Pasha Skirko

According to Associate Press, Tillamook county officials tell The Oregonian that it plans to do away with its tsunami warning sirens, claiming that the residence will either be alerted by the media or the earthquake. No everyone agrees with the decision and has set up a Facebook page called SOS Save Our Sirens in Tillamook County...

According to Associate Press, the two ballot measures that would allow Oregon’s first nontribal casino are being opposed by the current chief executive and three former Oregon governors. John Kitzhaber, current governor, also opposed the measures...

Here we have some pictures and videos of the Grape Stampede events on Sept 8.  Watch grape stomping and more.                    

Hurry up and enter our Postcards from Paradise contest! As of this afternoon, you have a one-in-fifty chance of winning a trip to Hawaii. All you have to do to enter the contest is to use your summer photos and make a postcard to turn in online by 11:59pm Wednesday...

With the help of our Facebook followers, we’ve compiled a detailed list and map of pumpkin patches in and near the Tri-Cities.

The Blue Bridge (aka the Pioneer Memorial Bridge) between Pasco & Kennewick is scheduled for their annual inspection of the structure.  The north bound right lane will be closed down today, as it was yesterday in the other direction. Workers expect to wrap up the inspection before it gets dark....

Comedian Brad Upton will perform at the Sept. 14 fundraiser to benefit Hanford High’s athletics department at the Richland High School auditorium. Mike DePeel, organizer of the event, said Upton puts a "Tri-City spin" on his jokes. Upton now lives in Seattle but was a Richland High School alum, and taught elementary school in Pasco 28 years ago ...

This school year, kindergarden enrolment was much higher than expected. In the Kennewick School District, it was not a "the more, the merrier" kind of case. Administrators have been scrambling to shuffle around the kids to find room, but they’re letting kids slip through the cracks...