WASHINGTON — As Gov. Jay Inslee’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order goes into place, Washingtonians are getting a passing grade when it comes to social distancing. That’s according to an interactive project by Unacast called the Social Distancing Scoreboard. It…
BENTON COUNTY, Wash. -- The former Richland mayor Bob Thompson is facing a DUI charge after being arrested in June 2019. In a recent…
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- A recent story by the Washington Post has Kamiakin High Schoool students reacting to racism alleged by a former student. Cielo Castor was…
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- A petition to recall Kennewick Mayor Don Britain was dismissed in a Benton County courtroom on Wednesday morning. The judge said the allegations depicted in the petition are “insufficient” and the actions of Britain did not violate…
KENNEWICK, Wash. – Local authorities teamed up with DEA agents to arrest a Kennewick man for possessing 53,000 fentanyl pills. According to federal court documents, Michael Vantiger was under investigation for being a local distributor of fentanyl and poly-drugs. Through…
KENNEWICK, Wash. – Around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, family and friends of Gordon Whitaker protested outside the Kennewick Police Department. They had signs in hand…
RICHLAND, Wash. -- A former Tri-Cities lawyer will be locked up or monitored for the rest of his life for sexually abusing two young boys for several years, a judge ruled Friday. Benton-Franklin Superior Court Judge Bruce Spanner sentenced Jerry…
YAKIMA, Wash. — Authorities say an autopsy Tuesday afternoon found that a 58-year-old Yakima woman died from blunt force trauma to the head. Linda Berukoff, 58, was found dead Thursday alongside the railroad tracks near North Front and East H…
BENTON COUNTY, Wash. -- The Benton County Deputy Sheriff’s Guild has voted to no longer support Sheriff Jerry Hatcher and said they will…
ABC is airing ‘Kobe Bryant: Death of a Legend’ tonight at 10 p.m. on KAPP-KVEW Local News. The special will remember the NBA giant and inspirational public figure, Kobe Bryant. Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others died in…
SELAH, Wash. -- Family and friends have been mourning the loss of a mother after Selah Police say her husband killed her. The Yakima County Coroner's Office…
WANTED IN YAKIMA COUNTY — A gruesome discovery in Yakima county: A couple’s burned bodies found in a rural field east of Moxee. The Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force says 20-year-old Jesus Perez is the suspect in the double…
Pasco, WA – Passenger numbers at Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) reached an all-time high in 2019. A total of 870,890 people traveled through the airport last year, nearly 86,000 more than in 2018. 2018 was previously the airport’s busiest year on…
PASCO, Wash. -- Court documents are shedding light on the events leading up to the stabbing of two Pasco officers and gunshots that killed 18-year-old Alejandro Betancourt-Mendoza. It also explains Martin Mendoza’s involvement leading up to his arrest. According to…
