Richland News

Jose Luis Aguilar pleaded guilty to first-degree rape of a child and second-degree murder in Benton County Superior Court.

This weekend is the weekend in the Tri-Cities, and anticipation has been revving up like the turbine engine on a hydroplane.

The Richland City Council isn't as unanimous, but is expected to consider a ban on recreational marijuana businesses in the next couple of months.

A seminar about how to care for your feet and prevent injuries is planned from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today at Oasis Physical Therapy, 6825 Burden Blvd., Suite D, Pasco.

The Pasco City Council voted 6-1 Monday evening to ban recreational and medical marijuana businesses in the city limits.

It seems like we've had a rash of incidents involving guns in the community, often with our law enforcement officials in the line of fire.

Type of Incident: Residential Burglary Date and Time of Incident: July 21, 2014 at 3:19 AM Summary of Incident: On July 21, 2014 at approximately 0319 hours Kennewick Police responded to an interrupted burglary at 8925 W. Skagit Avenue.

The Gesa Credit Union and generous donors throughout the Mid-Columbia raised more than $53,000 to keep the doors open at Safe Harbor Support Center and its teen shelter program My Friends Place.

Richland Fire Chief Grant Baynes recenlty interviews job applicant Calder Russell, 24, of Ellensburg for an opening with the Richland Fire Department.

West Richland Police Chief Brian McElroy would like to have a minimum of two police officers on duty at all times in the city.

A Richland mother was sentenced last week to 15 days in jail after admitting that she used a holstered handgun to threaten her daughter's ex-boyfriend.

Trent Gutzman of Kennewick has won the 2014 Dade Moeller Scholarship Foundation merit-based educational scholarship.

Five out of 30 Tri-City businesses that were the target of alcohol compliance checks by the Washington State Liquor Control Board failed the check by serving alcohol to minors and were cited.

The seminar is at 7 p.m. July 22 at 1325 White Bluffs St. in Richland in an Energy Star-rated, "Built Green" home in the Westcliffe development.

Shawn M. Keeter was taken into custody after being seen at the Wal-Mart in Richland on Wednesday, a release said.

Due to a popularity vote by the public, the city of Richland’s outdoor family movie night has been changed to 'Earth', also a Disney film.

The two bring the number of workers to 30 who have received medical evaluations for possible exposure to chemical vapors from Hanford’s underground waste tanks this spring and summer.

A pasta dinner and silent auction to raise money to fight breast cancer is planned from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Anthology event venue, 706 Williams Blvd., Richland.

Zubin, 4, and Bella, 9, McDermott pose for a photo taken by their mother Sonya Karanjia Thursday at the groundbreaking for the new elementary school in south Richland between Gala Way and Brantingham Road near the intersection with Westclife Boulevard.

Friends Kristina Mackie, left, 20, and Ashlee Mearns, 17, both of Kennewick, hold hands Wednesday as they try to stay together while floating down the Yakima River in West Richland.