SPOKANE, Wash. - It's a battle the United States has been dealing with for years. That's the battle of opioid addiction. Addiction doesn't care who you are or what town you come from it impacts everyone. Small town America is taking the biggest hit when it comes to the opioid crisis. Ask doctor David Tauben Chief of Pain Medicine at the University of Washington.
SPOKANE, Wash. - It's a battle the United States has been dealing with for years. That's the battle of opioid addiction. Addiction doesn't care who you are or what town you come from it impacts everyone. Small town America is taking the biggest hit when it comes to the opioid crisis. Ask doctor David Tauben Chief of Pain Medicine at the University of Washington.
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say a man was killed near Tacoma when the tractor he was using flipped over. The News Tribune reports the man apparently was attempting to pull a wooden pole out of the ground on a small farm in Parkland. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office says he had attached a rope to the bottom of the pole and the tractor and at some point the tractor flipped.
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say a man was killed near Tacoma when the tractor he was using flipped over. The News Tribune reports the man apparently was attempting to pull a wooden pole out of the ground on a small farm in Parkland. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office says he had attached a rope to the bottom of the pole and the tractor and at some point the tractor flipped.
BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A coroner says the seven inmates killed during a South Carolina prison riot earlier this month all bled to death from stab wounds. Lee County Coroner Larry Logan said Tuesday all the inmates had several stab or cutting wounds inflicted inside Lee Correctional Institution on April 15 and 16.
BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A coroner says the seven inmates killed during a South Carolina prison riot earlier this month all bled to death from stab wounds. Lee County Coroner Larry Logan said Tuesday all the inmates had several stab or cutting wounds inflicted inside Lee Correctional Institution on April 15 and 16.
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) - Luke Air Force Base officials say an F-16C from the 56th Fighter Wing crashed while attempting to land at a municipal airport in Arizona. They say the pilot ejected and was treated and released from a hospital Tuesday afternoon. Base officials say the jet was on a training flight when it diverted to the Lake Havasu City airport and went off the runway while landing, prompting the unidentified pilot to eject.
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) - Luke Air Force Base officials say an F-16C from the 56th Fighter Wing crashed while attempting to land at a municipal airport in Arizona. They say the pilot ejected and was treated and released from a hospital Tuesday afternoon. Base officials say the jet was on a training flight when it diverted to the Lake Havasu City airport and went off the runway while landing, prompting the unidentified pilot to eject.
SPOKANE, Wash. - A Spokane woman is on a mission to find a retired firefighter who helped her in a time of need. She says when a car slammed into her and her airbags went off, all she could feel was panic, but then someone stepped in to help almost immediately after the crash. It was Mariah Horn’s first car crash that happened on Wednesday at around 8:00 p.m. at the intersection of Country Homes Boulevard and Cedar.
SPOKANE, Wash. - A Spokane woman is on a mission to find a retired firefighter who helped her in a time of need. She says when a car slammed into her and her airbags went off, all she could feel was panic, but then someone stepped in to help almost immediately after the crash. It was Mariah Horn’s first car crash that happened on Wednesday at around 8:00 p.m. at the intersection of Country Homes Boulevard and Cedar.
SPOKANE, Wash. - Neighbors who live in the West Central district are urging each other to be vigilant after a car prowler was caught on camera. The video footage taken from the area of Elm and Maxwell shows a man walk up to a car, look around, and try to open the door, then he vanishes. “I’m still on edge,” said Erica Milward. “I constantly look out the window at night just to see because I kind of feel violated.” Milward says a prowler was peaking
SPOKANE, Wash. - Neighbors who live in the West Central district are urging each other to be vigilant after a car prowler was caught on camera. The video footage taken from the area of Elm and Maxwell shows a man walk up to a car, look around, and try to open the door, then he vanishes. “I’m still on edge,” said Erica Milward. “I constantly look out the window at night just to see because I kind of feel violated.” Milward says a prowler was peaking
DALLAS (AP) - Two Dallas police officers have been critically wounded in a shooting outside a hardware store. The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday outside a Home Depot in northern Dallas. The Dallas Police Department tweeted about the shooting, giving the conditions of the officers. But it did not immediately provide other details.
DALLAS (AP) - Two Dallas police officers have been critically wounded in a shooting outside a hardware store. The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday outside a Home Depot in northern Dallas. The Dallas Police Department tweeted about the shooting, giving the conditions of the officers. But it did not immediately provide other details.
SPOKANE, Wash. - A computer system used by nearly every school district in Washington has been down since last week. School officials, teachers and parents use the system, called Skyward, to update student records, grades and student lunch accounts. The company that operates Skyward in Washington said it estimates the system will be back up by Wednesday.
SPOKANE, Wash. - A computer system used by nearly every school district in Washington has been down since last week. School officials, teachers and parents use the system, called Skyward, to update student records, grades and student lunch accounts. The company that operates Skyward in Washington said it estimates the system will be back up by Wednesday.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - 53 patients in 16 states have been affected by an outbreak of E.coli in romaine lettuce and now it’s hitting closer to home. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 10 confirmed cases of the disease are spread throughout the state and one of them in north Idaho. The one case that was confirmed in north Idaho is in Boundary County, according to a spokesperson with the Panhandle Health District.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - 53 patients in 16 states have been affected by an outbreak of E.coli in romaine lettuce and now it’s hitting closer to home. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 10 confirmed cases of the disease are spread throughout the state and one of them in north Idaho. The one case that was confirmed in north Idaho is in Boundary County, according to a spokesperson with the Panhandle Health District.
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - A brief video of a large gator strolling past a Florida middle school is turning heads this week. It happened around 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Witnesses who spotted the gator said it caused a bit of a traffic jam around Deltona Middle School, which is usually pretty deserted on a Sunday evening.
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - A brief video of a large gator strolling past a Florida middle school is turning heads this week. It happened around 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Witnesses who spotted the gator said it caused a bit of a traffic jam around Deltona Middle School, which is usually pretty deserted on a Sunday evening.