed with a wide bipartisan majority Thursday a bill denouncing discrimination against Asian communities in the United States, and creating a new position at the Justice Department to expedite reviews of potential Covid-19-related hate crimes.The vote was 94-1.…
Claims for unemployment benefits went down more than expected last week. That's good news.Economists are confident that the labor market recovery will gather speed as the economy reopens fully and more people get vaccinated. But jobless claims rose in two…
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass a bill that would grant statehood to Washington, DC, a Democratic priority that faces obstacles to final passage even with the party now in control of both chambers of Congress and…
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill Wednesday granting immunity to drivers who unintentionally injure or kill protesters while attempting to flee and which stiffens penalties for demonstrators who block public roadways, according to the Oklahoma State Legislature.The state Senate…
YAKIMA, Wash. — Jury selection continues this week in the second trial for a 21-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing 55-year-old Michael Ochoa in Yakima in 2018. Anthony Gregory Mallory was on trial for second-degree murder last month, but court…
KENNEWICK, Wash. - A Pasco man, Roger Lenk, has filed a complaint against Kennewick Mayor Don Britian with the Washington State Executive Ethics Board. Mayor…
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima police are investigating two knife attacks that happened Tuesday morning just a few hours and a less than two miles apart. Police responded about 4:45 a.m. to reports of a 21-year-old man bleeding from the head…
LeVar Burton, of "Reading Rainbow" fame, is taking on a new role this spring."Jeopardy!" announced Wednesday that the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" actor will be one of the final guest hosts to close out Season 37 of the quiz…
The Justice Department is launching a probe into policing practices in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd and the murder convictions for ex-cop Derek Chauvin, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday.In a speech last week, Garland had vowed to…
President Joe Biden is expected to tout the United States administering 200 million coronavirus vaccine shots since he took office in remarks on Wednesday, according to two administration officials.Two hundred million shots is double the original goal Biden had set…
YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. — The state Department of Health will allow Yakima County to remain in Phase 3, despite an error in COVID-19 data that…
BENTON COUNTY, Wash. — A downed power line near the Benton County Fairgrounds cut off the power at the mass vaccination site on Tuesday afternoon. The power outage occurred around 3:30 p.m., roughly a half-hour before the site was set…
Dave Calhoun, Boeing's CEO for the company's worst year ever, will get to stay around to try to lead the aerospace giant's rebound for the foreseeable future. That's because the Boeing board announced it is raising its executive retirement age.…
KENNEWICK, Wash. — An alleged mall burglary gone wrong landed two suspects in Kennewick Police custody on Tuesday afternoon. Local authorities say that the duo fled from an interaction with security at Columbia Center Mall around 1:00 a.m According to…
President Joe Biden welcomed Tuesday's guilty verdict in the murder trial of a former Minneapolis police officer but said the outcome was "too rare" for the country to turn away now from issues of systemic racism."I can't breathe. Those were…
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Ever since videos surfaced of George Floyd being murdered at the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, it's been at the forefront of American culture. Even though the incident was isolated to one store in…
