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A pair of whistleblowers who sounded the alarm about Mayor Jenny Durkan's missing text messages are filing five-million-dollar claims against the city. A whistleblower report released in May found that Durkan's office mishandled public records requests after learning that roughly ten months of the mayor's text messages were missing ...

A 28-year-old murder suspect was arrested Wednesday night two years after he allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend. In January of 2019, Pasco Police responded to the 1500 block of W. Yakima after several neighbors called 911 to report yelling and gunfire ...

Washington State University has published a report in Scientific Reports, wherein researchers observed cannabis users over Zoom as they smoked high-potency cannabis flower or vaped concentrates they purchased themselves from cannabis dispensaries in Washington state and then gave the subjects a series of cognitive tests ...

The Walla Walla County Department of Community Health has linked nearly 90 percent of the county's active cases to residents who are not vaccinated, including a large number of residents ages 45-60 and young children who are not yet eligible to receive the vaccine ...

The free, drive through CBC-West COVID-19 testing site off Argent in Pasco is changing operating days to Friday through Tuesday beginning Friday with the first closed days July 14 through July 15. Testing is changing to five days per week to better match community testing demand ...

For the first time ever, PNNL is opening its doors and inviting the public to free, live, virtual tours of numerous labs on its Richland campus. PNNL researchers will host each tour as participants explore the instruments and spaces behind our science and impact ...

The Bechtel Group Foundation announced today it has donated $20,000 to the Junior Achievement of Washington, Southeastern Washington Chapter. This most recent gift enables Junior Achievement to deliver their free, virtual programs to educators and students to help sustain learning during the pandemic ...

Overnight crews worked to extinguish hot spots and secure perimeter lines in the Andrus fire near Cheney. Current containment on the fire is 20%…there are approximately 210 firefighters from all over the state working on the fire and there have been no injuries or structures lost. Le ...

The Grant County Sheriff's Department is warning the public to continue to be on the lookout for an escaped inmate. Carlos Camarena, a 5'10", 160 lbs Hispanic man, was last seen in the area of the courthouse in the southwest portion of Ephrata ...

FEMA is approving funding to fight the Andrus Fire near Cheney. The money can be used for field camps, equipment, mobilization, and supplies. It also means nearly 780-thousand dollars will be available for wildfire mitigation after the fire to reduce flood risk and erosion caused by the fire ...