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Officers say a suspect is behind bars after shooting people with a BB gun in the area of Whitman College. Walla Walla police say all four separate incident happened Saturday and Sunday. All the victims sustained only minor injuries. Officers say they were able to arrest the person responsible Sunday evening...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Gov. Jay Inslee will join tribal groups and coastal businesses to object to plans for oil drilling offshore of Washington state. The action Monday afternoon by Inslee and the tribes comes the same day that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management was to hold a public meeting about the offshore drilling proposal in Tacoma...

The Benton Count Auditor's Office reopen on Monday, February 5, 2018. The office are a part of the Fred Meyer complex on Wellsian Way, and had smoke damage as a result of an arson fire that was set in the grocery store more than a week ago...

**UPDATE: Richland Police say Hovermale is now in custody. Richland Police are looking for a convicted child rapist who has failed to register as a sex offender. Elmer Leroy Hovermale, 57, was convicted of first-degree child rape in 1998 for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old boy...

Drivers traveling along Highway 12 near the Pasco-Kahlotus Highway early Friday morning noticed flames and called 911, reporting what appeared to be a field fire. When Pasco Police and Pasco Fire arrived on the scene, they found an onion storage shed engulfed in flames...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - State officials say a blueberry farm in northwestern Washington was not at fault in the death of a 28-year-old migrant worker in August but the farm is being fined for violations related to late meals and missed employee breaks...

Officers arrested a 19-year-old and two others Thursday morning while looking for evidence related to a gang assault. Kennewick police say the assault occurred about two weeks ago at the library off Union Street. Detectives were able to gather information and arrest Adrian Torres-Garza from Kennewick, as well as, two other juveniles from Kennewick for gang intimidation and misdemeanor assault. Pol

A 13-year-old is back in custody after violating court-ordered conditions of his release in an alleged school shooting plot. The student was released from jail late Wednesday and school officials sent a statement to parents that extra security would be on campus starting Thursday. Accor...

After receiving an independent report at the request of the state, officials say the Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management is being put on “standby mode” until further notice. Findings predict the landslide event could take years, if not decades and James Struthers from the Washington State Department of Transportation says even then it will likely be slow-moving. " that ...

Washington's Department of Health sent a strongly worded letter to the Department of Energy, outlining concerns with the demolition of Hanford's Plutonium Finishing Plant. John Martell with the DOH says they have seen the number of air samples with higher-than-normal levels of radiation continue to grow...