Yakima-Pasco News

Tri-City Herald

• Health clinics, Lourdes join to divert ER visits

  Tri-City Herald – Sun Nov 8, 3:49 pm ET  

  PASCO -- Local hospital and community health officials were surprised to learn that parents with you Full Story »

• WRECK: 1 dead, 3 hurt after car plunges off bridge in Richland

  Tri-City Herald – Sun Nov 8, 2:29 pm ET  

  A car plunged off the Interstate 182 bridge over the Yakima River at Richland this morning. One per Full Story »

• Mid-Columbia growers add hot mustard to fields

  Tri-City Herald – Sun Nov 8, 5:04 am ET  

  Chinese hot mustard, like horseradish and habanero, is best consumed in small portions. That's Full Story »

• New Kennewick council members will face tough decisions

  Tri-City Herald – Sun Nov 8, 5:04 am ET  

  KENNEWICK -- With three new members elected to the Kennewick City Council last week, the new year wi Full Story »

• Kennewick hospice volunteer learns how to live

  Tri-City Herald – Sun Nov 8, 5:04 am ET  

  KENNEWICK -- The watercolor of a bouquet of flowers that hangs in Chuck Watson's living room wa Full Story »

The Daily News

• Kelso schools to open 'Virtual Academy'

  The Daily News – Sun Nov 8, 3:06 am ET  

  Online schools are popping up all over the state and Kelso School District wants a piece of the action. Full Story »

• Controversial speaker warns about 'threat of Islam'

  The Daily News – Sun Nov 8, 2:37 am ET  

  A self-proclaimed Islamic-terrorist-turned-Christian-evangelist is speaking in Clatskanie on Sunday (Nov. 8) about what he says are the dangers of his former faith. Full Story »

• Sunday Obituary: Toughened by the Depression, Mrs. Swett lived to 103

  The Daily News – Sun Nov 8, 2:36 am ET  

  Hazel Swett rode into Longview in 1923, towing her house behind her. Full Story »

• Reporter's Notebook: Sidebars from Reynolds' death review

  The Daily News – Sun Nov 8, 2:36 am ET  

  Notes from the ongoing judicial review of whether the Lewis County coroner’s finding of suicide was accurate in the 1998 death of Toledo resident Ronda Reynolds. Full Story »

• Madsen gains edge over Stepp in Woodland election

  The Daily News – Sun Nov 8, 2:36 am ET  

  Steve Madsen has inched ahead of Patricia Stepp in an extremely close Woodland School Board race. Full Story »

KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities

• Police call in SWAT team for backup

  KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities – Sat Nov 7, 8:29 pm ET  

  Police responded to an assault report by a Kennewick woman, only to find out her husband was threatening to pull a weapon on police. Full Story »

• The World's Smallest Pumpkin in the Tri-Cities?

  KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities – Sat Nov 7, 2:29 pm ET  

  Last week KNDU's Morning Weather Forecaster, Jordan Youngs, claimed to have grown the world's smallest pumpkin at 2.3 ounces.  A few days later Jordan found out he wasn't even close. Full Story »

• Credit extension impacts home buyers

  KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities – Fri Nov 6, 9:25 pm ET  

  The unemployment extension as part of the 2.4 billion dollar economic stimulus bill also includes help for home buyers. Full Story »

• Jobless benefits extended

  KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities – Fri Nov 6, 9:10 pm ET  

  A new bill signed into law will extend your unemployment benefits by 14 weeks and additional six weeks in states where unemployment is above 8.5 percent. Full Story »

• Safety at work in light of two fatal shootings

  KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities – Fri Nov 6, 8:55 pm ET  

  Two fatal shootings in less than 24 hours.  It is news that has some asking--am I safe at work? Full Story »

Yakima Herald-Republic

• Chinook, Cayuse passes both closed for winter

  Yakima Herald-Republic – 1 hr 12 mins ago  

  Chinook and Cayuse passes are officially closed for the season. State transportation officials decided to close the passes after reviewing a snowy forecast and assessing the risk of an avalanche, according to a DOT news release. Full Story »

• East Valley attic fire controlled quickly

  Yakima Herald-Republic – 1 hr 28 mins ago  

  EAST VALLEY — Crews here put out an attic fire early this afternoon at a one-story ranch house before flames could cause much damage. The fire was reported at 12:49 p.m. at 404 Terrace Hills Drive, said East Valley fire Chief George Spencer. Full Story »

• Two airlifted to Seattle hospital after accident north of Sunnyside

  Yakima Herald-Republic – Sun Nov 8, 1:38 pm ET  

  SUNNYSIDE, Wash. -- Two people were airlifted to a Seattle hospital after a pickup and van collided Saturday evening about 10 miles north of Sunnyside on State Route 241. Full Story »

• Latest review calls for closing Ahtanum View Corrections Center

  Yakima Herald-Republic – Sun Nov 8, 1:08 pm ET  

  YAKIMA, Wash. -- A consulting group hired to find ways to slash costs in the state's prison system released its final report last week. Much of the report is identical to a draft recommendation released last month - which proposes closing Ahtanum View Corrections Center in Yakima. Full Story »

• Deputies say chase reached speeds up to 100 mph

  Yakima Herald-Republic – Sun Nov 8, 12:53 pm ET  

  TOPPENISH, Wash. -- Authorities say a driver who had been ingesting drugs led Yakima County Sheriff’s deputies on a chase that reached up to 100 mph early Sunday morning. Full Story »

The Daily Record

• Wildcat football claims No.1 seed In NCAA Division II playoffs

  The Daily Record – Sun Nov 8, 4:26 pm ET  

  For the Daily Record INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The Central Washington University football team, which enters the postseason as the only undefeated team in NCAA Division II football, will be the No. 1 seed in the Super Region Four and received a first-round bye in the NCAA Division II Football Championship as tournament selections were announced Sunday afternoon by the NCAA. Full Story »

• CWU students face down the 'freshman 15'

  The Daily Record – Sun Nov 8, 2:57 am ET  

  ELLENSBURG- College, for most people, is their first chance at freedom. Full Story »

• Prosecutor comments on missing documents allegations

  The Daily Record – Sun Nov 8, 2:57 am ET  

  ELLENSBURG- It's too early to say whether charges will be brought in the wake of an ongoing Ellensburg Police Department investigation into the alleged theft of public records from the Kittitas County planning department. Full Story »

• Swine flu vaccine reaches local schools

  The Daily Record – Sun Nov 8, 2:57 am ET  

  KITTITAS COUNTY- In 2 1/2 hours on Tuesday, 157 Cle Elum-Roslyn Elementary School students were given the swine or H1N1 flu vaccine to protect them from future sickness. Full Story »

• Football teams' perfection has community abuzz

  The Daily Record – Sun Nov 8, 2:57 am ET  

  ELLENSBURG — A few weeks ago the Daily Record in its “Our View” on the opinion page posed the theory that Ellensburg was the center of the state’s football universe. At the time Ellensburg High School’s football team had just ascended to the top of the state 2A rankings, and Central Washington University was a Top 5 Division II squad. Full Story »

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

• Death penalty hangs in balance as debate heats up

  Walla Walla Union-Bulletin – Sun Nov 8, 1:23 am ET  

  WALLA WALLA — Want to start a good argument? Full Story »

• Capital punishment issue isn't simple

  Walla Walla Union-Bulletin – Sun Nov 8, 1:23 am ET  

  WALLA WALLA -- It seems the older I get, the harder it is to figure some things out. Full Story »

• Fall Release attracts wine buyers

  Walla Walla Union-Bulletin – Sun Nov 8, 1:23 am ET  

  WALLA WALLA -- One of the three biggest wine-selling weekends of the year is taking place. Full Story »

• Pow-wow shares tribe's traditions, dances

  Walla Walla Union-Bulletin – Sun Nov 8, 1:23 am ET  

  WALLA WALLA -- What had once been kept secret was proudly displayed for all to see, as Alvina Huesties donned the dress her great grandmother could not wear in public. Full Story »

• Whitman students hurt in crash

  Walla Walla Union-Bulletin – Sun Nov 8, 1:22 am ET  

  WALLA WALLA -- Four Whitman College students were injured and two remain in serious condition after their Lexus sport utility vehicle collided with a truck while the Lexus driver attempted to make a u-turn on Highway 730, one mile east of Interstate 84 near Boardman, Ore. Full Story »

KAPP Yakima

• Heavy Snow in Cascades Shuts Down Roads

  KAPP Yakima – Sat Nov 7, 2:35 pm ET  

  SEATTLE -- The Washington state Department of Transportation has temporarily shut down two highways in the Cascade Mountains due to heavy snow from a fall storm and plans to close a third. Full Story »

• Fort Hood Massacre Reaction

  KAPP Yakima – Fri Nov 6, 9:50 pm ET  

  YAKIMA -- Yesterday around 1:30 in the afternoon, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an army psychiatrist, opened fire at the soldiers in the Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood in Texas. Tory Feidler is a disaster mental health specialist with the yakima Red Cross. Full Story »

• Delay In Winter Shelter Opening

  KAPP Yakima – Fri Nov 6, 9:05 pm ET  

  YAKIMA -- A program that provides emergency winter shelter for the homeless in Yakima is having an emergency of its own. Organizers say they need about 40 volunteers for each of the four overnight winter shelters. So far only 15 are trained and ready to go at Vineyard Church in downtown. Full Story »

• UPDATE: Nursing Home Cited

  KAPP Yakima – Fri Nov 6, 9:05 pm ET  

  UNION GAP -- A nursing home under investigation after a resident went missing, has now been cited. The Department of Social and Health services began looking into Parkside Nursing Home in Union Gap after Rose Watson was discovered missing. Full Story »

• Mexican Drug Gangs on the Reservation

  KAPP Yakima – Thu Nov 5, 10:35 pm ET  

  YAKIMA -- Indian reservations in the U.S. are increasingly hot spots for marajuana and weapons trafficking according to an article out in the Wall Street Journal today. The story mentions Yakama Nation as one of the reservations where pot and weapons busts are all too common. Full Story »

KIMA Yakima

• Sunnyside Fugitive Caught In Mexico

  KIMA Yakima – Sat Nov 7, 9:54 pm ET  

  The U.S. Marshal's office says they have captured one of its top 15 fugitives. Full Story »

• Stocking Up Before The Snow Cuts Them Off

  KIMA Yakima – Sat Nov 7, 9:53 pm ET  

  First a landslide, now snow. We take a look at how the people who live around Highway 410 are bracing themselves for more possible problems. Full Story »

• Shelters Won't Open Without More Volunteers

  KIMA Yakima – Fri Nov 6, 11:08 pm ET  

  Extreme Winter Weather Shelters are getting the cold shoulder. They're so desperate for overnight volunteers that they could miss their November 15th opening day. Action News explains why the entire city has a stake in this. Full Story »

• More People Abusing Prescription Drugs in Yakima

  KIMA Yakima – Fri Nov 6, 9:38 pm ET  

  YAKIMA -- It's a nationwide epidemic, and prescription drug abuse is on the rise in Yakima. Full Story »

• More Trouble for YPD Deputy Chief

  KIMA Yakima – Fri Nov 6, 8:55 pm ET  

  Yakima - It's been two months since the Yakima Police command staff issued a " No Confidence" vote against Deputy Police Chief, Kelly Rosenow. Full Story »

KVEW Kennewick

• Four Whitman College Students Injured In Crash

  KVEW Kennewick – Sat Nov 7, 3:27 pm ET  

  Four Whitman College students were injured, two seriously, when the sport utility vehicle they were in was struck by a commercial truck as they attempted a u-turn on Highway 730 about one mile east of Interstate 84 in northeast Oregon. Full Story »

• Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises

  KVEW Kennewick – Fri Nov 6, 10:42 pm ET  

  PORTLAND -- Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River. Full Story »

• Auto Dealers Give Back To The Community

  KVEW Kennewick – Thu Nov 5, 10:12 pm ET  

  WEST RICHLAND -- Results are in from the 8th annual Octoberfest Food Drive. Vehicle dealers from the Pasco Autoplex worked with Tri-City Yokes stores to raise money and help deliver food to agencies across the Tri-Cities. More than 9300 pounds of food was collected. Full Story »

• Operation Cash For Candy Wraps Up

  KVEW Kennewick – Thu Nov 5, 10:12 pm ET  

  RICHLAND -- Operation cash for candy wraps up this week. At Doctor Lee Ostler's dentist office in Richland, an estimated 400 pounds of Halloween sweets have been dropped off. Full Story »

• Pasco Business Donates Money

  KVEW Kennewick – Thu Nov 5, 10:12 pm ET  

  PASCO -- Studio 64 hair in Pasco raises $600 to support a new Domestic Violence Safe House in Pasco. The studio sold purple hair extensions during October for the new shelter for women and children in Pasco. Full Story »

KEPR Pasco

• Sunnyside Fugitive Caught In Mexico

  KEPR Pasco – Sat Nov 7, 9:53 pm ET  

  The U.S. Marshal's office says they have captured one of its top 15 fugitives. Full Story »

• Stocking Up Before The Snow Cuts Them Off

  KEPR Pasco – Sat Nov 7, 9:52 pm ET  

  First a landslide, now snow. We take a look at how the people who live around Highway 410 are bracing themselves for more possible problems. Full Story »

• Final Prison Report Out

  KEPR Pasco – Fri Nov 6, 10:07 pm ET  

  Closing the Main Institution at the Walla Walla Pen remains at the top of the list, but only if the state can come up with 41 million dollars. Full Story »

• Dog Park Society Wants to Name Park in Audrey Ulrich's Memory

  KEPR Pasco – Thu Nov 5, 11:52 pm ET  

  The leader of a grassroots group was killed in a car crash. Her husband sat down with Action News to talk about efforts to make her dream happen in the Tri-Cities. Full Story »

• Deputies Find Van Jimmy-Rigged to Steal Gas, Arrest One

  KEPR Pasco – Thu Nov 5, 10:52 pm ET  

  One man is behind bars and another is suspected of stealing hundreds of gallons of gas. But what Franklin County deputies found that was used to get the gas is getting the most attention. Full Story »