Prosser News

Big kids with big toys -- that's how Bill Petersen views his job of lighting fireworks.

A busy mosquito season is bad for your health and also bad for the budget. Just how busy is it? The numbers prove the point, this time last year we didn't have one positive case of West Nile virus.

The Benton County Mosquito Control District plans to do ground spraying for mosquitoes in the following areas tonight, starting about 9 p.m. - Benton City and surrounding rural areas - Leslie Groves and Howard Amon parks, Richland - Columbia Park, Kennewick and Richland - Horn Rapids Athletic Complex, Richland - Prosser - Grandview The goal is to ...

The Benton County Mosquito Control District will use trucks to spray for mosquitoes in southwest neighborhoods of West Richland and throughout Mabton starting about 9 p.m. tonight, if weather permits.

In June 1909, four Model T cars began a 4,106 mile, 22 day trip across the country.

GRANDVIEW, Wash. -- Authorities arrested a Grandview teenager they say was an accomplice to a June 10 drive-by shooting that injured a rival gang member.

Diners at a restaurant in Prosser were startled Monday when a furry marmot wandered through the front door and settled into a corner.

The uninvited dinner guest didn't bother taking a seat, instead choosing to plant his furry hide on the cafe's floor.

Prosser has created an ambitious plan to add more sidewalks to residential streets and add bike lanes encircling the city.

Two Grandview teenagers are in police custody after a drive-by shooting Saturday night, and police say it's all thanks to a couple people who saw it happen.

Laws in science, unlike those in society, can't be broken, right? Right. Actually, ... About 15 miles north of Prosser -- inside the labyrinth of roads, past where the irrigated fields of grapes, hops, cherries and apples give way to dry-land farms and rolling fields of sagebrush and tall grasses -- sits Gravity Hill.

Nearly 4,000 sprinkler heads were stolen from a hops ranch near Prosser. The thief or thieves apparently unscrewed 3,950 sprinkler heads from the pipe connection at the Golden Gate Hop Ranch near McCready and Missimer roads, said Benton County sheriff's Lt.

Before he decided to take on one of the world's most demanding endurance races, Eric Bruntjen had never met Evan Mettie.

Prosser is gearing up for Scottish Fest, the ninth annual festival that celebrates all things Scottish.

According to the Federal Railroad Administration, thousands of towns have established new "quiet zones" that prevent trains from blowing their horns in certain areas.

The victim is 19 year old Ignacio Cardenas. It happened about 11:00 Saturday night in the 1100 block of Tacoma Avenue.

Like many crops in the Mid-Columbia, mint season is a little behind schedule this year because of the cool spring.

Police are looking for two men suspected in recent gang shootings. Grandview Police detectives are seeking Adam Leyva, 19, who they believe injured a rival gang member in a Wednesday night drive-by shooting.

A toddler is recovering after getting hit by a truck in Prosser. It happened on Hank Road Friday at 7:00 p.m. Benton County Sheriff's Deputies say a two year-old was walking across the road and the driver wasn't able to slow down in time.

A ruling has been made that puts Benton County voters closer to deciding whether to move the county seat.