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West Richland's Flat Top Park in West Richland (Bombing Range Rd. and Van Giesen) will be the site of another Food Truck Night tomorrow (4/14). The wind will have settled and it's supposed to be a beautiful 69 degrees. Hosted by the City of West Richland and the Southeastern Washington Food Truck Assoc., the event time is 4:30-7:30 and everyone is welcomed. Sno-cones, ice cream, hot dogs, and various other food items will be available for purchase. The history of food trucks goes back to the 1600s when a place that is now known as New York City had so many food carts that they put regulation...

Part of Bombing Range Road was closed Monday while the Richland Bomb Squad dealt with another of what was likely a World War 2 relic. West Richland Police didn't say who found the item, or specifically where it was located, but said the "d evice was very old" and may or may not have been inert--meaning it might not have been able to explode. Most likely it was some sort of World War 2 ordinance, probably a smaller practice bomb that was dropped during the war and never got dug up or noticed. Before all the development, it's hard to imagine that the whole region along Bombing Range Road was a ...

>> anthony: while the sailing canoe the hokuela was a powerful spark for the hawaiian renaissance, this was what really set things off. beginning in 1941, and continuing into the 70's and beyond, the u.s. navy had been using the beautiful neighboring island of kahoolawe as a bombing range. you could feel the shockwaves as far away as maui and molokai. >> ritte: i'm proud of my hawaiian blood and nobody can tell me any different. >> anthony: people had never been happy about it, but emboldened by the times, and by recent events, a group of young activists decided to take a stand. in 1976 there ...

♪ >> anthony: while the sailing canoe the hokuela was a powerful spark for the hawaiian renaissance, this was what really set things off. beginning in 1941, and continuing into the 70's and beyond. the u.s. navy had been using the beautiful neighboring island of kahoolawe as a bombing range. you could feel the shockwaves as far away as maui and molokai. >> ritte: i'm proud of my hawaiian blood and nobody can tell me any different. >> anthony: people had never been happy about it, but emboldened by the times, and by recent events, a group of young activists decided to take a stand. in 1976 th...

This is a reunion flight with the an angel. >> a little bit different flying out of here now than a year ago. >> oh, yeah, definitely. >> remember the tension in the voice of the air traffic controllers. >> his name is steven pauly. and in the days after maria knocked out all the island's radar, he volunteered to put his plane and himself at risk to fly me to vieques. >> the air space is so crazy. it's actually dangerous right now. >> and on this former navy bombing range turned sleepy paradise where glow in the dark plankton. >> three, two, one. >> draws tourists from around the world. >> so ...