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KENNEWICK, Wash.-- One man was arrested in Kennewick Friday morning shortly after allegedly firing several shots at a car as part of what police are calling a domestic violence incident. Kennewick Police responded to the area of 1st and Rainier St ... Read More ...

RICHLAND, Wash.-- Washington State's Emergency Management Department is getting help from some famous faces to encourage residents in Benton and Franklin Counties to wear masks in public places. Retired Gen. James Mattis, a Richland resident and former U ... Read More ...

WEST RICHLAND, Wash.-- A man was arrested in West Richland on domestic violence charges following an hours-long stand-off that started Thursday night. According to the Benton County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the area of 45th and Everett off of Bombing Range Road just before 10:00 p ... Read More ...

FINLEY, Wash.-- One person died after falling from his raft at Two Rivers Park in Finely Thursday evening. Paramedics and Dive Rescue were called out to the park shortly before 5 P-M... where they found the 52-year old man who had been pulled out of the water by witnesses ...

KENNEWICK, Wash.-- When fireworks go on sale in some communities over the next week, you won't find any fireworks stands in Kennewick. That's because all fireworks are banned in the Kennewick city limits, even seemingly safe sparklers. "The sparklers burn at over a thousand degrees-- that's well above the ignition temperature for most every combustible that's out there, and considered a

PASCO, Wash.-- Detectives with the Pasco Police Department are looking for the car and driver suspected of being involved in a deadly, gang-related drive-by shooting earlier this month.   The shooting happened on June 4th, when witnesses say the passenger in a brown sedan fired shots at another vehicle, hitting the 18-year old driver of the other car in the head.   ...

ZILLAH, Wash.-- One person died in a house fire in Zillah Wednesday morning. According to Yakima County Fire District #5, crews were called out to the 300 block of West Coburn Loop Rd. shortly before 9:00 a.m. where they found smoke pouring from a double wide manufactured home ... Read More ...

RICHLAND, Wash.-- On Tuesday, the Richland School Board selected a former Richland teacher as its new superintendent.   Dr. Shelley Redinger spent the past eight years as superintendent of Spokane Public Schools and has served in that role in two other districts before the Richland School Board offered her position in their district after the unexpected withdrawal of its initial superintendent c

KENNEWICK, Wash.- The Benton County Sheriffs Deputy's Guild has unanimously voted to recall Sheriff Jerry Hatcher.     "These individuals are Sheriff Hatcher's patrol deputies, detectives, corporals, sergeants and lieutenants", BCSD Guild attorney Alan Harvey sais in a video posted to YouTube. "And it ...

RICHLAND, Wash.-- Residents in Richland can start buying fireworks this weekend, June 28th, and fire officials want you to keep safety in mind as you prepare for the July 4th holiday.   "The key thing in Richland is nothing that goes up in the air is legal," said Richland Fire Chief Tom Huntington. "So ...