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Updates on teacher contract developments in the Richland, Prosser and North Franklin school districts.Click to Continue »

Mark Brown Sr., 49, was struck Aug. 26 after he fell out of his motorized chair at the intersection of Washington Street and Eighth Avenue.Click to Continue »

Tri-CityHerald.com has more modern look, with larger photos and more prominent display of our videos.Click to Continue »

Art Finke, a former Pasco junior high principal and senior center director, died Monday at age 85.Click to Continue »

Dead sturgeon more than five feet long washing up along the shores of the Columbia River in the Tri-Cities.Click to Continue »

Work has started on a more aggressive effort to stop a smoldering underground fire at the closed Pasco Sanitary Landfill north of Pasco.Click to Continue »

Winds over the weekend have blown away the smoke hanging over the Mid-Columbia.Click to Continue »

An injured 16-year-old girl was taken to Trios Southridge Hospital in Kennewick with unknown injuries.Click to Continue »

A judge found probable cause Monday to hold a Yakima County uncle and nephew on suspicion of murder in the shooting death of a teen outside La Tropicana night club.Click to Continue »

Boat launch project on Clover Island will feature new restrooms and paved parking area.Click to Continue »