Prosser News

The wrong-way driver accused of causing a fatal head-on crash on Interstate 82 near the Benton and Yakima county line is now in the Benton County jail.

A Grandview woman died early today after her car was hit head-on by another vehicle going the wrong way on Interstate 82 in Benton County near the Yakima County line, the Washington State Patrol reported.

The Rev. Brian Prior of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection has been elected to be bishop of Minnesota.

Photo by Megan Ransom Prosser Memorial Hospital received the Best Hands-On Care Award at the annual Washington State Hospital Association meeting.

Ballots are due Tuesday in a general election that includes two ballot measures, rare off-year state representative races in the 9th and 16th legislative districts, as well as nonpartisan races for city councils, school boards, port commissions and other local bodies.

They call it the Bulb Eater, and it's hungry for your spent fluorescent lamps. Benton Rural Electric Association bought one of the contraptions for its Prosser office about six months ago and recently added another to its West Richland branch.

Benton County Auditor Bobbie Gagner Announces she's retiring early. Gagner has been with the county for 34 years, and she's been the auditor since 1987.

As soon as she was blindfolded, Lorie Morris felt isolated. She couldn't see who was sitting next to her at the dinner table.

Washington State University Tri-Cities' Wine Science Center is one step closer to finding a home.

Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who allegedly crashed into a church van full of boys Sunday night, sending an adult chaperone to the hospital.

Sen. Jerome Delvin, R-Richland, said today he will play host to governors of two agricultural regions in Peru during their Oct.

For the past several years I've been doing an annual update on the progress of Washington malbec, one of my favorite red wine varietals.

It's a new decade and there's a new location for the 31st annual Tri-Cities Wine Festival.

A hard frost Oct. 10 caused widespread damage to Washington wine grape vineyards.

PROSSER, Wash. - A 76-year-old man in Washington state faces a misdemeanor assault charge after he was accused of hitting an autistic boy in a library.

Longtime city critic Larry Loges claims the city of Prosser violated his constitutional rights in 2006 when trailers displaying anti-city government messages were removed from his Wine Country Road property.

PROSSER, Wash. - A Yakima Herald-Republic reporter who was hurt in a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon is recovering at home.

One out of every four students is home sick. Four of 10 teachers are out. Even the custodian is down.

As dawn breaks above the Horse Heaven Hills, driver Fidel Dourte drives a harvester down a row of grapes while Avelino Dourte pulls out the sticks and leaves from grapes behind him.

Temperatures across the Mid-Columbia reached the mid- to upper-30s Monday night and early today, but only a few areas dipped below freezing, according to the National Weather Service.