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All flags in Walla Walla have been ordered to be flown at half-staff in honor of a United States Marine Corps Corporal. Mayor Barbara Clark issued the order Friday for Corporal Garrett Farrelly, who died March 10, 2018. Corporal Farrelly is survived by his parents, David Farrelly and Tracy and Shannon Jones, all of Walla Walla. ...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - Plans have been announced for a memorial honoring the 43 people who died in a mudslide four years ago northeast of Seattle in the town of Oso. The Daily Herald reported Thursday that the families with the help of Snohomish County parks staff have been working for the past few years on the project...

EPHRATA, Wash. (AP) - A man who evaded authorities for 25 years has been found guilty by a Grant County jury of manslaughter in connection with the 1991 death of Barbara J. Kipp. The Columbia Basin Herald reported Thursday that 66-year-old Arnolfo Bravo had also faced second-degree murder, but the jury found him not guilty on that charge...

State Fire Marshal Jim Walker bestowed the Office of State Fire Marshal's highest awards for outstanding achievement in fire prevention and safety education during the Oregon Fire Marshals Association's annual conference today. The Golden Sparky is awarded to a fire service agency or individual for outstanding achievements in fire prevention and safety and the Silver Sparky is awarded to a civilia

Starting this week, the owners of 32,749 vehicles in Washington will get a letter from the Department of Licensing asking them to pay a $15 fee that wasn’t collected when they registered the vehicles. These owners brought their vehicles to Washington from out of state between December 2016 and August 2017, and should have been assessed a $15 Out of State Vehicle Check fee (RCW 46.17.12 ... Read Mo

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke met with members of two Indian tribes in the Spokane area to discuss how the agency can assist with reducing the abuse of opioids on reservations. Zinke on Thursday morning met in the town of Wellpinit with members of the Spokane tribe and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation...

A candidate challenging US Senator Maria Cantwell's seat, still plans to hold an election event in the Tri-Cities this week despite several setbacks. Joey Gibson had originally planned to hold the event at a local hotel. However, according to a press release from Gibson's campaign, the hotel received threats and cancelled the event as a result...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Yakima city officials have decided to keep a ban on pit bulls in place while they work on a more comprehensive ordinance on the dogs. The Yakima Herald-Republic reported Wednesday that currently, Yakima pit bull owners are required to pay certain fines and fees, keep their dogs inside or in a six-sided outdoor enclosure and post signs that say "dangerous dog lives here...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A spending bill slated for a vote in Congress includes a bipartisan plan to create a wildfire disaster fund to help combat increasingly severe wildfires that have devastated the West in recent years. The bill sets aside more than $20 billion over 10 years to allow the Forest Service and other federal agencies end a practice of raiding non-fire-related accounts to pay for wildfire

To get you egg-cited for Easter, Richland is hosting an egg hunt this weekend and for the first time it will be at night. "Just to change it up a bit, there's a lot of traditional egg hunts throughout the Tri-Cities and we just thought, 'Lets do something a little bit different,'" says Sherry Gartside with the Parks and Recreation department. ...