I am an 18 year old senior at Hanford High School, I enjoy Science, Botanical Studies, and Choir. I have lived in the Tri-Cities my entire life, and hope to someday work for the Bellevue Botanical Gardens.
Harleen Casey
Kids Driving Your Crazy? Here’s a Safe Way to Make Slime!
You may have heard about the new homemade slime craze sweeping the nation. Elmer's Glue even had to up production to meet consumer demands! Most of the recipes call for Borax but local doctors are warning against it. Borax can burn the skin...
Ellen Degeneres Roasts a Guest Caught Stealing
Ellen Degeneres recently set up a hidden camera to see which guests were honest and which weren't. Watch what happens when a particularly greedy women gets caught.
‘Batman and Harley Quinn’ Coming to Theaters!
The much-awaited 'Batman & Harley Quinn' movie is having a special one-night showing in theaters August 14, right before it is released on DVD the next day!
Watch New ‘Pitch Perfect 3′ Trailer!
Here is the much awaited Pitch Perfect 3 Trailer. It looks just as funny as the two before it!
Experts Say Future Hanford Accidents INEVITABLE
Hanford officials say cleaning up the rest of the contaminated areas and waste storage will cost $100 billion and take 50 years at the current pace. The experts want larger portions of the money spent sooner to speed up the cleanup or else leaks of radiation will be inevitable...
Stinkbug Infestation Growing, Local Experts Say
Stinkbugs have been invading homes more than usual this season. To put the rise of stinkbugs into perspective, last year in a 5-day period 36 stink bugs were caught in a trap. This year in a 5-day period 200 stinkbugs were caught!
WSU Extension experts say they've heard from more than two dozen people saying "swamped" with stinkbugs is an UNDERSTATEMENT...
Who Knows What This Ugly Bug Is Found in a Local Garden?
Bekah Sydnor of West Richland recently found this creepy crawly near the Timothy Hay Field! She asked what it was at Tri-City Agrarians Facebook group, but opinions are mixed. Comment if you know what it is!
Wheat Farmers Say ‘Stripe Rust’ Threatening to Ruin Crops
Thanks to our long winter not only was the school year extended but now the wheat crops are suffering from a disease called stripe rust.
Stripe rust affects crops when they're exposed to cool climates for extended periods of time. The fungus forms underneath the snow and is insulated from the cold...
From Poo to Food: Ephrata Converts Waste to Edible Fish
You can now eat fish grown in your own waste! Kind of. Well, not really. They're actually grown in recycled sewage water.
The Ephrata water treatment plant doesn't release re-claimed water back into rivers or lakes. It pumps it into ponds where it sinks into the earth and replenishes aquifers...
Recycled Car Tires May Soon Be Used to Reinforce Concrete!
One problem we have always had with car tires is how to safely and effectively deal with old tires. Well that problem may just very well have been solved. Researchers from The University of British Columbia have developed a new kind of concrete that uses trash with its secret ingredient being tires...