KONA News

KENNEWICK, Wash.-- A Pasco man was arrested Sunday night after police say they found narcotics in his vehicle. Kennewick Police responded to the 3000 block of W. 7th Ave. for a reported disturbance and found a vehicle leaving the scene. The car was stopped, and the driver was identified as Paul Gross, 37, Pasco ... Read More ...

GRANGER, Wash.-- A two car crash in Yakima County claimed the life of a Mabton man over the weekend.   Washington State Patrol responded to the are of Highway 223 near Indian Church Road, where two pick-ups collided head-on just before 9:00 PM Saturday.   ...

PASCO, Wash.-- Several businesses closed shop over the weekend due to the high concentration of smoke particulates in the region.   As the new work week begins, several more businesses plan to stay closed on Monday, and several schools have also decided to close for the day.   ...

KENNEWICK, Wash.-- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed the season's first cases of West Nile Virus in Washington.   The Yakima County Health District reported that a man in 50s was hospitalized due to the infection, while the Benton-Franklin Health District reported that a man in his 60s was diagnosed with the virus, but was not hospitalized.   According to t ... Read

KENNEWICK, Wash.-- Benton Clean Air Agency has issued an air quality alert as changing wind direction brings smoke from Oregon fires into the Mid-Columbia Basin.  As of Friday morning, air quality had already reached unhealthy levels, and could reach hazardous levels before the smoke dissipates. ... Read More ... Read More ...

PENDLETON, Ore.-- A Kennewick man is in custody in Umatilla County to face murder charges. According to investigators with the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office, Jaime Ubay-Farfan, 24, is the primary suspect in the murder of Tracey Scott Meadows from Hood River. The vi ... Read More ... Read More ...

PASCO, Wash.-- The Franklin County Mosquito Control District recently found some mosquitoes that tested positive for West Nile Virus. The pool of mosquitoes was collected in the Basin City area. No human cases of West Nile have been reported in Benton or Franklin Counties according to the Benton Franklin Health District ... Read More ... Read More ...

KENNEWICK, Wash.-- Following the attacks on New York's World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Kennewick firefighter and paramedic Steve Bailie joined an Incident Management Team that worked in the recovery effort at the site.   When he was diagnosed with a rare leukemia in 2018, it was determined that the illness was directly linked to toxins he was exposed to at Ground Zero. As ... Read Mor

PATERSON, Wash.-- About 1,000 acres of Fish and Wildlife land was burned in a wildfire in southern Benton County Sunday afternoon. Benton County Fire District #6 Chief Rollen Watts says the fire was unusual because of the strong northerly winds that were blowing during a Red Flag Warning ... Read More ...

BENTON COUNTY, Wash.-- Crews are working to repair damage to an irrigation canal and roadway in the Finley area after the canal flooded. According to the Benton County Sheriff's Office, debris from Monday's wildfires ended up in the irrigation canal operated by Columbia Irrigation District, causing it to back-up ... Read More ...