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New program will provide elective credit in school for hours worked by teens outside of school.

(Kennewick, WA) -- Tri-City Regional Swat was at the site of the soon-to-be-demolished Ridgeview Elementary building in Kennewick on Wednesday. It wasn't for any emergency, though. Rather, they were training to conduct explosive breaches on steel frame doors--something they don't often get to practice...

(Kennewick, WA) -- Area school districts are reacting after Tuesday's shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. School safety is certainly on the minds of students, staff, and parents following the massacre. The Kennewick School District released a statement this morning ...

(Yakima, WA) -- One teenager is now dead, and another still hospitalized after being shot outside Zaepfel Stadium near Eisenhower high school in Yakima. Police say the 16-year-old and 18-year-old were shot in the school parking lot during an altercation around 3 p ...

(Moses Lake, WA) -- An 8th grader at Chief Moses Middle School was arrested Monday morning after a tip he had threatened to shoot up the campus. Officers were able to immediately find the student in class and recover a pistol as well as two magazines of ammunition for the pistol ...

(Kettle Falls, WA) - The Kettle Falls School District is closed today due to an investigation from the state. The Washington Department of Labor and Industries is looking into the district's decision to rescind its mask order earlier this month, in defiance of state requirements ...

For Friday, 1/14: • Pasco Sch. Dist. - 2 Hours Late, No AM preschool • Prosser Sch. Dist. - Closed • East Valley Sch. Dist. - 2 Hours Late, No AM preschool, AM/PM Buses on snow routes  • Grandview Sch. Dist. - Closed, No preschool  • Granger Sch. ... Read More ...

RICHLAND - Some changes are coming for the boundaries of elementary schools in Richland.   The changes will take place at the beginning of the 2022-23 school year when the new Badger Mountain Elementary School is finished.   You can learn about timelines and considerations and give your feedback at an online meeting on May 6 at 6:30 pm.   You ...

TRI-CITIES, Wash. - Though the threat of many counties in the region being moved back to Phase 2 of re-opening looms large, any decision made would not affect schools in those counties.   Benton-Franklin Health Officer Dr. Amy Person says, "The determination on whether or not schools would need to close or if schools would need to alter their practices, would be based solely on whether or n

Washington State- As educators and child care workers are added to the COVID vaccine eligibility list in Washington State, the Health Department says the best place for those people to get their dose is through the federal pharmacy program ...