How can you make healthy food resolutions really stick?
For many of us, January is all about giving things up: Maybe we're going to stop eating meat and embrace a plant-based diet. Or we're ready to kick excess sugar to the curb after a holiday season awash in sweets. Or we're committed to avoiding fast food.
Kennewick vet clinic first in the state to have high-definition CT machine
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Another level of care is being offered to pet owners at the Horse Heaven Hills Vet Clinic. The office has introduced the Vimago. It's…
Houseplants become more active as days get longer
Houseplants are quick to tell you when they need help. They display discolored leaves, drooping stems, and little or no growth. That usually gives you enough time to make things right.
Dog with less than a year to live sworn in as honorable Pasco K-9 as part of bucket list
PASCO, Wash. -- Sometimes we don't know how lucky we are until something life-altering happens whether that be the loss of a loved one or a medical diagnosis. For Eddie,…
WSP: 35 crashes in Tri-Cities, 5 in Yakima Co. following Thursday's snowfall
Troopers saw a few dozen crashes on local roadways following Thursday's snowfall. According to WSP's Trooper Chris Thorson, 35 crashes happened in the greater Tri-Cities area. Yakima County had five crashes and Walla Walla had three. Trooper Thorson added that…
New robots at Lourdes, Trios will help surgeons navigate spinal procedures
PASCO, Wash. -- For the first time, two Tri-Cities hospitals will be able to bring robotics into spine surgery. LifePoint Health, which now owns Lourdes Medical Center and Trios Hospital, invested several million dollars…
2019 was a record year for Tri-Cities Airport
Pasco, WA – Passenger numbers at Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) reached an all-time high in 2019. A total of 870,890 people traveled through the airport last year, nearly 86,000 more than in 2018. 2018 was previously the airport’s busiest year on…
To experience New Zealand’s rugged beauty, go by camper van
GLENORCHY, New Zealand (AP) — We crested a hill on the winding lakeside road, and there it was: Middle-earth.
Gucci's Michele marks 5 years of challenging masculine codes
MILAN (AP) — If any one designer can take credit for revolutionizing menswear, it is Gucci’s Alessandro Michele, who made his runway debut as creative director five years ago with a menswear collection that challenged masculine codes.
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Dam-focused rally, workshop draws hundreds of people to Pasco
A rally and workshop in Pasco brought people on both sides of the Lower Snake River dam issue - and both sides of the state - under the same roof Monday night. The snowy roads didn’t deter local leaders and…
Nurses' union outraged at Astria Regional closure, holding emergency meeting
YAKIMA, Wash. — With less than a week's notice, the state nurses' union says more than a hundred nurses in Yakima are without a job and a community has begun to lose much-needed health services — including the only open…
Columbia Basin College unveils new dental hygiene clinic
An almost 20-year-old program at Columbia Basin College can finally boast a brand new, state-of-the-art facility. On Friday, CBC representatives, students and members of the community gathered for the ribbon…
What should schools do when a second-grader makes a threat?
Earlier this month, mom Amber Dunevant was told that one of her 7-year-old daughter’s classmates had put her daughter on a “kill list” at Parkview Elementary in Chula Vista, Calif.
Carnival Cruise Line bans 'offensive clothing'
Think your profanity-laced T-shirt would be fun to wear on your next cruise? Carnival Cruise Line says no.
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U.S. Census Bureau hiring thousands of temporary workers
SEATTLE, Wash. -- 2020 is here, and efforts to ensure everyone is counted in this year’s census are accelerating. The U.S. Census Bureau has recently ramped up national recruiting efforts to hire thousands of temporary census takers in communities across…
Sex tech from female-led startups at CES gadget show
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sex tech will grace the CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week after organizers endured scorn for revoking an innovation award to a sex device company led by a female founder.
