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Benton County Sheriff's were 'chasing' Halloween party goers early Sunday morning, after getting reports of an extremely large (and presumably loud) Halloween party in the 6000 block of West Yellowstone in Kennewick. Around 2:15am, Deputies arrived, and guests began scattering in all directions, according to reports many of them rather intoxicated...

It's that time of year, when October-into-November brings late night and early morning fog to the Columbia Basin. It also means drive very carefully, and turn on your lights! Pasco Police assisted with a serious car vs. semi crash early Friday morning on the Pasco-Kahlotus Highway near Venture Road...

It took a few days, but likely the heat from social media helped him decide to surrender. A reckless driving suspect in Walla Walla has turned himself into authorities, 3 days after this picture was posted on the web. 19-year-old Aleksander Kohmenko sped away from a police officer who was wanted to contact him...

This video will amaze you, and make you laugh.  It's a sped up version of an officer sharpening his precision driving skills through a series of cones. Try not to lean back and forth and side to side as you watch. And enjoy!

We see glitzy trendy car ads on TV, where the drivers appear to effortlessly utilize the technology they come with. Hands-free this, digital that etc. But according to a new study published in Forbes Magazine and also released by PEMCO Insurance, many Americans have had it up to HERE with new car technology...

Walla Walla County Sheriff's office posted this video on their Facebook page. Sure it's hilarious, showing people so caught up in their phones and digital devices that they walk into ponds, poles and more. But the Sheriff's department urged people to imagine this behavior behind the wheel, and imagine how dangerous a vehicle can be if somebody is staring at their phone, instead of the road... Read

Tri-City residents aren't alone in their disdain of roundabouts. The majority of Americans loathe them. But that sentiment is pretty confined to the United States.

According to a recent survey published in Salon.com, drivers between the ages of 20-29 suffer the most fatal crashes in the U.S. when behind the wheel. That's not a huge surprise, but it's far higher than drivers aged 16-20. The survey, compiled from crash data  via the Centers for Disease Control and other sources, says an estimated 12,000 plus drivers in that age catagory were involved in some s

Early Monday morning, Kennewick police found a driver who was not only confused, but alcohol played a part in him ending up driving on railroad tracks near downtown. Police were called to the area near Canal Drive and Benton Streets, and found this car about 100 feet east of the intersection...

In Washington state, we have the new Driving Under the Influence of Electronics law, which bans any use of any hand-held digital device behind the wheel--even at a stoplight. We're one of 14 such states who've passed complete bans. But despite the risk of getting a DUIE (Driving Under the Influence of Electronics) many Americans simply ignore the law...