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Pasco School District to present blended learning plan, dates during Tuesday's board meeting
PASCO, Wash. -- Pasco School District administrators will present PSD's blended learning model and school start dates to the board of directors during a meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 27. During the meeting, administrators will go over both the plan for…
Parents, students and staff rally for KSD to reopen
Students, parents and teachers gathered at Amistad Elementary in Kennewick Friday morning to rally for in-person learning. This comes after the Kennewick School District announced Wednesday they were pushing back the start date…
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LIGO Hanford breaks ground on new exploration center
RICHLAND, Wash. -- Construction on a new exploration center at the LIGO Hanford Observatory is underway. LIGO held a groundbreaking earlier this month for the new, state-of-the-art facility expected to open to the public in January of 2022. "It will…
Pasco School District athletics will resume on Nov. 9
PASCO, Wash. -- High school athletes in the Pasco School District can begin play starting Monday, Nov. 9. The Pasco School District announced the launch of its Return-to-Play initiative, saying in a statement, "We believe students who are involved in…
Kennewick School District to postpone in-person learning for middle, high school students until February
KENNEWICK, Wash. - Kennewick middle and high school students will have to wait several months until they can start in-person learning. The Kennewick School District voted 3-2 Wednesday night to postpone hybrid learning for those students until February 2, 2021.…
Richland School District pushes back start date for hybrid learning
RICHLAND, Wash. -- The Richland School District has released new start dates for hybrid learning this fall. Below is the list of new dates: - DD Preschool (ELC) and kindergartners: Wednesday, Oct. 28 - ECEAP Preschool (ELC) and Grades 1-2:…
CWU students account for half of Kittitas County's current COVID-19 cases, officials say
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Central Washington University students are testing positive for COVID-19 at increasing rates and now account for more than half of…
Pandemic fatigue: Benton-Franklin health officials urge residents to 'not let their guard down'
TRI-CITIES, Wash. – Pandemic fatigue is setting in as we’ve now been dealing with COVID-19 for most of 2020, but according to the…
Local volunteers donate hundreds of masks to Richland School District
A group of Kadlec sewing volunteers is keeping Richland School District students covered for the pandemic. They came together to sew 500 reusable cloth masks in fun patterns like flowers, butterflies, and dinosaurs.…
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Washington state issues more COVID restrictions for colleges
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee will now require colleges and universities to provide quarantine facilities for all students if they are exposed to COVID-19. The governor on Tuesday issued more restrictions for higher education campuses as the…
Kennewick School District begins Hybrid Learning
KENNEWICK, Wash. - Although there are few things that are normal about going to school during a pandemic, Principal Dale Kern said it's uplifting to see students back in classrooms. "Everybody's…
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Two colleges in Walla Walla rank in Top 5 for Washington
WALLA WALLA, Wash. --- College rankings are out and two Walla Walla colleges took spots in the Top 10 for Washington. While University of Washington rated first, Whitman College took the number two spot according to the Wallethub rating. Walla…
Idaho's largest school district cancels classes Monday after more than 650 teachers call out sick
MERIDIAN, Idaho -- Idaho's largest school district will not hold classes on Monday as originally planned after 652 teachers called in sick, according to KBOI. A spokesperson for the West Ada School District says out of 2,145 teachers, 652 took…
Some Hermiston students returning to school part-time starting Monday
HERMISTON, Ore. – The Hermiston School District announced Friday it will begin limited in-person instruction on October 19. The plan is to bring some students back to classrooms at six of the district's eight schools under state guidelines during Comprehensive…
USDA extends free meal program through the end of the school year
Washington, D.C.-- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending flexibilities to allow free meals to continue to be available to all children throughout the entire 2020-2021 school year. USDA previously extended child nutrition waivers through December 2020 due to…
14-year-old girl wins national award for work on finding possible Covid-19 cure
Click here for updates on this story Frisco, TX (KTVT) -- A 14-year-old girl from Frisco has won a national award for her work on finding a possible cure for COVID-19. Anika Chebrolu, a student at Independence High School, recently…
