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A Kennewick man was cited following a multi-vehicle accident on Highway 395 North near the Court Street exit in Pasco Thursday morning that sent three people to the hospital. According to Washington State Patrol, a car driven by Maria E. Torres, 64, from Kennewick, slowed down because of traffic at about 6:30 AM...

Now that the new school year is underway, it’s time for all fourth graders to claim their free Every Kid in a Park pass. The annual program allows fourth graders free entry into all federal parks, forests, and recreation areas for a full year. F...

Volunteers from Fields of Grace trudged out to pepper research fields at Columbia Basin College Wednesday morning. They were there to pick peppers-- not for themselves, but to donate to local food banks. "They have their ag program here where they're doing research, and when they're done the peppers-- they don't have an outlet for them," said Linda William with Fields of Grace... Read Mo

Oregon State Police have closed down a section of I-84 Eastbound because of a semi-truck that crashed. The Interstate is closed at Exit 216, about six miles east of Pendleton. The crash happened near MP 254, about a six miles west of La Grande...

The current logo for the city of Pasco has been in use since the 1960s, and city officials have spent the past few months getting feedback from residents on the design of a new logo. At Monday night's workshop meeting, council members reviewed the latest revisions...

Kennewick Police say they're looking for a 31-year old Everett man in connection with a deadly shooting in Kennewick. Investigators say Devan Thompson is suspected of shooting and killing 28-year old Hakim Ward in the parking lot of the AT&T store adjacent to the Red Lion Inn parking lot on Columbia Center Boulevard in Kennewick. ...

Questions have been raised recently after Franklin County's Coroner admitted to removing a funeral home from its rotation to transport bodies. For at least five years, the Franklin County Coroner's Office, led by Dan Blasdel, has used two of the county's four funeral homes as a vendor to transport the bodies of those who pass away within the County, rotating between the two businesses on a monthly

Deputies in Whitman County are investing the the shooting death of a man who's body was found dead near Colfax Friday evening. Investigators say they were called out to the area of Colfax Airport Road near State Route 26 for a report of a woman flailing a gun at a vehicle that drove by...

A Pasco woman was about to turn into her apartment's parking lot when flames started shooting from the hood of her car Wednesday afternoon at 3rd Ave. and Margaret St. Instead of risking damaging other vehicles, the quick thinking resident pulled over, jumped out and called her mechanic...

One man is in custody after leading law enforcement on a chase in Kennewick Tuesday night. Deputies with the Benton County Sheriff's Office had issued a Be On the Lookout (BOLO) request for local law enforcement agencies in connection with a hit and run accident involving a 2016 Chrysler 300...