PENDLETON, Ore. -- Traffic has started to back up along I-84 eastbound, just east of Pendleton, due to a crash. I-84 eastbound has been closed between exit 216 and exit 265 in La Grande due to a crash near milepost…
PLYMOUTH, Wash. — Internet troubles and power outages were observed in Benton County and Umatilla County on Wednesday morning after a semi-truck accident downed power lines that services communities in both Oregon and Washington. According to a social media alert…
PENDLETON, Ore. — Following several days of analysis, the National Weather Service (NWS) has formally classified two tornadoes that touched down in Umatilla County as part of a severe thunderstorm on Friday afternoon. According to the NWS, the two…
UPDATE on 5/12/22: Though a freeze warning has been extended once again for the Yakima Valley, special alerts no longer suggest that Kittitas and Umatilla Counties are at risk on Friday morning. Officials from Alert Yakima say that the cities…
KENEWICK, Wash. -- After a year on Good Morning Northwest, KAPP-KVEW's Anchor, Reporter, Producer, and Forecaster Amanda Mason will continue her…
HEPPNER, Ore. — Two days in a row, K9 Telly of the Morrow County Sheriff's Office was deployed to chase down suspects who attempted to flee from the police after committing crimes. The first incident occurred on April 26, when…
HERMISTON, Ore, -- The playground that's been burnt down, twice, and rebuilt in 2021 in Hermiston, has yet again been on the receiving end of ill-willed individuals. The Funland Playground in Hermiston was rebuilt and improved after two suspicious fires…
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Backpacks come in all shapes and sizes and are an excellent tool for students to carry their school…
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- The Consumer Product and Safety Commission (CPSD) issued a recall on April 14, 2022, posting that Dollar Tree stores recalled more than one million Crafter's Square Glue Guns. CPSD said that "glue guns can malfunction when plugged in, posing…
PENDLETON, Wash. -- Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) reported some lane closures due to severe weather. The KAPP-KVEW First Alert Weather Team is tracking yet another round of late-season mountain snow returning to the…
Here is a list of school closures and delays due to inclement weather. Ione School District -- 3-Hour Delay Morrow County School District -- Heppner Schools: Closed All Day (Updated 8:00 a.m. from previous 3-Hour Delay) (Schools in Boardman and…
SALEM, Ore. -- Oregon Department of Transportation released the latest traffic updates Tuesday morning. U.S. 395 remains closed between Nye Junction at the intersection with OR 74 (MP 23.64) and Long Creek (MP 90.84) due to severe snowstorms and unsafe…
In a turn of unique weather events, Monday has brought snow, rain and wintery mix to the Columbia Basin. Here is a list of school closures and delays. Yakima-area School Districts: Mt Adams Sch. Dist.: Cancelled (Updated @7:47 a.m.) Paterson…
UPDATE: (7 a.m. 5/5/22) Faith Collins has been found safe in the vehicle in Snohomish County, according to the Bothell Police Department's (BPD) Facebook. Police said she will soon be reunited with her mother and the case is still under…
PENDLETON, Ore. – After a two-year interlude due to the pandemic, the Battle of the Bars fundraiser is back on April 1, 2022, hosted by the Pendleton Round-Up & Happy Canyon Hall of Fame. Organizers said this event will be bigger and better…
HEPPNER, Ore. — A 58-year-old man was shot to death in Boardman on Wednesday night, and Morrow County authorities have released the identity of a suspect who they consider armed and dangerous. Law enforcement across Northern Oregon is searching for…
PENDLETON, Ore. — A 22-year staple of the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office, Communications Division Sergeant Scott Tassie, passed away earlier this week; sending shockwaves through Northeast Oregon law enforcement. First hired as a Telecommunications Officer on June 1, 1999, Sgt.…
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children needs the community's help as they search for 13-year-old Rylie Secrest, who may be in Washington state. Secrest was last seen in the morning on March 8th at her home in…
PENDLETON, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has closed a large section of Interstate 84 due to a crash. According to ODOT's TripCheck, I-84 eastbound is closed between milepost 216 and milepost 265. ODOT reports that a crash…
UPDATE 3/7/22 @ 10:05 a.m. --The Umatilla County Sheriff's Office (UCSO) announced Monday that an arrest has been made in the case of a Milton-Freewater shooting. According to UCSO, 18-year-old Jason Samuel Warner was the victim of a shooting on…
HERMISTON, Ore. -- Last week had a busy start for first responders in Umatila County and Hermiston. First, a 98-car pileup on snowy I-84 then the boiler explosion…
HERMISTON, Ore. — The massive boiler explosion at Shearer’s Foods, one of the region's largest potato chip plants located in Umatilla County, sent a plume of smoke into the air above Northeast Oregon on Tuesday afternoon. KAPP KVEW reported…
HERMISTON, Ore. — Firefighters, first responders, and officers are responding to Shearer's Foods off Highway 207 in Hermiston,…
PENDLETON, Ore. — ODOT announced Tuesday morning around 6:00 a.m. I-84 Westbound freeway is now open in Eastern Oregon. This comes after a large crash involving multiple vehicles closed most of I-84 near Pendleton, Oregon, on Monday, February 21st. "Restrictions…
