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An online service which provides groceries right to your front door is starting up in the Tri-Cities area next Wednesday. Michelle McRae with Instacart says they have seen a demand for the service in the area and will deliver to those living across the Tri-Cities up to the Sagemoor area and down into Finley...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Gov. Kate Brown called for an increase in staffing at the state's child welfare agency after problems were uncovered in an audit. In a Thursday statement, Brown called for spending $14.5 million to hire 185 new staff in the Child Welfare division of the Department of Human Services...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A state law that makes it a crime to drive while using electronic devices has resulted in hundreds of tickets being issued since Jan. 1. The law, titled the Driving Under the Influence of Electronics Act, went into effect in June but law enforcement officers did not start issuing citations until the new year...

Legislators from the 9th legislative district Rep. Joe Schmick, R-Colfax, and Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, host a telephone town hall for constituents Thursday evening. The one-hour event will take place on Thursday, Feb. 22 beginning at 6:00 p.m.  Some resid ...

PASCO, Wash. (AP) - Investigators say they have solved the killing of a Richland construction contractor more than three decades ago. The Tri-City Herald reports that Franklin County prosecutors filed a first-degree murder charge Wednesday against 54-year-old Theodore Milam, who's already in the Spokane County Jail for several violent crimes dating to 1999...

If you head out for dinner Thursday night, you can not only help local businesses, but a nonprofit as well. President LoAnn Ayers says "Dine Out for United Way," includes seven restaurants in the area which will donate 50-100% of the proceeds to the organization...

SEATTLE (AP) - The former foster son of ex-Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has filed a claim for damages against the city, saying that last year it negligently failed to investigate his and other men's allegations that Murray sexually abused them decades ago...

A Grant County K-9 is being credited with saving an 85-year-old man's life. Deputies say they were called to a home at the 11000 block of Road A-Northwest, just southeast of Ephrata, around 3:30 a.m. A woman at the home said her 85-year-old husband was missing...

The Pasco City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to establish a 2-year Inclusivity Commission. The Commission is charged with gathering a variety of voices from the community to get feedback on local issues, and work toward resolutions...

An elderly woman asleep in her home was woken up by first responders Wednesday morning after smoke was seen coming from the attic. Police officers say crews were called to the home at the 1903 S. Fruitland Street near W. 19th after a Kennewick meter reader saw smoke...