I am an 18 year old senior at Hanford High School, I enjoy Science, Botanical Studies, and Choir. I have lived in the Tri-Cities my entire life, and hope to someday work for the Bellevue Botanical Gardens.
Harleen Casey
Experts Say Future Hanford Accidents INEVITABLE
Hanford officials say cleaning up the rest of the contaminated areas and waste storage will cost $100 billion and take 50 years at the current pace. The experts want larger portions of the money spent sooner to speed up the cleanup or else leaks of radiation will be inevitable...
Stinkbug Infestation Growing, Local Experts Say
Stinkbugs have been invading homes more than usual this season. To put the rise of stinkbugs into perspective, last year in a 5-day period 36 stink bugs were caught in a trap. This year in a 5-day period 200 stinkbugs were caught!
WSU Extension experts say they've heard from more than two dozen people saying "swamped" with stinkbugs is an UNDERSTATEMENT...
Who Knows What This Ugly Bug Is Found in a Local Garden?
Bekah Sydnor of West Richland recently found this creepy crawly near the Timothy Hay Field! She asked what it was at Tri-City Agrarians Facebook group, but opinions are mixed. Comment if you know what it is!
Wheat Farmers Say ‘Stripe Rust’ Threatening to Ruin Crops
Thanks to our long winter not only was the school year extended but now the wheat crops are suffering from a disease called stripe rust.
Stripe rust affects crops when they're exposed to cool climates for extended periods of time. The fungus forms underneath the snow and is insulated from the cold...
From Poo to Food: Ephrata Converts Waste to Edible Fish
You can now eat fish grown in your own waste! Kind of. Well, not really. They're actually grown in recycled sewage water.
The Ephrata water treatment plant doesn't release re-claimed water back into rivers or lakes. It pumps it into ponds where it sinks into the earth and replenishes aquifers...
Recycled Car Tires May Soon Be Used to Reinforce Concrete!
One problem we have always had with car tires is how to safely and effectively deal with old tires. Well that problem may just very well have been solved. Researchers from The University of British Columbia have developed a new kind of concrete that uses trash with its secret ingredient being tires...
Lawsuit Holds Two Spokane Deputies Responsible for 2013 Death
The family of Will Berger is suing two deputies for his death back in 2013. The officers are accused of using excessive force during a takedown which ultimately ended in his death. After Berger became agitated at a gym and and ran into traffic...
Steve Harvey Gets Sassed By Little Girl!
Steve Harvey had a little girl on his show and she out sassed him by far!
Boy Learns He Gets To Go Home After 200 Days In Hospital
After he spent nearly 200 days in a hospital after his third heart transplant five year-old Ari Schultz learns he gets to go home!
10 Free Things to Do on Your Birthday!
There are many great things to do on your birthday here are 20 of them to get you started!
See Hilarious Netflix Description FAILS
Sometimes even large corporations make mistakes... and we love to make sure people hear about them!
1) I knew Jesus was a time traveler!2) I don't remember Gru being so hardcore!
3) Has science gone to far?
4) Peter Pan done messed up...
The World’s Most Powerful Laser Beam Creates Molecular Black Hole
Yesterday scientists at The National Accelerator Laboratory discovered that they were able to create a small molecular-scale black hole by stripping away a few of the electrons from the biggest atom creating a void that sucked in the remaining electrons, until the atom exploded...