Prosser News

At least four positions -- three currently vacant -- are casualties of Benton County's pared-down budget, which could be approved Monday.

Ben Franklin Transit will present several proposals to help streamline its services in Prosser and Benton City at a workshop Wednesday in Prosser.

Ken and Jill Peck, owners of Dakota Creek Winery near Blaine, just received a rating of 90 points from "Wine Spectator" magazine for their 2007 syrah, released this year.

MABTON, Wash. -- Sooner or later, somebody had to break out "Amazing Grace." This time it was Pat Wandling on his violin.

A Prosser man accused of being intoxicated when he drove the wrong way on Interstate 82 and killed another motorist posted $100,000 bail Thursday and was released from the Benton County jail.

A Prosser photographer has been honored for her shots of firefighters in the Yakima Valley.

Prosser's annual Veterans Day Parade helps Shelly Best overcome the sorrow of losing her husband to war as she watches the procession from the front porch of her childhood home.

Photo by Vanessa Taylor Andrew Jones is the chef from Picazo 7 Seventeen, competing at Savor the Flavor in the Fiesta Foods Fresh Chef Competition.

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.