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IRRIGON, Ore. - A 28 year old Irrigon man is the alleged assailant of a 2 month old infant. According to The Morrow County Sheriff's Office, the infant was taken to a Spokane hospital with life threatening injuries. An investigation began and it was determined that the injuries took place in Irrigon, Oregon ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Governor Jay Inslee spoke to the state of Washington today. Inslee reported that a vast majority of the state is complying with the order and he says that some businesses and people are not complying with the Stay Home, Stay Safe order ...

KENNEWICK, Wash. - The Benton Franklin Health District released their daily update of the COVID-19 cases. They didn't report any deaths over the weekend so the coronavirus death toll remains at 5. Health District officials say there are now 97 lab-confirmed positive cases in our region ...

PASCO, Wash. - Just a couple of weeks ago, Captain Jeff Harpster of the Pasco Police Department, graduated from the FBI National Academy. With that, comes more specialized experience and better leadership to the department. "We had 6 classes that we took and they were college level classes during this time ...

KENNEWICK, Wash. - Many local businesses have transitioined from brick and mortar to online. One industry that has seen a change to online services is the fitness sector. Local gyms have classes streaming online and personal trainers have workout apps available, but one local family has created their own solution ...

RICHLAND, Wash. - The Richland School Board voted to hire Mark Davidson, currently superintendent/CEO of Medicine Hat Public School Division in Alberta, Canada, during a special meeting on Saturday, March 28. He will start this summer after Dr ...

KALISPELL, Mont. - Health officials in Montana have confirmed their first death related to the coronavirus. The virus claimed the life of a 77 year old man, a retired teacher from Walla Walla. The man came back from a vacation trip to California, with a cough and a cold ...

WAPATO, Wash. - The remaining fugitive from the Yakima County Jail break-out-of-jail event on Monday night, was arrested today around noon outside of Wapato. The fugitive, a 31 year old man, surrendered to police. The U.S. Marshals say that around 10 different agencies in the area came together to capture all of the inmates ...

PASCO, Wash. - New numbers were released today from the Benton Franklin Health District. A Benton County man in his 80s died from complications with COVID-19. That brings the total to 5 deaths related to the virus. On top of that, the Health District says there are now 54 lab-confirmed positive cases in our counties and 21 other probable cases ...

PROSSER, Wash. - Officials at Prosser Memorial Health are committed to providing the community with quality care. To help combat the spread of COVID-19 in the region, they are launching their new COVID-19 Care Clinic. They have also created a page on their website dedicated to COVID-19 ...