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Jun 14, 2024 | 
nbcrightnow.com | Max Hughes
KENNEWICK, Wash. - The US Forest Service and USDA have worked with fire scientists to show wildfire risk in individual communities across the country. The Director of the Fire Modeling Institute, Greg Dillon, has worked on collecting cartography data for over 15 years now. “So what's really interesting is all of this information that we present on the website is the evolution of a lot of improvements in data availability, technology, modeling software.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
nbcrightnow.com | Max Hughes
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
nbcrightnow.com | Max Hughes
TRI-CITIES, Wash. - The Benton County Animal Control has made a change after the shooting of two rottweilers earlier this year by Benton County Sheriff’s Deputies. The canine shelter has expanded its staff and hours to be available when dangerous dog calls come in. The owner of the rottweilers Michelle Swanson said a big driver of the changes at the shelter has been support from the community.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
nbcrightnow.com | Max Hughes
RICHLAND, Wash. - Artificial intelligence has become a tool everyone wants to know how to use. Researchers at PNNL have started looking at ways to use automation and machine learning to make AI that can do its research. According to Chief Science Officer for PNNL’s Molecular Science Laboratory, Justin Teeguarden, bigger questions can be impossible for small research groups to tackle.
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May 23, 2024 | 
nbcrightnow.com | Max Hughes
YAKIMA, Wash. - The Yakima County Sheriff’s Office posted more information today about why they euthanized 64 roosters that were initially set to go to an animal rescue in Peirce County. The roosters were bred for cockfighting according to YCSO and were originally discovered in April during a multi-agency drug bust of the prison gang La Nuestra Familia.
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May 22, 2024 | 
nbcrightnow.com | Max Hughes
TRI-CITIES, Wash.- Firefighters shifts range but they often go into the night, some can be as long as 48 hours in a row. According to Deputy Fire Chief Chris Mortensen, sleep studies have helped fire departments adjust the way firefighters sleep to make the night shift more bearable. “It used to be the alarms would blare and you were waking up and lights were flashing everywhere and we found out that was really bad for your system,” he said.
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May 16, 2024 | 
nbcrightnow.com | Max Hughes
FINLEY, Wash. -The Lineage Warehouse fire in Finley continues to burn, keeping fire crews on the scene night and day to monitor it. 25 days after the fact Benton County Commissioners met to look at the destroyed building after community members asked what the county can do. At the meeting, officials talked about communicating with the community more saying there could be progress updates in the future.
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May 15, 2024 | 
nonstoplocal.com | Max Hughes
FINLEY, Wash. - The Lineage Warehouse fire in Finley continues to burn, keeping fire crews on scene night and day to monitor it. 25 days after the fact, the Benton County Commissioners met to look at the destroyed building after community members asked what the County can do. At the meeting, officials talked about communicating with the community more, saying there could be progress updates in the future.
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May 9, 2024 | 
nbcrightnow.com | Max Hughes
SELAH, Wash. - Some residents near the Yakima Training Center have needed drinking water delivered to them after high levels of PFAS were found in the water almost two years ago. The army has completed 22 water treatment projects to help solve the problem created by fire retardant testing at the training center. Resident Lynn Mitzel said she tried to sell her parents' former family home for about a year and had no offers due to the PFAS problem.
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May 7, 2024 | 
nbcrightnow.com | Max Hughes
TRI-CITIES, Wash. - Counties across Washington will have three years to meet new caseload standards set by the state bar if the standards get accepted by the State Supreme Court. Benton County Prosecutor Eric Eisinger has said the reduction in cases by a third could break the system. Jason Schwarz, Chair of the Washington State Bar’s Council on Public Defense disagrees.
