Burbank News

It was an annual battle for blueberry grower-shipper Jim Fitt, owner of Blue Mountain Farms LLC, Burbank, Wash.

Gen X Energies administration is planning to demolish the current biodiesel producing facility and move to a site in Moses lake after a fire destroys it Saturday.

A suspicious fire that "heavily damaged" a Burbank biodiesel manufacturing plant won't prevent the facility from operating for long if company officials have their way.

About 30,000 gallon of vegetable oil spilled when a three-alarm fire broke out at a Burbank biodiesel manufacturing plant early this morning.

When Laurie Ellis walked into the backyard of a Benton City home, she was quickly greeted by four old friends who excitedly jumped, barked and wagged their tails.

The falcon "air force" watching over Jim Lott's blueberry fields has been so successful that the Burbank, Wash., grower has hired nearly a dozen falconers to manage the birds.

The several dozen falcons keeping watch over Jim Lott's Burbank blueberry fields are an evolving manifestation of his self-described penchant for "overdoing things." "Once it starts, it almost takes on a life of its own," said the owner of Applegate Orchards.

A southeast Washington narcotics team has seized about 40,000 marijuana plants in Walla Walla County.

Dang. Where will we get our pot now ? A large marijuana grow likely worth more than $50 million was found on a tree farm near Burbank, authorities said.

Authorities busted a mammoth pot-growing operation near the Tri-Cities area of Washington, confiscating a staggering $50 million worth of marijuana in one fell swoop.

One of the largest marijuana growing operations in Walla Walla County history is taken out.

Three people have been arrested after authorities discovered an estimated 40,000 marijuana plants in a grow located three miles east of Burbank, Washington.

All that the eighth-graders at Chief Joseph Middle School in Richland had left to do Wednesday morning was fill up their yearbooks with signatures, say good-bye to their friends and throw a few pies in the faces of their favorite teachers in a special assembly.

A fire burns more than 500 tons of hay in Burbank. The fire broke out around 6:30 Monday night at Grandview Farms off Humorist Road.

Gregg Lowry and Julian Rojas combined in Game 1 on a one-hitter, then Rojas added two hits in the second game as the Kennewick Jr.

A woman suspected of driving under the influence smashed into a truck when she turned in front of it about five miles east of Burbank about 4 p.m. Tuesday, the Washington State Patrol reported.

A Pasco woman is dead after an accident east of Burbank. State Patrol Troopers say 31-year-old Maria Valencia turned in front of a semi-truck and was hit.

A Pasco woman seriously injured in a collision near Burbank earlier this week has died at a Seattle hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol.

A Burbank man was charged Wednesday with taking a bomb to a Pasco home, placing the device at the feet of several occupants and threatening to kill them.

A Burbank man accused of threatening to bomb a Pasco home has been charged with felony harassment.