Kadlec

We had a chance this week to talk with Dr. Richard Jacobs, a former Richland High school alumni, who is one of the participants in the upcoming Concussion Summit being held in Richland by the Kadlec Neurological Resource Center. This important free event is for parents, coaches, medical professionals, and anyone who wants to learn more about this growing issue.

Kadlec Regional Medical Center invites all parents of children, youth, or teens who play sports to attend this important event on how to prevent and properly deal with concussions in sports.

Richland police have a man in custody, who allegedly made a bomb threat Thursday afternoon.

Kadlec Regional Medical Center and the Benton Franklin Health District are teaming up to teach kids water safety, poison prevention, what to do in case of a fire, bike safety and more!

Captain Mike Cobb of the Richland Police Department said Monday afternoon's bomb threat near Kadlec hospital was a briefcase full of tools for repairing a copy machine.

Earlier this month a Benton County Superior Court judge ordered Dr. Lloyd Olson to pay his former employer's attorney fees after Olson lost a suit he filed for back wages. It appears the judge sided against Olson because a technician at a local hospital testified he touched women inappropriately while they were knocked out before surgery.

$140 million went from Kadlec Health Systems to Tri-Cities families last year. That's up from Kadlec's $30 million payroll just 11 years ago when it employed 740 people. Today it employs about 2,200 people -- the most in Richland's "business district" and the No. 4 largest private employer in the Tri-Cities. That's according to the City of Richland, which is doing everything it can to he