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A Kennewick man was sentenced Friday to a minimum 30 years in prison for molesting and raping three young kids.Click to Continue »

Fire engulfs a house on West 12th Place in Kennewick Friday afternoon.Click to Continue »

Richland City Councilman Greg Jones will resign Aug. 28 to take a job at Los Alamos, N.M. The resignation means that Dori Luzzo Gilmour is running unopposed for his seat.Click to Continue »

Jesus M. Torres-Nuno of Kennewick was sentenced to one year in county jail for sexually assaulting a grade-school girl.Click to Continue »

Mansur Isaevich Yanderbiev, 26, told police it is not rape if the other person is willing and denied doing anything to the woman, according to court documents.Click to Continue »

An autopsy showed Russell Edward Sharrer had deadly levels of methamphetamine in his system, heart disease and emphysema.Click to Continue »

Little about an unidentified drowning victim’s identity has come to light in the months since his body was discovered on a sunny June afternoon in Franklin County.Click to Continue »

Councilman Terry Christensen said it is “silly” not to honor Richland native Hope Solo, goalkeeper on the World Cup winning United States women’s soccer team.Click to Continue »

Yuji Larios, 9, of Kennewick, jumps off a tree Thursday as he takes his turn jumping from a rope swing into the Columbia River with friends in Kennewick.Click to Continue »

Dawson Gebers, 8 of Kennewick, jumps over a ramp as he rides his bike Thursday with friends at the skate park at Columbia Park in Kennewick.Click to Continue »