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In Milton-Freewater a thief stole a truck from a couple at night. In the morning the couple called the police, but they can only do so much. But the wife wasn't going to take this without a fight. She posted photos of the truck on Facebook and later that day police found the truck thanks to the community members who saw the post and kept their eyes out for the truck...

Washington has scored among the lowest in the nation for its large gap between the rich and the poor per kids' performance in school.

Thanks to the vikings' brilliant idea to fuse glass with rocks to reinforce the structural integrity of a tower that lasted more 1,500 years (and is still standing), VIT plant advocates have more confidence. Hanford cleanup contractors are working on a VIT (vitrification) plant -- with the help of PNNL experts -- to turn the nuclear waste in Hanford's tanks into glass bricks to be stored in a secu

If you don't know what the World Naked Bike Ride is, the title is pretty self explanatory. The event is in Portland, Oregon (of course). In 2017 it's on the 24th of June. The event is a way to publicly denounce society’s dependence on pollution-based transport...

Education researchers believe the number of children in Washington state public schools who were homeless for at least a portion of the 2015-2016 school year was around 40,000. Advocates are hoping to allocate $950,000 to programs to identify and then help these families...

Secretary of State Kim Wyman wants to change the date for  Washington's presidential primary vote. Why? A couple years back when one of the candidates dropped out of the race her office couldn't do anything about it because of how the rules were set up and Washington's votes were wasted...

Influenza is deadly every year -- mostly affecting the elderly and young children. But this time a surprising number of adults have succumbed to a nasty strain of the flu. Now a LOCAL CHILD was the victim in Umatilla. Last week 3.4% of all emergency room visits in Oregon were due to an influenza-like illness...

Wilson Creek Elementary experienced a lock down late last month -- a procedure usually reserved for a violent threat to the students or staff. After the initial warning went out, another one followed from Grant County Sheriff Department announcing the problem had been diffused and there had been no threat...

In Wapato a 15-year-old student brought a loaded handgun to school to show to his friends then take pictures with it. Who knows what motivated him to do this. I don't know what crowd he was trying to convince he was cool, but when he was caught he willingly gave up the weapon and complied with the authorities...

The ATF Is now offering $5,000 to anyone who knows who started a fire in a local church. The Buena chapel was a community hub and the loss is substantial. Investigators found many ignition sources and have ruled out the possibility of it being accidental...

There's a serial burglar in town. I personally call him The Phantom because he always appear blury gray in the surveillance videos. He struck Pasco's Beltran's Bakery and stole the cash register and the donation jar! Apparently he also grabbed a little snack as you can see from the picture...

King County's new facility, The BrightWater Center, is stunning. It features beautiful reclaimed wood, polished concrete flooring, and extensive natural lighting.