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Eight people were taken to the hospital Friday afternoon and the Tri-City Haz-Mat team was called as a precaution after a suspicious, powdery substance was discovered at the Benton County Jail. Just after 12pm, a package was delivered and taken to the medical area, where a nurse opened it and noticed white powder exiting the container...

Police in Kennewick arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of First Degree Armed Robbery. The incident reportedly happened just before 1AM on December 22nd, when a juvenile male was walking in the area of 24th and Tacoma St. A dark-colored sedan pulled up and stopped...

A 39-year-old Moses Lake man is behind bars after a suspected homemade explosive device was found in the back seat of his car during a traffic stop Thursday in Moses Lake. Grant Co. Sheriffs investigators then uncovered the man’s plan to threaten to bomb his former employer. T...

Sears Holding Corporation has announced its closing another 80 Sears and K-Mart locations nationwide in 2019 as a part of its on-going Chapter 11 Bankruptcy reorganization, including the Columbia Center mall location in Kennewick. The anchor tenant of the mall will shutter sometime in late March, with liquidation sales starting in two weeks...

The 911 outage across Washington State is reportedly associated with a major technical problem nationwide affecting Century Link. Thursday afternoon, the company released the following statement on Twitter: "Our network is experiencing a disruption affecting customer services...

It was October 7, 1999 when shots rang out near the intersection of 28th and Lewis in Pasco. A short time later, Washington State Patrol trooper James E. Saunders was dead, leaving behind a pregnant wife and a 3-year-old daughter. Fast forward to Christmas Eve, 2018...

A Mesa man was sent to the hospital following a car accident in Franklin County Thursday night. Washington State Patrol says Jose Cervantes, 23, was headed South on State Route 17 when he tried passing another car and lost control, hitting the second vehicle...

Clark County Public Health is working with local health care providers and Washington State Department of Health to investigate a suspected case of acute flaccid myelitis, AFM, in a Clark County child. The child, who is younger than 6, was hospitalized for sudden onset of paralysis in one arm. The...

Who doesn't want to provide custom, handmade quilts for family and friends for Christmas? It's sounds like a great, affordable, and thoughtful gift-- until you realize you've been conned. A phony business operating under the name Amelia Cotton Quilt Company out of Salem, Oregon is suspected of scamming consumers across the country...

If you get a phone call from someone claiming that you owe money on your utility or other bill and need to make an immediate payment over the phone of your utilities will be shut off- hang up. Officials with the Grant County Sheriff's Office say they've taken several reports from customers who fell for the con and gave money to the scammers...