KONA News

KENNEWICK, Wash.-- Since moving to her home at the edge of Zintel Canyon in 1984, Debbie can't remember a year that there wasn't a fire in the canyon.   "The first fire I was remember was in 1985, and it started way up on the other side of 27th, and it came so fast. You ...

KENNEWICK, Wash.-- A man wanted in connection with a road rage incident that happened in Richland earlier this month was arrested in Kennewick Sunday morning. Police in Kennewick located a car at the Heatherstone Apartments on 10th Ave ... Read More ...

TOPPENISH, Wash.-- Police in Toppenish are warning about some counterfeit money circulating in the area.   Officers confiscated several fraudulent $100 bills, all with the same serial number, ending with 679 P. They warn that there could be other bills circulating in the area, and encourage retailers and anyone selling products locally to be aware of any bills you receive.   ...

COULEE CITY, Wash.-- A Moses Lake man died when the car he was driving crashed with a semi-truck on SR 17 near Coulee City in Grant County Friday. According to Washington State Patrol, a 2009 Chevy Silverado pickup was traveling westbound on Road 2 when it failed to yield to a semi traveling northbound on SR 17, striking the semi and severely injuring the driver, 84-year-old Delbert Chase, and

RICHLAND, Wash.-- A 12-year old girl was last reported to be in critical condition after being pulled from the Columbia River at Howard Amon Park Friday afternoon. Sgt. Drew Florence with the Richland Police Department says the girl was one of several children swimming at the swimming dock in a designated swimming area at the park, when she jumped into the water and did not resurface ... Read M

CONNELL, Wash.-- The Washington State Department of Corrections announced Thursday night that an inmate at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell has died from complications related to COVID-19, marking the first incarcerated patient in the state to die from the illness ...

PASCO, Wash.-- Two children were home alone when a fire broke out at their home Thursday morning. According to Chief Deputy Ed Dunbar with the Pasco Fire Department, they were called out the home in the 2700 block of Blaine Court just off of A St ... Read More ...

Kennewick, WASH- On a 4-to-2 vote, the Kennewick City Council approved the recommendation of the city's Ethics Officer to reprimand councilman John Trumbo. The complaint noted that Trumbo called a woman over the phone who purchased the former home of State Senator Sharon Brown and asked her questions about it ... Read More ...

Kennewick, WASH- As the applications for variance to move into Phase Two of re-opening is on pause for both Benton and Franklin counties…the Health District has teamed up with the Washington National Guard to offer drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites in Kennewick and Pasco. ... Read More ...