Pasco News

A 26-year-old woman who skipped out on her burglary sentencing in early 2011 now is behind bars for allegedly trying to steal $1,000 in goods from a mall store and lying to police about her identity.

PASCO, Wash. - Venus will move across the sun between 2:30 and sundown on June 5 of this year.

Seattle-based author and documentarian Garth Stein will be at the Gjerde Center at Columbia Basin College in Pasco tonight as the last guest speaker for this year's Mid-Columbia Literary Festival.

A Pasco man said he "made a stupid mistake" when he tried to burn weeds outside a Pasco motel, sparking a four-alarm fire Monday.

Three Pasco teens and a 33-year-old woman were arrested Wednesday after reportedly trying to rob a man in the Walmart parking lot.

Maureen Davis greets Chambers Primary School third-grader Ethan Tice as he boards her bus Friday in University Place.

Mavis Williams, 82, a deputy coroner for Franklin County, is retiring after working for the county since 1977.

A Panda Express employee is accused of pocketing the payroll checks of two co-workers and signing them so he could cash the nearly $1,200. Daniel Y. Bolanos-Castellanos, 19, is charged in Benton County Superior Court with second-degree theft and two counts of forgery.

A 28-year-old Connell man is in jail on $50,000 bail for allegedly threatening his ex-girlfriend with an 8-inch knife and cutting up her clothes.

A 4-3 vote by the Pasco City Council on Tuesday to replace a member of the Pasco and Franklin County Housing Authority Board showed some council members have long memories about former conflicts with the authority board.

A 44-year-old Pasco man was arrested early this morning after he crashed his car while leading Kennewick police on a chase.

A 54-year-old Pasco man is accused of holding a knife to his former girlfriend and forcing her to walk with him to his home where he allegedly assaulted her.

Officials in the Franklin Pierce School District failed to abide by federal regulations when they purchased nearly $180,000 in science supplies last year, according to a state auditor's report released Tuesday.

A Pasco man pleaded innocent Tuesday to allegations he tried to get cash from a convenience store clerk so he could support his drug habit.

A Pasco man pleaded innocent to allegations he strangled an acquaintance who was giving him a ride, then eventually stole her car as she escaped outside a convenience store.

In the Tri-Cities, how might individuals go about saving money, the environment and their health -- all the while spending quality time with their families? The very answer to such questions may be collecting dust in your garage, says Christina Paul Moreno of Pasco, a mother who enjoys spending time with her family while riding bicycles.

Krista Whitesitt of Pasco adds a flag Monday to the grave of her husband Roy who died Oct.

Firefighters were called Monday to battle flames at the Loyalty Inn 1801 W. Lewis St.

Firefighters from all over the area are mopping up after a 4-alarm fire tore through a Pasco motel Monday afternoon.

More than 75 firefighters were needed to put out a fire at the Loyalty Inn in Pasco Monday afternoon.