YAKIMA, Wash. -- The Yakima Health District has announced that face coverings will be required in public places in Yakima County starting Wednesday, June 3. Dr. Teresa Everson, Health Officer at the Yakima Health District, issued a Health Officer Directive…
UPDATE - A firefighter has been found dead after going missing while on a hike on the west side of Peoh Point. The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office says 24-year-old Marcus Caroll's body was found while teams were searching with a…
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- A 19-year-old man was arrested after breaking out the windows of the Burlington Coat Factory on W. Canal Dr. On Sunday, May 31 around 11 p.m., Kennewick Police, Washington State…
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Governor Inslee has ordered the statewide activation of the National Guard in response to violence and looting in city streets across Washington. Inslee made the announcement Sunday after several requests from the City of Seattle and a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to a White House bunker on Friday night as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the executive mansion, some of them throwing rocks and tugging at police barricades. Trump spent nearly…
SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane Police deployed tear gas and rubber bullets in downtown Sunday night at the end of the George Floyd protest. It is not yet known what caused this escalation, but the tear gas was deployed near…
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- The Kennewick Police Department has closed all entrances to the Columbia Center Mall Sunday night in regards to a possible protest. Kennewick Police said that mall security requested extra security for the possible protest. There are rumors…
Update: As of Sunday at 5 p.m., 7,000 customers have had their power restored with 8,300 expected to be back in service by Monday evening. --- YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. Power outages affecting thousands of customers in the greater Yakima area…
BENTON COUNTY, Wash. -- A wildfire that has spread more than 1,000 acres on Bureau of Land Management land near I-82 will continue to burn throughout the night, officials told KAPP-KVEW. Officials say the initial report is that the fire…
UPDATE (10:30 p.m. Sunday) — A new estimate from MSA puts the contained fire at 9,000 acres. _______ UPDATE (8:15 p.m. Sunday) — The vegetation fire at the Hanford Site has been contained, according to Patrick Conrad with Mission Support Alliance.…
PASCO, Wash. -- Hundreds of protestors marched over a mile to the Pasco Police station on Sunday asking for justice in the death of George Floyd. This follows a peaceful protest on Saturday in Richland where hundreds showed their support.…
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Uncle Sam's Saloon announced that an employee has tested positive for the coronavirus. The announcement was made on their Facebook page around noon on Sunday. The post said that the business will close until all of their…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal law enforcement officer who was shot and killed while providing security at the U.S. courthouse in Oakland during a protest has been identified. Dave Patrick Underwood, 53, died from gunshot wounds sustained after someone…
Police officers in one of New Jersey’s largest and most violent cities were praised on social media for marching alongside protesters in rallies held this weekend over George Floyd’s death. Camden County Police Chief Joe Wysocki, who has been working…
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Some victims of childhood sex abuse who are considering suing the Boy Scouts of America face a choice: an anguished rush to meet a deadline earlier than what lawmakers intended, or wait and sue local councils,…
First came a high fever, drenching sweats and muscle aches. Then, almost a month later, a weird numbness that spread down the right side of her body. Darlene Gildersleeve thought she had recovered from COVID-19. Doctors said she just needed…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk’s company. With test pilots Doug…
NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says “there remains an urgent need for action” following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the protests around the country that have followed. From New York to Los Angeles and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — As protests over the death of George Floyd grow in cities across the U.S., government officials have been warning of the “outsiders” -- groups of organized rioters they say are flooding into major cities not to call…
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced a 5 p.m. curfew for the entire city Saturday and Washingon Gov. Jay Inslee activated the National Guard after rioters torched police vehicles and spilled onto Interstate 5, forcing the freeway’s temporary…
After a night of rioting in Portland, Oregon, those responsible for the damage to police headquarters, a shopping mall and many businesses will be tracked down, authorities said Saturday, but also adding that this was a moment for soul searching.…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The massive protests sweeping across U.S. cities following the police killing of a black man in Minnesota have sent shudders through the health community and elevated fears that the huge crowds will lead to a new…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken join NASA’s exclusive inner circle by catching a ride on a SpaceX rocket and capsule. It’s only the fifth time that NASA has put people aboard a brand new…
RICHLAND, Wash. -- Hundreds of protestors gathered at John Dam Plaza for justice in the death of George Floyd on Saturday. The peaceful protestors marched along George Washington Way while holding signs and chanting. There was a period in which…
