Prosser News

To Virginia Norton, it's not a cause. It's a bike. Specifically, it's a five-gear green, classic model Schwinn with a basket on the handle bars purchased used in 1984.

Alert citizens and quick action by police helped avert a potentially dangerous gang-related fight in Prosser, police said.

A 28-year-old Prosser faces an expected 31-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide on Tuesday.

Do we need animal control services in the rural areas of Benton County? Now voters will make that decision.

For marmots in Prosser, no shoes, no shirt, no service. Why did the marmot go into the restaurant? That's not a riddle.

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.