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OLYMPIA, Wash.- Governor Jay Inslee has issued an updated directive regarding policies that require state employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The requirement that new and current employees be fully vaccinated will remain in effect. Updates reflecting feedback and recommendations from state employees and labor partners will be forthcoming at...

Press release from the Department of Transportation. Today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded $41 million to support four projects in Montana from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program to help move forward on projects that modernize roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports, and intermodal transportation and make our transportation systems safer, more accessible, more affordable, and more sustainable. This year’s total allocations nationwide include more than $2.2 billion thanks to the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides an additional $7.5 billion over five years for the program to help meet the strong demand to help projects get moving across the country. 

When the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline launched in July, it was celebrated as an easy-to-remember number for people with mental health emergencies and an alternative to 911. It essentially replaces the old 10-digit number for the national suicide prevention lifeline. But not everyone supports 988. Some posts on social...

RICHLAND, Wash. - Kason Creed, an eight-year-old boy born with cerebral palsy, has been looking for a park he can play at in the Tri-Cities. He discovered his love for swings after visiting ADA parks in Spokane, which is where Kason often travels for doctors appointments. He has found no...

TRI-CITIES, Wash.- Miramar Health Center wants to provide deserving families with a one-of-a kind experience at the Benton Franklin Fair and Rodeo this year. Community members can nominate a family for Blue Ribbon consideration. One Blue Ribbon family will be selected per day, from August, 23rd-27th, to receive VIP treatment...

Severe storms hit Milton-Freewater hard overnight on August 10, knocking down trees and even power poles. Residents of Green Acres Mobile Home Park said they won't have power for three days. The damage to Green Acres mostly coming from limbs of unkempt trees on the property. One resident tells me...