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Fire crews respond to motorhome and manufactured home fire in Yakima, propane tank explodes
YAKIMA, Wash.- On July 4, fire crews extinguished a motorhome and manufactured home fire, according to Deputy Fire Chief Ray Lamoureux with Yakima County Fire District 4. Fire crews responded to reports of a motorhome on fire at 6:21 p.m. at 371 Woodward West Road. The fire started in the...
It's not just humans — dogs in Spokane are also overdosing on drugs
Spokane's drug overdose crisis has ravaged the city, killing hundreds of people and sending thousands to the emergency room. Now it also appears to be impacting dogs. Over the course of just two weeks in May, there were at least three incidents where dogs in Spokane had to be given overdose reversal medication after consuming what their owners believe was fentanyl left on the ground.
American Airlines flight diverted after Oregon man, 25, 'exposes himself and urinates in aisle'
A flight bound for Manchester, New Hampshire, was forced to divert on Wednesday after a man allegedly exposed himself and urinated in the aisle of the plane. The 25-year-old man from Oregon was arrested and charged with indecent exposure once the flight landed at Buffalo Niagara International Airport. He was later released after making his initial appearance in federal court in Buffalo, as per a statement from the US Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York.
Fire crews respond to motorhome and manufactured home fire in Yakima, propane tank explodes
YAKIMA, Wash.- On July 4, fire crews extinguished a motorhome and manufactured home fire, according to Deputy Fire Chief Ray Lamoureux with Yakima County Fire District 4. Fire crews responded to reports of a motorhome on fire at 6:21 p.m. at 371 Woodward West Road. The fire started in the...
How many veterans will sleep on the street this Fourth of July?
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The United States has been in three major wars in the last fifty years, resulting in the US being home to about 18 million veterans. This Fourth of July, thousands of those vets will sleep on the street. About 4% of veterans were homeless or experienced...
Fourth of July Road Closures in Pullman
There will be several road closures in effect Thursday ahead of the annual Fourth of July Celebration in Sunnyside Park. The City of Pullman will shut down Main Street between Skyline Drive and Old Wawawai Road and the entirety of Cedar Street, including its access point on Skyline Drive, around 4 p.m.
'It affected two countries': Man sentenced to 30 days for poisoning 18K salmon at southern Oregon hatchery
REEDSPORT, Ore. — One man's crime, led to hundreds of hours worth of labor down the drain. On April 21, Joshua Heckathorn broke into a fish hatchery, the Gardiner Reedpsort Winchester Bay Salmon Trout Enhancement Program (STEP). He poisoned 18,000 young salmon with bleach. "They were all dead," said...
New fire at Keys Road will continue to burn for the next few days, officials say
YAKIMA, Wash. - A new fire at Yakima Sportsman State Park will continue to burn for a few days, according to Yakima Suncomm. Fire crews responded to the fire on Keys Road late Wednesday night and returned on Tuesday, July 4. According to a Yakima Valley Emergency Management Facebook post, the 25-acre fire did not threaten homes, but Sportsman State Park was closed to the public.
Supreme Court Ruling Paves Way for Yakima to Address Homelessness
The Yakima City Council is expected to talk about homelessness this month after the U.S. Supreme court released a ruling that says it's okay for cities to ban people from sleeping or living in public places.The court, in a 6-3 decision, reversed a previous ruling which found banning people from sleeping in outdoor public spaces is a violation of the 8th amendment. The original ruling was made by an appeals court in San Francisco.
Cooling centers open in Tri-Cities, Walla Walla, Yakima and Ellensburg as temps are set to hit triple digits
TRI-CITIES, Wash. – With maximum temperatures forecasted to reach triple digits this weekend, health districts and local governments are opening cooling shelters across the region. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, heat is the number one cause of weather-related deaths in the United States. Weather Alert......
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