(Kennewick, WA) -- For the third time in as many days, officials in the Tri-Cities says there has been a cougar sighting. The Benton County Sheriff's Office says the animal was sighted off Clodfelter Road and Tripple Vista Road around 12:15pm. An employee of a new subdivision being built around there saw the cougar, which apparently startled workers in the area. The animal then continued on it's way. State Fish and Wildlife was notified.

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