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An employee of Badger Development Landscaping & Excavation scrapes a layer of sod away Monday of the outline for the new Carousel of Dreams building next to the pavilion at the Southridge Sports and Events Complex in Kennewick.

Construction begins on Kennewick's Carousel of Dreams

Construction on the future home of the Carousel of Dreams started Monday morning at Kennewick’s Southridge Sports & Events Complex.

Sports

San Antonio guard Tony Parker drives against Miami Heat's LeBron James, left, during the second quarter of Game 5 in the NBA Finals in San Antonio on Sunday, June 16, 2013. The Spurs won 114-104, leading the best-of seven series 3-2. Parker scored 26 points.

As Spurs fans celebrate 3-2 lead, Heat focuses on forcing Game 7

The Spurs haven't won a title since 2007, so forgive the locals for their premature celebration after San Antonio snatched a 3-2 lead over Miami in... 2 hours ago

Business

What will happen on Wall Street tomorrow?

Federal Reserve faces pressure to provide clarity

The economy is showing enough improvement to justify dialing back some of the Fed’s life support, yet financial markets are terrified of what ...

Opinion

Joel Pett / Lexington Herald-Leader (June 14, 2013)

McClatchy cartoons for the week of 6/16/13

Living

FILE - In this March 14, 2009 file photo, a woman gets ready to check her blood sugar in Sacramento, Calif. Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar _ but it also may cause some patient confusion. On July 1, Medicare opens a national mail-order program for diabetes testing supplies that will drop substantially the prices the government pays for those products _ and will restrict who's allowed to sell them. The goal is to save taxpayer dollars, and seniors in the program should see their copays drop, too, from more than $15 an order to less than $5. For a chronic disease, that can add up fast.

Medicare: Cost-saving changes coming for diabetics

Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar - ... 2 hours ago

Entertainment

The annual Hogs & Dogs event will feature more than 4,000 motorcycles and 100 classic cars.

Hogs & Dogs to rumble into West Richland

The annual Hogs & Dogs event, featuring more than 4,000 motorcycles and 100 classic cars, is scheduled for 4-10 p.m. June 20 at the Bombing Range Sports... 3 hours ago

Nation/World

Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at House Judiciary Committee hearing to discuss the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act. Republicans in the House of Representatives on Tuesday make their most concerted effort of the year to change U.S. abortion law with legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks.

House takes up far-reaching anti-abortion bill

The Republican-led House on Tuesday sought to shore up their support from conservatives with a vote on one of the most far-reaching anti-abortion bills... 51 minutes ago

Hanford

Jacklyn O'Neil, shown at her home in Spokane Valley Thursday, June 6, 2013, is a thyroid cancer survivor who has secured a settlement for radiation exposure but is not likely to get any money. She believes, like many downwinders do, "they're just waiting for us to die."

Hanford downwinder hopes for settlement

Jacklyn "Jackie" O'Neil had thyroid cancer that could have been caused by clouds of radioactive iodine-131 released from Hanford's plutonium plants...

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