The need for food assistance in Washington state has doubled this year as the COVID-19 pandemic caused record high unemployment rates. The Washington state Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that the state is experiencing a 50% increase in food insecurity.…
U-Haul is offering 30 days of free self-storage to residents being impacted by wildfires across the Pacific Northwest.
The entire health care system in Yakima County is exceeding capacity, health officials announced Friday.
Health officials have changed the way they are reporting COVID-19 case counts and death tolls in the Tri-Cities area.
A 3-year-old girl missing out of Wapato has been found safe and the suspect is now in custody.
Washington businesses that decide to open or operate in direct violation of Gov. Inslee’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy order may be cited and fined for unsafe workplace conditions under emergency rules filed today by the state Department of Labor & Industries.
On Saturday, Live PD, on A&E featured sixteen-year-old Lorelei Starr, who went missing from her home in Moses Lake on April 17 and has not been seen since.
While social distancing measures may prevent some from getting out and meeting new people, it hasn’t stopped Samantha Wyatt from making several thousand new friends.
Hundreds gathered at Columbia Point Marina on Saturday to protest the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ban on fishing.
The Yakima County Sheriff’s Office said the inmates used a table to break open an exterior fire door, then jumped over the outside fence, spurred by coronavirus fears. They are all now back in custody.
Yakima County jail officials say 14 inmates were able to break open a fire door and hop over a fence to escape the jail Monday night: six remain at large.
The Benton County Deputy Sheriff’s Guild has voted to no longer support Sheriff Jerry Hatcher and said they will not support him if he seeks a second term.
