Roosevelt News

A 15-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to the leg during a drive-by shooting Friday night in Yakima.

'A good solid B plus,' Obama said during an hour-long, intimate soft-focus ABC network Christmas at the White House special, when Winfrey asked what grade he would give himself.

Firefighters throughout the Plateau will again be out in force spreading some holiday cheer, sponsoring Santa Patrols that blanket the region.

But the gifts being shipped to our state, will come at a smelly price. Garbage from Honolulu will be taken to the Roosevelt landfill in Klickitat County.

Some of Hawaii's trash is headed to a landfill in Eastern Washington. Oahu starts shipping trash Monday under a contract signed in August with Seattle-based Hawaiian Waste Systems.

Thanks to donations by community supporters, the Salvation Army provided school supplies to more than 1,400 students this week during its two-day back-to-school distribution.

John Prosser, a contender for the Port of Anacortes commission District 2 seat, will kick off his campaign 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Croatian Cultural Center at Fifth Street and R Avenue.

Construction worker Gerardo Reyes works on framing the new Hampton Inn and Suites in Spokane Valley on Wednesday.

Investigators have not yet released the identity of a woman killed in a train accident in Skamania County.

Q. While watching the tube at night, I often take my change out of my pocket and place it on the kitchen table.

Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, is looking to ship its garbage to Washington or Oregon after a landfill closes next year in the province.

The family of Marie Richmond gathers on the steps where she was shot Sunday. From left are her grandmother, Darlene Duffey, her father, Edward Duffey, and one of her sons, 9-month-old Caleb Richmond.

A woman is hit by a stray bullet during what police are calling a gang dispute. It happened around 2:30 Sunday afternoon on the 1300 block of Roosevelt Avenue.