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Floaters Want Free Flowing Snake River to Help NW Orcas Recover
Floaters Want Free Flowing Snake River to Help NW Orcas Recover
Floaters Want Free Flowing Snake River to Help NW Orcas Recover
CLARKSTON, Wash. – The fourth annual Free the Snake Flotilla begins tomorrow and one focus of the event is the role a free-flowing Snake River could play in aiding Northwest orcas. Folks in kayaks, canoes and boats are floating down the Snake in Southeast Washington to call on policymakers to remove four lower Snake River dams. They say that ...
Pasco School District Car Accident
Pasco School District Car Accident
Pasco School District Car Accident
At about 1pm. Thursday afternoon, Pasco police, ambulance and a firetruck responded to a Pasco School District #1 auto accident at the intersection W. Clark and N. 14th Ave. According to Director of Public Affairs, Shane Edinger, the district employee was hit turning onto W. Cla ...
Domestic Assault Suspect Crashes Truck
Domestic Assault Suspect Crashes Truck
Domestic Assault Suspect Crashes Truck
A Richland father left his apartment about 11 am. Tuesday morning, after assaulting his fiancee and child, then crashed his red Ford truck into another truck driving on Gage Blvd. and Leslie Rd. in front of Club 24.  An officer happened to be nearby and quickly responded to the collision, only to receive a call about a domestic disturbance and assault by a male driving a red truck. He figur... Rea
Pedestrian struck by car in Kennewick
Pedestrian struck by car in Kennewick
Pedestrian struck by car in Kennewick
UPDATED at 9:44pm Kennewick Police say a driver has been taken into custody after hitting and injuring a pedestrian Sunday night. According to Officer Cory McGee, the accident happened at about 8:20 pm at the intersection of W. Kennewick Ave ...
Pasco teachers ratify new 2-year contract
Pasco teachers ratify new 2-year contract
Pasco teachers ratify new 2-year contract
Teachers in Pasco ratified a new two-year contract by an overwhelming 95-percent Thursday evening. The deal, which includes a pay hike in the double-digit percentages, comes one day before the current contract was set to expire. The membership rejected an agreement earlier in the summer, and is the last in the Tri-Cities to settle a contract for the current school year...
Man found dead in car, Pasco Police suspect homicide
Man found dead in car, Pasco Police suspect homicide
Man found dead in car, Pasco Police suspect homicide
Investigators are collecting evidence in what they suspect was a homicide in Pasco Thursday evening. Police were called to the parking lot of the Avalon Health Care near 22nd and Pearl to find a deceased man inside a car, but would not confirmed how the victim died...
Vegetation Fire in Zintel Canyon brought 40 Firefighters
Vegetation Fire in Zintel Canyon brought 40 Firefighters
Vegetation Fire in Zintel Canyon brought 40 Firefighters
Scott Matthews was just doing his job Thursday afternoon, looking up to give a rain gutter estimate, when he noticed black smoke behind homes along  Zintel Canyon near W. 19th Ave. and S. Buntin St. in Kennewick. He called 911 then pulled out neighbors' garden hoses to wet down an elderly woman's fence and new shed, fighting to protect the corner of her structure. ...

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