Miki Harvey
Kennewick Police Use Taser on Teen Threatening Mother With Knives
Tuesday night Kennewick police used a taser on a 17-year-old boy who had pulled three large kitchen knives on his mother and her friend.
The boy’s mother, Floriza Vejar and her friend Judith Sixtos had been reportedly watching TV when Vejar’s son chased both women out of the house with three kitchen knives...
Kennewick City Council Unanimously Oppose Universal Background Checks for Firearms Transfers
Before they were pulled, the proposed state legislation House Bill 1588 and Senate Bill 5625 would have required universal background checks for firearms. Regardless of what leaders in Olympia decided, Kennewick's City Council decided to make a statement by unanimously voting in opposition to the proposals...
Members of Prostitution Ring Arrested in Yakima Sting Operation
This month Yakima police set up sting operations along North First Street to catch prostitutes and their pimps.
Recent stings resulted in 10 arrests last month. By comparison, in all 2012 Yakima police made 12 total prostitution-related arrests...
Vehicle Collision on Snoqualmie Pass Kills Local Attorney
Local attorney Raymond R. Whitlow, 65, of Hames, Anderson, Whitlow & O’Leary in Kennewick, was killed Monday morning in a vehicle collision on Snoqualmie Pass.
Whitlow’s Porsche Boxster veered from its lane and crashed into a Kia Portage driven by Tommie Murray, 30, also of Kennewick.
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235 Hanford Workers Given Pink Slips Monday
Sequestration and automatic budget cuts forced Hanford contractors to lay off 235 workers Monday.The job cuts were mostly union positions, but did include 27 non-union workers.
Some jobs were saved due to union workers volunteering to take off time in an agreement proposed by the Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council...
Charges Filed Against Caretakers of Toddler Who Tested Positive for Meth
Kennewick police have filed charges against Jazzmen Latay Slack and Christopher Desean Jackson as a result of a 20-month-old girl testing positive for meth earlier this year at Kennewick General Hospital.
Jazzmen Latay Slack, 20, pleaded innocent in Benton County Superior Court to endangerment with a controlled substance...
Pendleton Educators to School Oregon Govenor John Kitzhaber
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber is making a trip to Pendleton to visit the offices of the InterMountain Education Service March 19 to learn more the Eastern Promise, Early Leaning Initiative and the Umatilla County Wraparound.
Washington High School Students Choose Pot Over Cigarettes
Washington students reveal that they are twice as likely to smoke marijuana as cigarettes.
Public Gives Input for Tri-Ciites Water Park
The public gave feedback on plans for a possible waterpark on Sandifur Parkway just west of the Broadmoor Park Outlet Mall Wednesday night. The event was hosted by the The Tri-Cities Regional Public Facilities District.
Southridge Sports & Events Complex Hosting Anniversary Celebration
The Southridge Sports and Events Complex is celebrating its one-year anniversary on Saturday, March 16 from noon to 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.