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Hospital breaks ground on behavioral unit expansion
TOPPENISH-Astria Health's Toppenish hospital hosted a ground-breaking event on Tuesday afternoon. The health system acquired $13,109,067 for an expansion of their behavioral unit. "We will expand from 15 beds to 29 beds, and we will be able to renovate our 15 bed unit that was built in the 1960s," said...
Teenage Girl Shot at Alderwood Mall
The Lynnwood Police Department confirmed an altercation between two groups of teenagers resulted in one teenager pulling and firing a gun inside the Alderwood mall. The altercation took place in the food court area of the Alderwood mall. All parties fled on foot and escaped the scene. An uninvolved teenaged...
Attempted burglary suspect shoots at person inside Tacoma home
TACOMA, Wash. - The Tacoma Police Department responded to an attempted burglary Wednesday morning that left a person hurt after being shot at. The incident occurred in the 3600 block of South Alaska Street just minutes before 2 a.m. this morning. According to Tacoma P.D., the suspect was armed and...
PAWS to waive adoption fees for adult dogs July 5-7
LYNNWOOD—From Friday, July 5 through Sunday, July 7, PAWS will waive all adoption fees for available adult dogs, age 6 months and older. Prospective adopters are invited to visit the PAWS shelter in Lynnwood to meet the available dogs and find their new furry friend. PAWS will be open...
WSD coordinates with city to address safe routes to school after Columbia closure
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee School District is working with the city of Wenatchee and law enforcement to address safe routes to Washington and Lincoln Elementary Schools. On June 25, WSD Superintendent Kory Kalahar presented some safe route improvement goals for the two schools as they absorb the Columbia Elementary School population. Throughout the school closure process, parents went to the Wenatchee School Board with concerns over the influx of students at each school and the proposed routes students would take to get to get there.
2 arrested, 1 on the loose in 3-week crime spree north of Seattle
EDMONDS, Wash. - Two men are in custody, and a third is still on the loose, after a three-week crime spree along Olympic View Drive in Snohomish County in June. Edmonds Police arrested a 37-year-old and 26-year-old man, both from Lynnwood, in connection. Starting in early June, police received frequent...
Drone Search Nonprofit Launches Campaign to Help Find Travis Coleman
WENATCHEE — Aloft Drone Search, an Oregon-based nonprofit that specializes in drone searches, has organized a fundraising campaign to assist in the search for Travis Coleman. Coleman, 39, disappeared from his Wenatchee home into the foothills around the city in 2023, and has since been the subject of multiple...
Chelan PUD Outage in Wenatchee
Chelan PUD is investigating a power outage effecting about 900 customers in Wenatchee near between 5th and Castlerock. The outage was reported about 5:30pm Tuesday afternoon. The estimated time to restore service is approximately 10pm.
6 injured after Oak Harbor carnival ride tips over
OAK HARBOR, Wash. - Six people were injured after a carnival ride tipped over in Oak Harbor on Wednesday evening. City officials confirmed the ride fell over during the Independence Day Carnival. Medical staff treated the six victims on-site, and the ride was immediately secured and shut down. City inspectors...
21,000 Washingtonians to get payout from lawsuit over fake plastic surgery reviews
A Seattle-area plastic surgery business and its owner have agreed to a $5 million settlement in a federal lawsuit that charged the company with coercing patients into providing falsified online reviews to help boost its reputation.
OSHA finalizing new federal standards for workplace heat safety
AUSTIN, Texas — Just one year after the state banned local rules mandating water breaks for construction workers, Washington is moving toward establishing federal guidelines to protect workers from the heat. It's an action that could save dozens of lives on the job site this summer. Weather continues to...
WA advocates say SCOTUS is punishing homelessness
Advocates for affordable housing are still grappling with a U.S. Supreme Court decision they say could criminalize homelessness. Justices voted 6-3 in favor of Grants Pass, Ore., which passed an ordinance allowing fines for people sleeping in public, even if they have nowhere else to go. Rachael Myers, executive director...
DEALER PROFILE: WASHINGTON'S E&E LUMBER
Relationship. Loyalty. Commitment. These are the words that the folks E&E Lumber have lived by for 58 years. And the reason that they have remained a steady resource for the homeowners and contractors across Washington state. “This whole business is relationship based, from the customer to the vendor,” says Brent...
Urgent Recall For 25 Amazon Items Sold In Washington
As much as I have a 'shop local' mentality, it sure is fun to shop on Amazon. You place the order, it shows up on your doorstop in just a couple of days and, if you don't care for it or didn't work for you, they have a great return policy.
Exchange students to head to Yonezawa, Japan
Jul. 3—MOSES LAKE — The exchange is on again. The Moses Lake-Yonezawa Sister City Student Exchange, which has been on hiatus since 2020, will resume this month as three Moses Lake students visit Yonezawa, Japan. Ambassadors Keziah Roman Panlaqui, Emmanuel Zepeda Lopez and Ethan Ramsey will leave July 25, accompanied by chaperone Amador Castro, to spend 10 days in Moses Lake's sister city. ...
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