Kennewick Irrigation District has implemented a mandatory watering schedule for its customers starting July 7 as drought conditions worsen. It is the first mandatory restriction for residential irrigation since the drought of 2015. The restriction is expected to be in place for three to four weeks, unlike 2015 when water was limited for most of […]
One person is dead after a Kennewick woman hit three motorcycles in Yakima County. Beth A. Striver, 24, is being held in the Yakima County Jail on suspicion of vehicular assault and vehicular homicide. She was driving northbound on State Route 821 north of Yakima in a 2010 Ford Escape around 11 a.m. on Friday, […]
A 25-year-old Kennewick man died Thursday after losing control of the truck he was driving about 20 miles west of Walla Walla. Daniel T. Zarate was headed west on Highway 12 in a Isuzu NPR truck when he went off the road at Nine Mile Hill just before 5 p.m., the Washington State Patrol said. […]
The suspect in a dramatic hit-and-run was discovered in an unexpected place — allegedly trying to steal items from a Kennewick department store. Tyler W. Harris, 39, had been on the run from police for nearly a week after leaving two people seriously injured after crashing into a semi at the intersection of Clearwater Avenue […]
Investigators are searching for two people who ran from a violent crash with a semi-truck early Monday. Tyler W. Harris and an unidentified woman were seen running from a Honda Accord after it slammed into a semi truck at the corner of Clearwater Avenue and Highway 395 about 3:50 a.m., according to the Washington State […]
An empty portable school classroom that someone had been living inside was damaged by fire Sunday. The mobile classroom was one of a few stored by the Kennewick School District on the 500 block of West Railroad Avenue. A passerby noticed some smoke coming from the portable and called 911 about 6:40 p.m. Sunday, said […]
Kennewick police are trying to track down a driver who slammed into another semi truck early Monday and then ran away, leaving two passengers seriously hurt. The crash happened at 3:50 a.m. at Clearwater Avenue and Highway 395, near the Starbucks. The Washington State Patrol says a driver in a 1990 Honda Accord was driving […]
Kennewick police are looking for help finding a missing 39-year-old man, who disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Investigators are not releasing how long Anibal Arreola has been missing or where he disappeared from. Commander Isaac Merkl told the Herald they are not releasing many details because they believe that information may play a role in their […]
The Washington state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council will be in Kennewick Tuesday for two public hearings on a solar project proposed for southern Benton County. Wallula Gap Solar is the fourth solar project in the county now seeking a permit through the EFSEC board and could be operating as soon as 2026. One Energy […]
Several cars were hit by bullets in a drive by shooting Friday night in the 400 block of East 10th Ave. in Kennewick, according to police. Several people called 911 to say they heard gunshots at about 11:40 p.m. Police found parked cars hit by bullets and casings on the ground nearby. No one was […]
A Kennewick man who admitted to killing his neighbor in an unprovoked attack while he mowed his lawn will spend more than 22 years behind bars. Hector R. Munguia, 20, told a judge in December that he could have and didn’t ignored the hallucinations that pushed him to stab and kill his neighbor in April […]
Tri-Cities law enforcement agencies were busy responding to crashes this weekend, including two cars that drove into dry canals, a suspected DUI collision on Highway 395 north of Pasco and an accident that closed a busy Kennewick street. About 7:40 p.m. Saturday, a Ford Ranger pickup was heading north on Highway 395 about eight miles […]