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Kennewick will continue to pursue control of portions of Columbia Park from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers while simultaneously pushing for Congress to return the entire Columbia River shoreline…Click to Continue »

Pasco Councilman Bob Hoffmann wants his city to take a stand on protecting religious freedom by asking the state’s attorney general to stop further legal action against a Richland florist.Click to Continue »

Maria E. Townsend, who bought personal vehicles using her Pasco company’s payroll taxes and spread the wealth among family members is going to a federal prison for more than three…Click to Continue »

Workers who helped test and treat utility poles for the Franklin and Grant County PUDs will receive back pay because they were not paid the wage required under state law.Click to Continue »

The Franklin County trial for former Pasco police officer Richard J. Aguirre, charged with sexually assaulting a woman, has been postponed to Oct. 28.Click to Continue »

Traffic redirected around road work at Pasco Sporting Complex and other locations…Click to Continue »

The Kennewick School District has purchased a nearly 14-acre site for a future elementary school in a planned south Richland development that stirred concerns in the past about a nearby…Click to Continue »

The Pasco Fire Department is asking anyone with information on the fires to call a hotline at 800-55-ARSON or the police department at 509-454-3421.Click to Continue »

A poster on a downtown Kennewick light pole reminds pet owners about a feral cat trapping project coordinated by business owners and the human society to help combat the increasing…Click to Continue »

Greenhouses valued at $50,000 and formerly used at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory now have a new home at Columbia Basin College.Click to Continue »