Bill Stevenson
Eight Votes Determine if Pasco School District Gets $99.5 Million
Ballots have been counted and recounted for three weeks. The Pasco School District needed 60 percent of voters approval for bonds worth $99.5 million to build and remodel schools to relieve overcrowding.
Want Net Neutrality? Here’s an Option to Save It
What does “net neutrality” mean to you? Less expensive Internet.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) included rules forbidding Internet service providers (Charter, AT&T, Comcast, CenturyLink, etc.) to slow down your Internet unless you pay another fee or are going to a website or a streaming service they want you to use.
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Middle School Kids Evacuated to Gym by Fire Alarm
Students at Leona Marshall Libby Middle School in West Richland are safe after a fire alarm went off this morning.
Staff evacuated the school and the kids were moved to the gym, according to Benton County Fire District 4.
Firefighters searched the school and found a light smoke, but no fire...
Deer Sends Young Prosser Woman to Hospital
A deer sent an 18-year-old Prosser woman to the hospital on Wednesday night.
Any L. Dills was in the passenger seat of a white 2009 Toyota Corolla as Jesse D. Lawson was driving east on I-82. The 20-year-old Granger man hit the deer about a mile west of Prosser, according to the Washington State Patrol.
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Snoqualmie Pass Gets Ugly as Snow Fall Increases
If you are heading over Snoqualmie Pass, be sure to have state approved traction tires.
The state Department of Transportation changed the travel requirements at 1:40 p.m. on Thursday as it was snowing hard in the pass when the temperature hit 33 degrees...
Semi Runs Red Light and Cue Balls a Ford in Richland
A Ford Focus acted like a cue ball in an intersection when a semi-truck knocked it into a car, which hit another car on Wednesday morning.
Did a Mabton Man Notice He Hit A Car on I-182?
Alcohol leads to bad decisions, like driving under the influence and running after you collide with a car on the highway, or maybe he was too drunk to notice what happened.
Scaregrounds Delivered the Creepy, Scary and Fun
Halloween was the last night of the Scaregrounds at the Benton County Fairgrounds. A record number of people went through three haunted houses and shot zombies with paintballs.
Scares and thrills were offered in Project 13 - Blackout, Infected and Hillbilly Hell...
Truck Driver Doesn’t See Car When Changing Lanes in Pasco
Imagine a semi-truck pulling a trailer moving into your lane, right at your car. One Kennewick man doesn’t have to imagine any more.
Armando Fabian-Estrada, a 34-year-old man, was driving a green 1996 Nissan Maxima west on state Route 12 near Lewis Street in Pasco Monday evening...