Kennewick News

A Kennewick man was rescued from the chilly waters of the Ohanapecosh River Friday, according to a Lewis County Sheriff's Office news release.

Zonia Quero-Ziada of Kennewick also has helped at many local, regional and national disaster, including Hurricane Sandy, the Benton-Franklin chapter of the American Red Cross said in a news release.

A Kennewick woman is packing her bags tonight and heading to Oklahoma tomorrow to help families affected by Monday's massive tornado.

If he's charged with theft in this case, he could face increased penalties for organized retail theft for committing thefts at three retail locations in six months.

KENNEWICK, Wash.- Larry J Schuster is a pilot, flying not up in the sky, but up and down the highways.

The Washington State Department of Transportation and Tri-Cities drivers can feel safe when they drive across our local bridges.

The Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce is offering a class on "Power Networking: Strategies to Build Your Business and Your Career." The class will be from 1 to 3 p.m. May 30 at the Tri-Cities Business and Visitor Center, 7130 Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick.

Charges of sexual misconduct have led state health officials to immediately suspend the license of Kennewick massage practitioner Donald A. Brandsma.

When the Kennewick student was named Miss Tri-Cities Outstanding Teen in July, she had competed for the title twice before, being named fourth runner-up in 2010 and first runner-up in 2011.

The camp will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday from June 10 to Aug.

The old adage if it walks like a duck, it talks like a duck, it must be a duck isn't always true.

Sierra Brines, a junior at Phoenix High School in Kennewick, wanted to earn some extra credit, so she came up with a rock concert to benefit the teen shelter My Friends Place.

There are more than 30 businesses in the Clearwater West Business Complex and the buildings have been here since the 70's. Crime is not common there, but recently some squatters have been using some open space in a building to sleep, and possibly do drugs.

Workers gave out hundreds of 22 oz. slurpees between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. At times there were so many kids, the line filled up the store.

The focus is on getting struggling teens to succeed. KEPR is digging deeper into the test scores of local alternative high schools.

The Kennewick Irrigation District is awarded $1.5 million from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Water Smart Water and Energy Efficiency Grant Program.

The crash happened just after 7 a.m. when Christopher G. Crawford, 23, of Kennewick, ran a red light after falling asleep at the wheel, according to a release from Washington State Patrol.

Winners of this year's awards for achievement through the Afro-Americans for an Academic Society are from left, Arisha Fite, 18, of Kennewick, Marina Brown, 18, of Pasco, Kendreya Skinner, 17, of Richland, Jamie Wallace, 18, of Richland and Cameron Estes, 17 of Pasco.

May 23--Improvements to Washington state's rail system with the proposal to ship more coal to Asia may benefit Washington farmers, say local officials.

More parents of graduating Kennewick seniors are saying they are happy with how their children's schools educated their kids and prepared them for the next phase of their lives.