KONA News

About 10 am Friday, a vehicle traveling westbound on Interstate 182 between Rd. 68 and Rd. 100  had a tire blowout, with two adults and four children in an SUV. The driver lost control and went to the inside shoulder, then came back and rolled their vehicle onto the right shoulder. Fou...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to conduct a nation-wide test of the Integrated public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) on Thursday, September. 20th, 2018. IPAWS encompasses the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert System (WEA)...

To ensure the safety of those in pursuit and capture of the cougar that killed 55 year old hiker Diana Bober late August, The Clacamus County Sherriff's Office has brought in outside reinforcements from Mount Hood National Forrest, US Dept of Agriculture and Wildlife services, Oregon State Police as well as deploying trained dogs and mules. Remote commun...

Fire officials say a fire that scorched about an acre of heavy brush and trees in Zintel Canyon Wednesday morning was likely caused by humans. Residents in the 800 block of Anderson St. reported the fire at 11:40 am. Fire crews responded and found brush of fire, which quickly spread to a dead tree nearby...

Tri-City residents gathered outside the Southridge Sports Events Complex in Kennwick at 10:30 Tuesday morning. It was a blustery day, fitting for the seventeenth anniversary of 911.  Soldiers, firefighters, police, the town Chaplin along with Mayor Don Britain arrived in full uniform. Fir...

The man who was found in a Franklin County canal Monday morning has been identified as Donaciano Flores-Figueroa, 56, from Pasco. Detectives with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office say a farmer discovered Flores-Figueroa's body in the canal, then realized there was a car fully-submerged in the water. ...

The Playground of Dreams in Kennewick’s Columbia Park closes on Friday, September 14th, so crews can demolish the structure and replace it with all new equipment. The current structure, built in 2004 after arsonists burned the original playground, is worn and in need of replacement. "Safety ...

Join the Wheels on the Avenue Show and Shine Benefit today in Historic Kennewick. The event benefits local veteran and charities. Prizes will be raffled off!  

Kennewick skys were filled with smoke Saturday morning into the afternoon, as firefighters from all regions battled along Bofer Canyon Rd. and Hwy 397. From the highways and bridges, residents viewed billowing clouds, hoping this was not a repeat of last month's wildbrush blaze...

The city of Kennewick hosts a memorial service on the anniversary of the national tragedy that took place on September 11, 2001. The annual even will be held at the city's 9-11-01 memorial located at the Southridge Sports & Events Complex in south Kennewick. C ...