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Keeping seniors safe in the heat
Keeping seniors safe in the heat
With triple digit heat hitting Yakima, it's important to stay hydrated and especially important to check on our seniors.
More >>With triple digit heat hitting Yakima, it's important to stay hydrated and especially important to check on our seniors.
More >>Booming glass straw business offers an environment-friendly alternative to plastic
Booming glass straw business offers an environment-friendly alternative to plastic
We are so used to getting plastic straws when we go out to restaurants that we don't even think about where it ends up after we use them.
More >>We are so used to getting plastic straws when we go out to restaurants that we don't even think about where it ends up after we use them.
More >>Three puppies abandoned on side of highway in Yakima
Three puppies abandoned on side of highway in Yakima
If you were driving down the highway and saw something moving inside a plastic garbage bag on the side of the road, would you pull over and check it out?
More >>If you were driving down the highway and saw something moving inside a plastic garbage bag on the side of the road, would you pull over and check it out?
More >>Grant aids effort to reduce high infant mortality rates on Yakama Indian Reservation
Grant aids effort to reduce high infant mortality rates on Yakama Indian Reservation
The Memorial Foundation and Virginia Mason Memorial hospital recently received a $25,000 grant from The Anthem Foundation to help reduce the high rate of infant mortality on the Yakama Indian Reservation.
More >>The Memorial Foundation and Virginia Mason Memorial hospital recently received a $25,000 grant from The Anthem Foundation to help reduce the high rate of infant mortality on the Yakama Indian Reservation.
More >>Afternoon Gleed fire destroys numerous bee hives
Afternoon Gleed fire destroys numerous bee hives
The cause of a fire in Gleed is still under investigation, but it did burn through most of the bee hives that were in the area.
More >>The cause of a fire in Gleed is still under investigation, but it did burn through most of the bee hives that were in the area.
More >>Yakima man who died from injuries was assaulting a woman, YPD says
Yakima man who died from injuries was assaulting a woman, YPD says
Based on new information obtained by Yakima Police Department detectives, the death of a 57-year old man who died last night is not being ruled a homicide at this time.
More >>Based on new information obtained by Yakima Police Department detectives, the death of a 57-year old man who died last night is not being ruled a homicide at this time.
More >>BLM issues fire restrictions order in Eastern Washington
BLM issues fire restrictions order in Eastern Washington
The Bureau of Land Management Spokane District has issued a fire restrictions order on public lands administered by the BLM in Eastern Washington.
More >>The Bureau of Land Management Spokane District has issued a fire restrictions order on public lands administered by the BLM in Eastern Washington.
More >>Kennewick residents put up their own speed limit sign
Kennewick residents put up their own speed limit sign
KENNEWICK: Residents in one Kennewick neighborhood are fed up by people speeding through their streets, so they've taken matters into their own hands. A lot of people use 7th Avenue and Huntington Place in Kennewick as a through street to access US 395. Many residents say when drivers are going 60 MPH on their 25 MPH street, that they can't even let their children or animals play outside near the street. "I have a daughter and all of us have animals in the area...More >>KENNEWICK: Residents in one Kennewick neighborhood are fed up by people speeding through their streets, so they've taken matters into their own hands. A lot of people use 7th Avenue and Huntington Place in Kennewick as a through street to access US 395. Many residents say when drivers are going 60 MPH on their 25 MPH street, that they can't even let their children or animals play outside near the street. "I have a daughter and all of us have animals in the area...More >>Restaurant goes up in flames after an explosive reaction in the kitchen
Restaurant goes up in flames after an explosive reaction in the kitchen
YAKIMA- A restaurant went up in flames on Saturday after an explosive reaction in the kitchen. Around noon the Yakima Fire Department responded to a structure fire at the 5600 block of Tieton Drive. In total, approximately 40 firefighters responded. Crews were assigned to enter the building to try and locate and extinguish the fire, but they were hampered by the smokey conditions and high heat. Eventually the truck company had to cut a hole in the roof to let some of the ...More >>YAKIMA- A restaurant went up in flames on Saturday after an explosive reaction in the kitchen. Around noon the Yakima Fire Department responded to a structure fire at the 5600 block of Tieton Drive. In total, approximately 40 firefighters responded. Crews were assigned to enter the building to try and locate and extinguish the fire, but they were hampered by the smokey conditions and high heat. Eventually the truck company had to cut a hole in the roof to let some of the ...More >>City of Kennewick puts up panhandling signs
City of Kennewick puts up panhandling signs
KENNEWICK: You may have seen them while driving around town.....panhandlers...holding up signs asking for money. Now the City of Kennewick is putting up signs of their own,and cracking down on panhandling. On the signs there's a note encouraging people to stop handing out money,but to contribute to a solution instead. Chariss Warner with the Tri-Cities Union Gospel Mission says that solution could be handing out water, a granola bar- or maybe even one of their resource car...More >>KENNEWICK: You may have seen them while driving around town.....panhandlers...holding up signs asking for money. Now the City of Kennewick is putting up signs of their own,and cracking down on panhandling. On the signs there's a note encouraging people to stop handing out money,but to contribute to a solution instead. Chariss Warner with the Tri-Cities Union Gospel Mission says that solution could be handing out water, a granola bar- or maybe even one of their resource car...More >>
