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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.
Oh No! Drunk Delivery Truck Driver Plows Walls in Pasco
After an investigation, it was found the driver of the delivery van was likely intoxicated. Pasco delivery truck driver plows through wall, Pasco PD 'adds' to photo. Thursday afternoon, Pasco Police responded to an eastbound crash on I-182, just past Exit 12, which leads to CBC or Kennewick. Because the...
Hermiston’s Melon Fest ready for a day full of watermelon-themed activities
HERMISTON, Ore. — The Hermiston Melon Fest is back this weekend. On Saturday, August 17, 2024, there’s a full day of family-friendly fun, celebrating the Pacific Northwest’s iconic watermelons.
Oregon’s Bangladeshi community stands up for student protesters 7,000 miles away: ‘It is our responsibility’
When Anis Zaman logged onto Facebook last Monday, he was greeted with a troubling post: a childhood friend, who lived more than 7,000 miles away in Bangladesh, had been beaten by Bangladeshi police while protesting against the government. “It was very heartbreaking,” said Zaman, a Portland State doctoral student in...
SFISH awarding over $5M to 20 projects addressing fish passage
MEDFORD, Ore.- A new ODF program known as SFISH, or the Small Forestland Investment in Stream Habitat, is awarding over $5 million to grant projects throughout Oregon. According to SFISH Program Coordinator Josh Hanson, all the projects are addressing fish passage. He says these projects will either replace an existing...
Oregon National Guard preparing for deployment to the Balkans
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon National Guard 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) began preparing to ship out to Fort Cavazos, Texas, and then the Balkans. A mobilization ceremony will be held at the Salem Armory Auditorium at 10 a.m. Friday, available for the public to watch here. The...
Leaders plan large inpatient mental health, addiction treatment center in the Columbia Gorge
In the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon leaders are planning a campus to provide residential mental health care, addiction treatment services and a drop-in center for police to bring people in crisis. Their work started in 2017 when Wasco County Sheriff Lane Magill gathered input from community and county leaders. Bit...
Canyon Lake owners drive home multimillion deal for golf course
Canyon Lakes Golf Course majority owner Mike Lundgren wasn’t looking for anyone to buy his golf course. But a golfing buddy of his broached the subject in the spring. “It started with Dave Retter,” said Lundgren, who plays golf every Sunday with the owner of Retter & Company Sotheby’s International Realty. “He told me he had someone to buy the golf course. We’ve had some offers in the past. But nothing ever came of them.”
Vehicle graphics, wraps a growing business in Tri-Cities
Ethan Sanders carefully measured the driver’s side door – from bottom to top, side to side. He was applying a vinyl graphic to the white Ford pickup truck, and it needed to be centered, leave space for the door handle and be perfectly flat. It was a warm...
Richland School District plans $314M bond for high school, other projects
Another new high school could be coming to the Tri-Cities if voters give it a green light. The Richland School District is sending a $314 million bond measure to the ballot in November, with a new high school in West Richland as the signature project. The new $232.9 million facility...
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