Richland News

A budget bill that restores a proposed cut to the Hanford Richland Operations Office next year has been released by the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee.

Deven Kautzky, 4 of West Richland, and his father Ryan look at the Our Gang Racing hydroplane Thursday during a H1 Unlimited event at Albertsons in Kennewick.

For those who would rather shop in the shade than watch hydroplanes on the river, head over to Howard Amon Park in Richland for the hugely popular Art in the Park sidewalk show today and Saturday.

Aaron Burks, right, owner of Atomic Ale Brewpub and Eatery, and friend Ryan Hohimer install "nuclear fuel rods" at Atomic Ale in Richland.

Students at Jefferson Elementary School won't have to bring a lunch box or ask parents for lunch money when school starts this fall.

Tri-Cities leaders are still making decisions about pot stores, now that the first one in our area opened in Prosser.

Jordan Perkins, 9 of Richland, wears a Lincoln hat Thursday as she reads about Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War exhibit at the Kennewick branch of the Mid-Columbia Libraries.

The Antiques in the Park event is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 26 at John Dam Plaza, between George Washington Way and Jadwin Avenue, across from the Federal Building in Richland.

Kat Himes measures a wall Wednesday while working on construction at Adventure's Underground in Richland.

July 23, 2014 - Nigel Jourdain, owner of Columbia River Rentals, stand next to the four 24-foot pontoon boats he rents at the Columbia Park Marina in Richland.

A spaghetti feed and silent auction benefit event is from 6 to 10 p.m. July 31 at Columbia Community Church, 150 Gage Blvd., Richland.

Just before 9 AM today Richland police officers were advised of a 911 call involving a subject beating on the front door of a residence on the 1000 block of Pattyton Lane.

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.