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A Benton County sheriff’s deputy shot Robert Bevel, 56, after a standoff following an alleged domestic violence incident, police said.Click to Continue »

Monday — Swedish meatballs over egg noodles, broccoli, wheat roll, peach crisp.Click to Continue »

Two Republicans and a Democrat are running for the 9th District Legislature seat vacated by Susan Fagan.Click to Continue »

Assessor Bill Spencer fired Patty Yahne, whom he rehired shortly after his election, following a heated dispute with her husband.Click to Continue »

A group of children with Down syndrome got a tour of the pit area Friday on the first day of Tri-Cities Water Follies action, with boat race qualifying and the…Click to Continue »

Byron Martin, a relatively inexperienced councilman, is hoping his body of work over the last year will be enough to fend off two challengers in the race for one of…Click to Continue »

The 65th annual Art in the Park started on Friday with more than 200 vendors selling their work at Howard Amon Park in Richland.Click to Continue »

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a Friday afternoon bank robbery in Benton City, officials said.Click to Continue »

The parking garage project will take about 11 months — and it will change the parking landscape for patients, visitors and employees at the Swift Boulevard campus while it’s going…Click to Continue »

Police say fireworks caused an explosion that blew out windows, ignited massive flames and killed one person in a century-old building in northeast Oregon.Click to Continue »