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10 Budget-Friendly Power Tools From Amazon For New Homeowners
Congrats! You've chosen and bought a home. But do you know what kind of household yours is going to be? Narrowing down your power-tool brand of choice may be your next big decision. Two of the top name-brands, DeWalt and Ryobi, provide a place to start. Both are industry juggernauts, and both produce hundreds of solid products that work with the brands' base batteries, but they are not interchangeable. A house divided by DeWalt and Ryobi cannot stand.
10 Top-Rated Home Depot Tools For Under $10
The feeling when you walk into a Home Depot knowing you've got a gift card or designated funds with which to play can really put a skip in your step. Whether you're a professional tradesperson or a DIYer, it's hard not to appreciate the wide selection and new innovations, and everyone digs a deal.
GMC Typhoon: 10 Facts That Prove It's A Beast
The GMC Typhoon is widely regarded as the world's first high-performance sport utility vehicle. Small but mighty, boxy and bossy, the turbocharged Typhoon packs a powerful punch. It can out zero to 60 two dozen Lamborghini models and give the slowest modern Ferraris a run for their money at top speed.
10 Microsoft Project & Planner Features You Should Be Using
The productivity app formerly known as Microsoft Project is now part of Microsoft Planner, an app recently redesigned to help anyone who is looking to organize their day, tasks, and projects. It offers solutions for your own task management as well as professional project management.
10 Budget-Friendly Power Tools From Amazon For New Homeowners
Congrats! You've chosen and bought a home. But do you know what kind of household yours is going to be? Narrowing down your power-tool brand of choice may be your next big decision. Two of the top name-brands, DeWalt and Ryobi, provide a place to start. Both are industry juggernauts, and both produce hundreds of solid products that work with the brands' base batteries, but they are not interchangeable. A house divided by DeWalt and Ryobi cannot stand.
10 Top-Rated Home Depot Tools For Under $10
The feeling when you walk into a Home Depot knowing you've got a gift card or designated funds with which to play can really put a skip in your step. Whether you're a professional tradesperson or a DIYer, it's hard not to appreciate the wide selection and new innovations, and everyone digs a deal.
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GMC Typhoon: 10 Facts That Prove It's A Beast
The GMC Typhoon is widely regarded as the world's first high-performance sport utility vehicle. Small but mighty, boxy and bossy, the turbocharged Typhoon packs a powerful punch. It can out zero to 60 two dozen Lamborghini models and give the slowest modern Ferraris a run for their money at top speed.
10 Microsoft Project & Planner Features You Should Be Using
The productivity app formerly known as Microsoft Project is now part of Microsoft Planner, an app recently redesigned to help anyone who is looking to organize their day, tasks, and projects. It offers solutions for your own task management as well as professional project management.
Quantum Brilliance Appoints Andrew Dunn as Country Manager for UK Expansion
Former Arm Holdings executive to head Quantum Brilliance's new UK office in global expansion of miniature, room-temperature quantum computer business I am honored to join a team that has achieved significant technical progress in just a few short years, validated by scientific peers as well as notable investments and partnerships” — Andrew Dunn, Quantum Brilliance's UK Country Manager LONDON, ENGLAND, November 7, 2023 / EINPresswire.com/ -- Quantum Brilliance, the leading developer of...
Quantum Brilliance partners with STFC Hartree Centre to make quantum technology more scalable
Joint endeavour aims to improve hybrid classical-quantum computing for practical industry challenges We are pleased to work together with the STFC Hartree Centre on quantum parallelisation strategies for our shared goal of accelerating practical use of the portable, diamond quantum devices” — Mark Mattingley-Scott, Quantum Brilliance Managing Director LONDON, ENGLAND, November 1, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Quantum Brilliance, the leading developer of miniaturised, room-temperature quantum...
Quantum Brilliance Releases Open-Source Software for Miniature Quantum Computers
Quantum Brilliance's Qristal SDK moves into broad release for developing on-premise and edge applications for compact, room-temperature quantum accelerators With enhancements based on input from beta users, the Qristal SDK allows researchers to leverage quantum-based solutions in a host of potential real-world applications” — Mark Luo, CEO and co-founder of Quantum Brilliance SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, June 8, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Quantum Brilliance, the leading developer of miniaturised,...
5-car crash backs up US 395 in Pasco
Courtesy: WSP PASCO, Wash. — A five-car crash on Friday morning in Pasco injured one person and backed up traffic on U.S. 395 during the commute. The crash happened on 395 just north of the Blue Bridge and blocked the left lane. Drivers heading on 395 from Pasco toward Kennewick dealt with the delay.
Gabriel 'Fluffy' Iglesias announces Tri-Cities show
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Gabriel Iglesias, a comedian known affectionately as ‘Fluffy’ with millions of fans, is back on tour and coming to a Tri-Cities venue in the spring. Iglesias will be performing on April 10, 2022 at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.
College Place hit-and-run victim in ICU; police find driver
COLLEGE PLACE, Wash. — The driver who hit and critically injured a Walla Walla man on Friday night in College Place is cooperating with investigators, police report. The College Place Police Department appealed to the public Saturday on social media. Officers said they needed help identifying a driver who “seriously injured a man and then cruelly left him on 6th and Larch in College Place.” “Investigators believe the vehicle is a Ford PU truck, possibly with front and/or driver’s side damage.
Kennewick Irrigation District holds drive-up Santa event
Kennewick Irrigation District is hosting a drive-through event with Santa Claus benefitting Toys for Tots KENNEWICK, Wash. — Kennewick Irrigation District is hosting a drive-through event with a special, gift-giving guest. You made have heard of him. Does ‘Santa Claus’ ring a (sleigh) bell? On Wednesday, December 8 and Thursday, December 9, Santa will be in the shop parking lot at 2015 S. Ely Street in Kennewick for family friendly event.
Yakima Federal gives $100k for food hall in Ellensburg
Courtesy: Google Street View (June 2019) ELLENSBURG, Wash. — A community food bank will renovate the Rodeo City Bar-B-Q building to feed those in need thanks to a generous, six-figure donation from a local bank. Yakima Federal Savings and Loan is donating $100,000 to FISH Community Food Bank for the project. The food bank will now be able to renovate the recently purchased building at 2nd & Main.
Clearwater crash injures 2, sparks suspect search
KENNEWICK, Wash. — A crash Tuesday morning on a major thoroughfare in Kennewick sent two people to the hospital and set off a search for the driver believed to be responsible — a search that put a local school on lockdown. The crash involving several cars happened around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of W. Clearwater Ave. and S. Sunnyvale Dr. This is in the area between W. 10th Ave. and I-82. BREAKING: A multiple vehicle collision is blocking traffic on W Clearwater Ave. in Kennewick.
Senate confirms Chuck Sams as national parks director
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed a local man as head of the National Park Service: Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III will be the first Native American to hold the position. Senators unanimously approved Sams’ nomination to direct the park service. He was nominated earlier this year by President Biden. Sams is Cayuse and Walla Walla. He is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, where he once held top-level leadership positions.
Ichiro Suzuki will be inducted into Mariners Hall of Fame
Special Ichiro weekend planned for August 26-28, 2022 AP Former MLB player Ichiro Suzuki is 48. SEATLLE — Ichiro Suzuki, one of the best to ever don a Mariners uniform, will be inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame next year. The Seattle Mariners announced on Wednesday morning that Ichiro has been selected for induction at T-Mobile Park on Saturday, August 27. Celebrating one of the best to ever do it 🐐 Ichiro becomes the newest member of the Mariners Hall of Fame this summer.
Train on I-90: Locomotive to head south via I-82, I-84
Last-of-its-kind locomotive on 847-mile journey from Snoqualmie, WA to Ely, NV Courtesy: Nevada Northern Railway Museum ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Train enthusiasts who’ve helped to move a last-of-its-kind locomotive from Snoqualmie, Washington toward Ely, Nevada were thrilled on Monday to see their precious cargo had made it past the first few gigantic hurdles and was nearing Ellensburg. Moving is not fun. It can be a serious endeavor.
WA senator calls for permanent Daylight Saving Time
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With people getting ready to “fall back” this weekend, setting clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, a Washington senator says it’s time to stop this practice and make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent across the U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) called on the U.S. Senate to pass the Sunshine Protection Act. LOCAL + VIDEO: Improve your sleep and prepare for Daylight Saving Time “To put it simply, Americans want more sunshine and less depression.
Yakima woman killed on I-82 had 'exited' moving pickup
Google Earth YAKIMA, Wash. — A woman was hit and killed on Interstate 82 in Yakima early Monday morning. Washington State Patrol troopers say she “exited” a moving pickup and the driver behind her ran into her. WSP identified the victim as 48-year-old Samantha Webb of Yakima. She was riding eastbound as a passenger in a Ford F-350 driven by Randall Sali, 41, of Moxee. Tragedy struck around 12:19 a.m. near milepost 33.
Northern lights expected in Washington, Oregon soon
Massive solar flare could bring supercharged aurora borealis for Halloween weekend Nathan Howard Bernard Ishnook cleans the head of a two-year-old bull moose under the Northern Lights on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, near Stevens Village, Alaska. For the first time in memory, both king and chum salmon have dwindled to almost nothing and the state has banned salmon fishing on the Yukon.
FDA advisers back Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for young kids
October 26, 2021 1:30 PM Posted: October 26, 2021 1:30 PM Updated: October 26, 2021 1:49 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of U.S. health advisers on Tuesday endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, moving the U.S. closer to beginning vaccinations in children ages 5 to 11.
FBI: Remains found in Florida park ID’d as Brian Laundrie
FBI: Remains found in Florida park ID’d as Brian Laundrie October 21, 2021 3:17 PM Posted: October 21, 2021 3:17 PM For more information, please visit our site HERE
Sunday snow falls on Cascade mountain passes
CLE ELUM, Wash. — Snow was falling on Stevens, Snoqualmie and other Washington mountain passes on Sunday.
WATCH: Driver rams cars to avoid arrest in Kennewick
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Take a good look at the video here. Maybe you can help police catch the suspected drugged driver who put a lot of people in danger Saturday in the Walmart parking lot. The Kennewick Police Department shared the video clip to Facebook. Officers say it shows the subject of a welfare check; he was possibly on drugs and woke up to officers surrounding his car. He put the car in gear and smashed his way out of a parking space surrounded by other cars, including police patrol vehicles.
COVID will not be a serious concern once this happens
Tri-Cities health officer explains in latest update KENNEWICK, Wash. — Not a rebuke but a pat on the back this week from the Benton-Franklin Health District to the Tri-Cities community. More people are getting vaccinated and taking steps to tamp down coronavirus spread, leading to fewer COVID-19 cases.
Boots Down: Anti-mandate demonstration in Richland
October 7, 2021 11:11 AM Matt Van Slyke, Amanda Mason, Posted: October 7, 2021 11:11 AM Updated: October 7, 2021 11:29 AM by Matt Van Slyke, Amanda Mason RICHLAND, Wash. — Local workers for state and federal agencies and others who hold anti-mandate and anti-COVID-19-vaccine views put their figurative foot down Thursday in Richland.
CEO: Fair broke records despite 25% attendance drop
Courtesy: State Fair Park YAKIMA, Wash. — They knew it’d be a tough task to hold such a large event – with masks – during a pandemic, but the folks behind the annual Central Washington State Fair are pretty proud of how things worked out. Organizers figured there would be a drop in attendance, and there was, but they are playing up the positives after a 10-day run that wrapped Sunday, October 3.
WA woman burned trying to save dog at Yellowstone NP
Courtesy: Yellowstone National Park YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — A young woman from Washington state was severely burned while trying to save her dog from one of Yellowstone’s thermal hot springs, the national park reported. The 20-year-old woman “suffered significant thermal burns between her shoulders and feet on the afternoon of October 4,” according to details provided by rangers in a news release and a social media post.
Kittitas County's Shree Saini wins Miss World America
THORP, Wash. — You may have seen her name or heard her story, now Kittitas County’s Shree Saini is making headlines worldwide as the first Indian-American to be crowned Miss World America. Saini, who previously won the title of Miss World America Washington, was crowned on October 2 in West Hollywood. Saini, 25, is the namesake of Shree’s Travel Plaza in Thorp, where she helped install one of the largest flags in America last Veterans Day. KAPP-KVEW Local News profiled Saini in 2020.
School bus crash in Kennewick injures 3 children
October 5, 2021 9:40 AM Neil Fischer, Matt Van Slyke, Posted: October 5, 2021 9:40 AM Updated: October 5, 2021 9:57 AM by Neil Fischer, Matt Van Slyke KENNEWICK, Wash. — A driver ran into the side of a school bus Tuesday morning in Kennewick, deputies say, injuring three students on board. The three Cascade Elementary students suffered minor injuries after a car hit their school bus at the intersection of E. 27th Ave. and S.
KAPP-TV signal repairs: Local newscasts on app, online
YAKIMA, Wash. — An equipment failure was affecting the KAPP-TV signal on Wednesday. The piece of equipment that failed allowed us to switch from national programming to local programming. We do have a backup component, however it is not being recognized, resulting in a system error. KAPP-KVEW’s engineering department did create a workaround by routing the KVEW signal to the KAPP signal as a new piece of equipment is delivered to the station.
Tri-Cities Airport adds new airline, flights to Reno-Tahoe
aha! by ExpressJet Airlines PASCO, Wash. — The airport serving the Tri-Cities is about to get a new set of weekly nonstop flights to a famed West Coast vacation destination. ExpressJet Airlines announced it would launch three new flights each week from Tri-Cities Airport to Reno-Tahoe International Airport. The 95-minute flights with ExpressJet Airlines’ new leisure brand aha! will run each Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday starting October 24.
New details on Pasco school bus attack that killed driver
September 27, 2021 2:15 PM Matt Van Slyke, Ellie Nakamoto-White, Posted: September 27, 2021 2:15 PM Updated: September 27, 2021 6:51 PM by Matt Van Slyke, Ellie Nakamoto-White PASCO, Wash. — The Pasco Police Department announced Monday that Joshua D. Davis, 34, of Richland, is the suspect involved in the deadly stabbing of a bus driver who was getting ready to transport students from Longfellow Elementary School.
29% of Tri-Cities COVID-19 cases are in schoolchildren
More children, teenagers found to have COVID-19; case rates falling among young adults KENNEWICK, Wash. — The Tri-Cities community is seeing a shift in who’s testing positive for COVID-19: more children and teenagers are being found to have it while case rates among young adults are falling, the local health officer says. “We are no longer seeing that week-after-week unfettered rise, which is a good sign,” said Dr. Amy Person with Benton-Franklin Health District.
Franklin County farm worker gets foot stuck in an auger
ELTOPIA, Wash. — A woman who got her foot stuck in an auger Tuesday on a Franklin County dairy farm was rescued and flown to a Richland hospital. Fire crews said they were dispatched at 8:42 a.m. to an industrial rescue of a farm worker with her lower leg stuck in the farm equipment. “It was a pit auger, so it was below ground,” said Mike Harris, fire chief with Franklin County Fire District 3. “The auger transfers feed out of the storage area back out into the feed lot for the trucks.
Tri-Cities health district reports 34 COVID-19 deaths
KENNEWICK, Wash. – On Fridays, the Benton-Franklin Health District reports new COVID-19-related deaths in the Tri-Cities region. This week, there are more than usual. Here’s why: “Due to a backlog of entries at the state level, this week’s report of 34 confirmed deaths is larger than usual,” BFHD stated on its website and on social media. “The report shows 12 deaths posted today and 22 received from DOH backlog.
Child hit in Kennewick crosswalk on way to school
KENNEWICK, Wash. — A child was hit and injured Friday morning while crossing a Kennewick street on the way to school, police say. People called 911 around 8:30 a.m. to say that a driver had hit a child walking to school in the intersection of S Edison St. and W 4th Ave. The Kennewick Police Department and Kennewick Fire Department went to the scene to help the boy. Officers began an investigation. The child, they say, was using the crosswalk at the intersection.
509 area code: 10-digit local phone calls coming soon Original
10-digit dialing coming to Eastern Washington KENNEWICK, Wash. — You soon won’t be able to dial (or tap, as it were) a seven-digit number to make a local phone call. Starting October 24, we’re transitioning to 10-digit dialing here in the ‘509’ and several other area codes across the U.S. A 10-digit dialed phone call requires entering the three-digit area code + seven-digit phone number to complete the call. Why is this happening?
Columbia River shoreline closed due to toxic algae
Public notice posted by Benton-Franklin Health District KENNEWICK, Wash. — The Benton-Franklin Health District is warning the public to stay out of the water along the Columbia River shoreline in the Tri-Cities.
Homicide investigation: Body found off Bateman Road
Benton County Sheriffs Office BENTON COUNTY, Wash. — A man turned up dead off the side of a road in Benton County on Tuesday. Now county authorities believe another person killed him, making this a homicide case. “Detectives are now investigating this case as a homicide,” the Benton County Sheriff’s Office posted to Facebook, updating a previous post. “The victim is an adult male from the Tri-Cities.” Investigators say they were able to identify the deceased on Wednesday morning.
AG: Biden admin 'cruel' for fighting Hanford worker law
Workers are pictured in the 105-K West Reactor fuel storage basin, working to remove contaminated filter media used to keep the basin water clean. This is a step toward dewatering and removing the last water-filled fuel storage basin along the Columbia River.
Local doctors look to donate $50K smile to veteran
Smiles For Soldiers now accepting applications KENNEWICK, Wash. — A Tri-Cities community initiative is underway to give one lucky service member or veteran a $50,000 smile makeover. Active-duty soldiers and veterans who have poor oral health and may not be able to afford dental treatment can apply to receive donated oral surgery. Kennewick oral surgeons provide free wisdom teeth removal The program is called Smiles For Soldiers.
Kittitas SD COVID outbreak: Health dept. says mask up
Students, staff who didn't wear masks in class told to go home, test or both Kittitas School District KITTITAS, Wash. — Not all students, teachers and staff in the city of Kittitas have been wearing masks in school, the health department says. Now there’s a COVID-19 outbreak, and the department is stepping in to try to contain it.
3 dogs dead from potential toxic algae in Richland
Craig Kohlruss A Mariposa County deputy sheriff stands watch over a remote area northeast of the town of Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, near the area where a family and their dog were reportedly found dead the day before. Investigators are considering whether toxic algae blooms or other hazards may have contributed to the deaths of the Northern California couple, their baby and the family dog on a remote hiking trail, authorities said.
Tri-Cities: 668 new COVID cases, high case rate
COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 residents in Benton and Franklin counties. (Benton-Franklin Health District) KENNEWICK, Wash. — The Tri-Cities area tallied 668 new COVID-19 cases in the last three days, one of the highest-ever local three-day counts, the Benton-Franklin Health District reports. Benton County’s 434 new cases pushed the county to another milestone: 25,000 COVID-19 cases documented since the pandemic began.
Purse snatchers hit stores in Pendleton, La Grande
PENDLETON, Ore. — Authorities in Umatilla County are looking for a couple of purse snatchers who are going on spending sprees with stolen cards. According to social media posts from the La Grande Police Department and Pendleton Police Department, the two men are looking for victims inside stores, then using the cards at other stores.
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