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The women were provided with resources for food and housing.

This one had just about everything.  Kennewick police were alerted around 5:11am Friday morning to a disturbance at the Day's Inn, located next to the DQ Grill and Chill just off Kennewick Ave. and Highway 395. Police say when they arrived, they learned a Hispanic man named "Junior" had begun to argue with the two prostitutes because he was unhappy with the 'services rendered... Read Mor

This last weekend's most recent prostitution sting netted ten more would-be 'sex searchers,' one of them being a man who works as a pediatrician in the Kadlec Health Care system. A search of the Kadlec medical system shows he has already been removed from their list of doctors.

According to King County authorities, a major prostitution ring has been smashed, one that regularly offered the world's oldest profession in Kennewick and Richland as well as dozens of other cities.

Authorities say it's one of the biggest single sweeps in Washington state, perhaps even the country.

A 19-year-old woman from Lake Oswego has escaped from custody.

We hear stories and news reports from around the country about this insidious growing crime, but it's happening in Tri-Cities too.

The Canadian Supreme Court has sided with advocates who claimed the laws endangered workers in the sex industry.

Witnesses at a Kennewick convenience store called police after a 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old boyfriend assaulted a 15-year-old girl in the parking lot. When officers arrived they learned they were trying to force her to have sex with a 30 year old for $60. They had also taken naked photos of the girl to advertise her in Seattle.

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...