Richland, WA

KENNEWICK -- The Kennewick Police Department says detectives are investigating the death of a man after he was found unresponsive in a hotel room on Sunday morning. Police say there were called to assist officers as medics performed CPR at a patient at the Quality Inn on Quinault Avenue. Police...

KENNEWICK, Wash. -- One man is recovering after being stabbed by his father- in-law in Kennewick, according to police. Officers were first called out just after 11 a.m. Saturday to the Heatherstone Apartments, off 10th avenue near Park Middle School. KPD reports the victim was outside trying to speak with...

KENNEWICK, Wash.-- A 16-year-old is in custody after going on a two-hour crime spree in Kennewick, including hitting an officer on the head with a liquor bottle. Police say they weren't able to stop the suspect sooner because of the new police reform laws now in effect. Kennewick Police say...

KENNEWICK, Wash. — Kennewick Police Department (KPD) responded to a CPR in progress call early this morning. Paramedics arrived on scene, but the victim was pronounced deceased shortly after. The call came in around 2:20 AM on Sunday morning. Kennewick Fire Department had requested assistance from KPD to the CPR...

One of the four hospitals in Benton and Franklin counties, Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, was treating 44 patients for COVID-19 late last week. “This is entirely avoidable,” said Reza Kaleel, Kadlec’s chief executive. “ ... We have access to a safe vaccine.”. The number of COVID-19 patients at...

Kennewick police were investigating a death at the Quality Inn near Columbia Center mall Sunday morning. Police and fire department medics were called at 2:20 a.m. to help a man at the inn at 7901 Quinault Ave. Paramedics performed CPR to try to revive him, but he died at the...

A chorus of angry parents rose up after school districts announced that children returning to school this fall will need to wear masks in class. Kennewick, Richland and Pasco districts announced late last week they would comply with the order from Washington Gov. Jay Inslee requiring face coverings for all teachers and students even if they have been fully vaccinated.

A Kennewick teen is accused of breaking a bottle over a police sergeant’s head, exposing himself and stealing alcohol Saturday evening. The 16 year old refused mental health treatment as recently as a few hours before the incidents, after repeatedly turning down help that police and family tried to arrange in recent days, according to a report by the Kennewick Police Department.

The air quality in the Tri-Cities was smoky enough Sunday for a second day in a row to be rated as unhealthy for all people Sunday morning. Smoky air was forecast to persist through at least Sunday night. Fires were burning in northern Washington, in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon...

Benton County Sheriff Jerry Hatcher is once again allowed to carry a pistol while on the job. The ban — first entered 21 months ago as part of a protection order in his divorce case — was lifted last week in an agreement between Hatcher and his estranged wife, Monica Hatcher.

July was a grim month for COVID-19 in the Tri-Cities by nearly every measure. The month ended with a week that saw 850 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-Cities area. New case rates tripled through the month, and the percentage of positive results at the free COVID-19 testing site at Columbia Basin College nearly doubled.