Benton City News

Units from Benton County Fire No. 1 and 2 responded at 3 p.m. to a string of fires along the westbound lanes of I-82 between Benton City and Prosser.

KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Gang violence is an ongoing problem across our region because many impressionable teens do end up joining gangs for friends and security reasons.

Officials in central Vietnam say a bus plunged into a river bank, killing 34 people and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents.

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She faces between 15 and 30 years in prison when she is sentenced Aug. 22, and will have to pay restitution to the victim.

Alliance McGowan, 5, of Benton City, bounces down the Cougar Slide before Washington State University defeated the University of Portland 4-2 on May 8, 2012 during the second Cougar Diamond Classic at Gesa Stadium in Pasco.

Steve Swan of Hermiston was able to save these fox pups that were trapped in a pipe that led to his irrigation cutoff valve." rel="story-images"> Steve Swan of Hermiston was able to save these fox pups that were trapped in a pipe that led to his irrigation cutoff valve.

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The South American nation's Ministry of Health has issued the warning and it says it is trying to find the cause of deaths.

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"You can expect to find asparagus, of course, along with bedding plants and leafy lettuce, radishes, all the early cold weather crops," said Linda Hall, manager of the Prosser Farmers Market.

A teenager has testified that Houston police officers repeatedly kicked and beat him, causing him to briefly lose consciousness, during his arrest on suspicion of burglary in 2010.

A giant billboard advertising clothing is displayed on an office building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, May 2, 2012.

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The reactions were varied this morning as hundreds of elementary students took turns releasing salmon fry into the water at Columbia Park.

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