Ava Wainhouse

Feb 21, 2025 | nbcrightnow.com | Ava Wainhouse

TRI-CITIES, Wash. - According to the American Heart Association, over 2.4 million Americans alive today have some form of congenital heart disease. Tri-Cities' own Skylar Collins has been one of those people, until he got a new heart and liver in 2022.  Collins’ story started in 1993, when he came into the world with a congenital heart defect (CHD). The American Heart Association reports around 40,000 children are born in the US each year with some form of CHD.

Dec 9, 2024 | nbcrightnow.com | Ava Wainhouse

PASCO, Wash. - For 16 years, Jeff Spaur has taught at Ochoa Middle School in Pasco, the same school where he started his teaching career. Today, he’sinspiring his students to dive into their imagination after he self-published two novels. “I really love the community over here in East Pasco, I really love working with these kids and developing these young readers and writers,” Spaur said.

Nov 11, 2024 | nbcrightnow.com | Ava Wainhouse

ZILLAH, Wash. - After his home caught fire on October 14, Zillah’s tight-knit community rallied together to make sure Tristen Jensen, 12, has what he needs to move on after losing nearly everything he owns in the unexpected blaze. From clothes to shoes, to family treasures – so much of what Jensen knew as home was left burnt and charred weeks ago. Just hours before, he was doing what a lot of kids his age love to do – play football. “It’s really good, my coaches are really nice,” Jensen said.

Oct 23, 2024 | nbcrightnow.com | Ava Wainhouse

TRI-CITIES, Wash. - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but for those personally changed by cancer, that awareness lasts not for a single month, but forever. Holly Boyce, rang the bell of recovery 14 years ago, and each year since she has made it her mission to live life to the fullest. “It taught me a lot of lessons and I would definitely say at the end of the day, I took more from cancer than it took from me,” Boyce said. Powerful words, and a saying that Boyce lives by.

Sep 29, 2024 | khq.com | Ava Wainhouse

After a busy Sunday of blowing dust and high fire danger across the Inland Northwest, the main concern Monday will be near or below freezing early morning temperatures. Frost Advisories and Freeze Warnings are in place from one a.m. Monday to later in the morning across eastern Washington and north Idaho, and until Tuesday morning for some places in central Idaho and western Montana.