graduation

If you’ve ever had a dream – but also a budget – you know it can be hard to make things happen. One Kennewick woman is making her dreams of renovating an old horse trailer a reality, while at the same time helping high school girls get a jump start on welding careers.

An iconic, but disappearing American institution -- the drive-in movie theater -- came to the rescue of the senior classes in several Pacific Northwest communities this month. As luck would have it, a drive-in cinema is well suited for a socially-distanced graduation ceremony.

Marcus Aaron Luke was a leader on his varsity track team, and also a senior at Pendleton High School. Now, like seniors everywhere, he’s missing a traditional graduation. But the city’s famous Round-Up grounds have a fix.