The Washington State Nurses Association is calling on hospitals in Yakima and throughout the state to take urgent action on four key priority issues to ensure the safety of health care workers, patients and the public against Ebola.
You might not think about it, but trick or treating can be an ordeal for kids that suffer from asthma, especially in Yakima with cold temperatures and smokey conditions.
Authorities say a Washington state man has been struck and killed by a bus inside a zombie attraction at an Idaho corn maze. The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office says 18-year-old Jeremy McSpadden Jr. of Spokane Valley was a role player in the "Zombie Slayer Paintball Bus" at th…
Authorities say a high school in the small town of St. Helens, Oregon, was evacuated after a report that a student had put a small homemade bomb in his locker. The Oregon State Police bomb squad swept the school and found one device. KATU-TV reports that a 16-year-old boy was arrested Friday...
How do school officials keep kids safe in a violent situation? How do officials deal with a bully? Two of the many questions that were answered during a school safety summit held at YV Tech Thursday.
A couple driving to the Central Washington State Fair on Sunday rescued a man who had caught fire when fumes from a nearby gas ignited his clothing and his garage.
A southwest Washington fire chief says a woman in an electric wheelchair fell off a trail and 15 feet down an embankment to a Camas lake bed but escaped with only minor injuries. The Columbian reports that Camas-Washougal Fire Chief Nick Swinhart says the water level in Lacamas Lake is currently very…
Officials from the Yakima County Health District are waiting on test results as three kids from Yakima are being treated for a respiratory illness at Seattle's Childrens' Hospital. The health district's Diane Bock says they hope to learn this week what is making the kids sick and if th…