TRI-CITIES, Wash. -- Wes Heyden, founder and owner of Roasters Coffee, publicly announced his resignation from his company Tuesday. Heyden released a statement on the Roasters Facebook page after weeks of controversy over the company's lack of public support for…
RICHLAND, Wash. - A 12-year-old girl remains in the hospital after nearly drowning in the Columbia River at Howard Amon Park on Friday, June 19, and now community members are raising funds to help her family with medical expenses. According…
PASCO, Wash. -- Now that Washington state has released guidelines for reopening schools in the fall, school districts across Tri-Cities are having to quickly come up with plans. This week, the Pasco School…
TRI-CITIES, Wash. -- On Monday, health officials announced 256 new cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-Cities area from over the weekend: 133 in Benton County and 123 in Franklin County. Since last Friday, the number of cases in Benton County…
TRI-CITIES, Wash. -- Roasters Coffee founder and owner Wes Heyden has decided to resign from his company, according to an employee who asked to remain anonymous. The Tri-Cities-based coffee chain has been criticized in recent weeks by supporters of Black…
TRI-CITIES, Wash. -- Gov. Jay Inslee will visit Columbia Basin College in Pasco on Tuesday to meet with Tri-Cities public health and elected officials, as well as business and community leaders about COVID-19. Following the invite-only meetings, Inslee will hold…
PASCO, Wash. -- COVID-19 relief grants of up to $30,000 each are now available to eligible small businesses in Pasco. These grants are funded by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, as allocated to the U.S.…
CONNELL, Wash. - Community members are showing support for the owners of a local movie theatre, as they struggle amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic shutdown. Dirk Reinauer and Jeri Reinauer have owned and operated the Sunset Theatre in Connell for…
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- The Kennewick Fire Department responded to a fire Saturday afternoon that left a motorhome destroyed near a house. The call came in at 3:26 p.m. on the 800 block of Belfair St. near South Columbia Center Blvd.…
After shortening their hours to clean and re-stock shelves due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WinCo Foods has shifted their hours back, and are now open 24-hours, seven days a week. The company decided to alter their hours nearly four months…
PASCO, Wash. -- Employees of Roasters Coffee protested in front of the coffee shop on Saturday because the company has not taken a stance on the Black Lives Matter movement, according to an employee. The organizer of the protest said…
BENTON COUNTY, Wash. -- A Benton County judge sentenced a Prosser woman to 15 years in prison for murdering her friend during her own birthday party in 2018. Amy Brown was found guilty of second-degree murder in March for the…
TRI-CITIES, Wash. -- Surveys conducted by the Benton-Franklin Health District show that 53% of residents in the Tri-Cities area are wearing a face covering at the grocery store. Health district staff and volunteers spent 30 hours observing patrons leaving 15…
TRI-CITIES, Wash. -- Benton and Franklin County Emergency Management have received thousands of cloth, reusable masks to distribute to low-income Washingtonians. State officials launched a program earlier this month, distributing 3.6 million face coverings to counties around the state. The…
FINLEY, Wash. -- A Kennewick man appears to have suffered a cardiac-related medical issue before drowning at Two Rivers Park in Finley on Thursday afternoon, according to the Benton County Coroner's Office. Authorities said Phillip E. Boling, 51, was on…
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- A high-risk sex offender has moved to a new address near Kamiakin High School in Kennewick. In a news release Friday, Kennewick police said Gary Duane Waugh, 36, is now living in the 5200 block of W.…
TRI-CITIES, Wash. -- Health officials said Friday that 71 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Tri-Cities area out of the 344 people most recently tested. There were 31 cases confirmed out of 218 tests in Benton County…
FINLEY, Wash. -- A 51-year-old man died in an apparent drowning at Two Rivers Park Thursday afternoon. A Benton County sheriff's deputy told KAPP-KVEW the man was on a floatation device when he fell into the Columbia River. Two other…
PASCO, Wash. -- A Pasco man is accused of brutally assaulting a woman Wednesday night, leaving her with substantial injuries to her head and face. Luis Lopez, 42, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault near the 900 block of…
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- The Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce started their distribution of donated personal protective equipment on Thursday. Donations of hand sanitizer and face masks were made the last two weeks from Tri-Citians looking out for small businesses. There are…
PASCO, Wash. -- Pasco police arrested a man early Thursday for allegedly stealing a car at gunpoint, then using it to transport methamphetamine and heroin. Police said Trevor Allen Molyneaux, 33, is accused of stealing the victim's car in the…
TRI-CITIES, Wash. -- Health officials on Thursday reported 80 new cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-Cities area -- 33 in Benton County and 47 in Franklin County. There has been a total of 3,005 cases and 98 related deaths among…
RICHLAND, Wash. -- The number of COVID-19 patients at Kadlec Regional Medical Center has doubled in the past month, Reza Kaleel, Chief Executive for Kadlec Health System, said during a news conference Thursday. For the month of May, Kadec had…
CONNELL, Wash. -- A second inmate at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center has died of COVID-19, the Department of Corrections said Wednesday. William Bryant, 72, passed away at a local medical facility on Monday, June 22 around 7 p.m. Bryant was…
