Thanks for making Cremson news
at 5 a part of your Sunday.
I'm Cody Proctor.
We begin tonight with new
information on a crash near Deer
Park that blocked traffic on
395 for most of the day. That
stretch of road now reopened
in in both directions.
According to the Washington State Patrol,
this crash was between
a car and a semi truck.
Two people were taken to the hospital,
one with life threatening injuries.
The truck is leaking fuel into the soil.
Ecology is also at the scene
responding to the spill.
Well, today wraps up one of the hottest
weekends we've seen in quite some
time in the high temperatures Don't
seem to be stopping anytime soon.
Let's check in right now with
meteorologist Michelle Boss in the
weather center tonight to see if.
Are we getting a break anytime soon?
Yes, we should get a
break as soon as tomorrow.
The heat advisory continues until this
evening at 8:00 PM We're seeing pretty
much the hottest temperatures that
we're going to see right about now.
Our high temperature today, 97 degrees,
we're sitting at 96 at the Spokane airport,
94 in Coeur d'Alene,
lower 90s even up north in Sandpoint,
Omac scorching 96.
Lewiston checking in with triple
digits at 100 degrees,
but I think they're high.
Today was 102 and upper 90s
near 100 and Moses Lake,
Othello, Ritzville and.
Elsewhere across the Inland Northwest,
we have had a little bit of
isolated thunderstorm activity,
similar location to where we saw
yesterday in the higher terrain
and the Northside of the state
and across the Idaho Panhandle.
Red flag warnings are going to be
in place for tomorrow from 11:00
AM to 8:00 PM We expect more
widespread thunderstorm activity.
But here in far Eastern Washington,
southeastern and South Central Washington,
we're not expecting a whole lot
of rain for most of those storms,
So dry lightning, not good news.
Some of those thunderstorms
accompanied with some gusty winds,
also not good news.
Kind of On the opposite spectrum,
Flood Watch is also in going to be
in effect for tomorrow in Okanogan
County for some slower moving
thunderstorms that could produce
flash flooding over area burn scars.
Shortterm forecast,
though keeps it pretty quiet
hot this evening.
Clear skies overnight will have
very mild start to tomorrow,
but shouldn't be as hot tomorrow
afternoon with scattered thunderstorms
84 degrees and in high temperatures in
the 80s for much of the rest of the week.
Michelle, thank you so much.
Topping our headlines right now,
the Stevens County
Sheriff's Office looking
for a missing man tonight.
Take a look at your screen right here.
This is 27 year old Tyler Keplan.
He's been missing since Friday afternoon.
Deputies say he was last seen
walking on Mingo Mountain Rd.
just outside of Kettle Falls.
According to officials, he's from
Spokane and has no ties to Kettle Falls.
Keplan's described as five feet 9
inches tall, weighing about 200 pounds.
And has brown eyes.
It was last seen wearing a
black or Gray shirt,
black shorts and black shoes.
If you see him, call Stevens County Dispatch.
The number is right there and
on the bottom of your screen.
The Lewiston Police Department
investigating a car crash that caused
a large power outage this weekend.
Late last night,
the Lewiston Fire Department
responded to a call about a car
that had crashed into a power pole
and it caused a small brush fire.
Officials found the car crash into a
base supporting several large poles.
A crash also caused a power outage
impacting a large portion of the
orchards in downtown Lewiston area.
Powers that since been restored,
the drivers been treated for minor injuries.
Looking ahead, a $3,000,000 Rd.
improvement project begins
this week in Coeur d'Alene,
so keep that in mind when you're driving
the project targets Northwest Blvd.
In Ramsey Rd. Two major routes that
get an estimated 30,000 trips daily.
That's according to our news
partners at the Coeur d'Alene Press.
The street and engineer director
says their goals to impact people's
commutes as little as possible,
but expect both closures and inconveniences.
The project is expected to
wrap up by mid August.
A question for you tonight,
what were you doing at 8 years old?
Well, if you're Natalie Mcnichols,
you can cross off speaking in
front of Congress this week.
Creme Two's Janelle Finch is
joining us in the studio tonight
with more about why she's making
an appearance in Washington,
DC and the diagnosis and disease
she's fighting against. Janelle
Cody. Natalie Mcnichols is one of
five Washington delegates in DC
for the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation's 2023 Children's Congress.
She and over 100 delegates with
type one diabetes from across the
country will meet with members of
Congress and advocate for a cure.
Today I spoke to her and her mom about
sharing her story at our nation's capitol.
While most kids will say they
spent summer vacation at the
lake or visiting grandparents,
8 year old Natalie Mcnichols can
say she spoke in front of Congress.
Change diabetes
and I want to get a cure.
Natalie was selected as one of 160
delegates from across the country to
attend the JDRF Children's Congress.
Just five are from Washington.
Dear Natalie, we are pleased to inform
you Children's Congress is like something
that diabetics is been through and
they can talk to people, make laws,
and they can try to help and try to help.
Natalie didn't have to look far to
know what to expect as a delegate.
She just had to ask her mom.
I was diagnosed with type one in 1998,
and then in 1999 I attended the
first Children's Congress as a
delegate and I was her same age.
I was also eight at the time.
Emily Mcnichols says type one
diabetes has impacted her family
and too many families around the
world for there not to be a cure.
How many generations before
we can be done with this?
How many times do we have to come?
This is my family's third
time to Children's Congress.
How many more before we find it here?
Natalie's advocacy won't end in DC, she says.
She was selected to be the youth
ambassador at Spokane's upcoming
Inland Northwest JDRF Community Walk.
The event raises awareness and
money for the Research Foundation.
The 3.2 mile walk is scheduled for 11:00
AM September 23rd at Riverfront Park.
And Natalie's mom, Emily,
says this is an important year to be
a part of the Children's Congress.
The special diabetes program is set
to expire at the end of September,
so Congress will have to meet
to discuss renewing the program.
That program provides $150 million
every year for type one diabetes
research in the studio.
Janelle Finch, CREBT News.
Janelle, thank you so much.
Will still come tonight.
A dangerous rescue caught on camera.
We're taking you to the Oregon coast
where the Coast Guard navigated rough
conditions in order to save two people.
Plus, hot conditions lead to wildfires,
and wildfires often means
worsening air quality.
But can the smoke hanging in the air
really impact your health in the long run?
I'll tell you the answer coming up at 5:20.