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More senior Oregonians, those with disabilities, to become eligible for in-home service
Thanks to a thumbs-up from a federal agency, more older adults and people with disabilities in Oregon could receive more options for support to continue to live independently in their own home. The Oregon Health Authority said Thursday, Aug. 15, that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had OK’d the expansion of a program within the Oregon Department of Human Services. That means Oregon can launch a new version of Oregon Project Independence supported by Medicaid funds. ...
Remains of U.S. POW who survived Bataan Death March identified
The remains of a missing World War II soldier from Oregon have been identified and are set to return to the state for burial, federal authorities announced Thursday.The remains of U.S. Army Private William Calkins, 20, were identified after being exhumed along with other unknown soldiers buried at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, the Department of Defense said.The department's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, tasked with recovering prisoners of war and service members missing in action, said Calkins was captured after U.S. troops in Bataan province surrendered to Japanese forces. After surviving the harrowing 65-mile Bataan Death March, he...
LL Flooring files for bankruptcy, closing 94 stores nationwide, 1 in Oregon
A flooring business has filed for bankruptcy and is closing dozens of stores. LL Flooring, a company formerly known as Lumber Liquidators, announced that it had commenced voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in order to pursue a sale of the business.
CNY firefighters return home after fighting wildfires in the west
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — 21 firefighters returned to New York State after fighting wildfires out in Montana and Oregon for two weeks. Three of those firefighters are from Central New York. Micheal Putnam with Fish and Wildlife is from Syracuse, Chester Lunt, a Forest Ranger, is from Fabius, and Michael Burkholder a Facilities Unit Leader […]
Skiers, snowboarders: Forecasting Oregon's winter sports season
PORTLAND, Ore. — It's mid-August, which means everyone's thinking about skiing, naturally. Well, perhaps not everyone is thinking about skiing, but KGW Chief Meteorologist Matt Zaffino certainly is — particularly in terms of what the 2024-25 ski season is going to look like. So, let's dig into the...
Oregon youth prison worker resigned while under investigation. She’s now working for state’s child welfare agency
A group coordinator who resigned from the Oregon Youth Authority in March 2021 while under internal investigation for allegedly bringing contraband into the state’s youth prison was hired months later by Oregon’s child welfare agency, records show. Amira Andrade, 29, also was named this week as a defendant...
Two armed gang members arrested at Grant County Fair in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE - Two teens were arrested Thursday night at the Grant County Fairgrounds after being found in possession of handguns, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. Despite the tense situation, no shots were fired, and no injuries were reported. The arrests were made amid a significant law enforcement presence, which included officers from the Moses Lake Police Department, Bureau of Land Management Rangers, and the Grant County Sheriff’s Office.
New family owned Hardware Store opens in Terrace Heights
YAKIMA- Terrace Heights has a new retail store, bringing Helms True Value Hardware to the neighborhood from August 20th. The store is a new build on Butterfield Road at Terrace Heights Drive, adding to the existing store in Selah that has been serving the Yakima community for 55 years. KIMA Action News had the chance to talk with the store's family owners Brad and Kyle Helms as they prepared for the new store’s opening.
Movie Filmed in Yakima Set for Red Carpet Premiere at Yakima Theaters
Our humble town of Yakima is one of those cities that anytime it gets mentions on screen in movies or tv shows, everyone talks about it the next day at school or work. And it hasn't happened much, but if there are ever projects filmed in the area like Cement Suitcase or, more recently, All Sorts, it can gain even more of a buzz.
Closed, open, now closing again: Sears' vanishing store footprint claims Washington state site
Less than a year after it reopened, a Washington state Sears store is closing again, as the retailer's national vanishing act has become more stark in recent months. The Sears store at Union Gap's Valley Mall recently announced it would be shutting down. Sears had reopened the store in Yakima County on Nov. 6 after closing once before in December 2022.
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