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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 ...

OLYMPIA, Wash.-- A new specialty license plate allows Washington Washington drivers to help children associated with the state's tree fruit industry go to college. Starting July 1st, drivers can purchase the apple license plate for $77.25, and annual renewal, $30 ... Read More ...

PASCO, Wash.-- Temperatures in the Tri-Cities are expected to stay in the nineties, even approaching 100 degrees, and that means we need to leave pets at home where they're safest. "It's just smart to leave dogs at home. We want to get them out and have them run errands with us, but this is not a good time of the year to do that," said Deb Sporcich with Tri-Cities Animal Control ... R

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 ...