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Kennewick police say a reported abduction Wednesday in Zintel Canyon off South Vancouver Street near West Seventh Avenue was a hoax.

Two Kennewick teens were arrested in Pasco late Tuesday after allegedly breaking into cars and shooting one with a shotgun, police said.

A suspended chiropractor ordered Wednesday to do two months in jail for having inappropriate relations with a preteen girl said he plans to rebuild his life.

Steve Wiley, with Habitat for Humanity Tri-Cities, will speak at 7 p.m. Monday at Benton County Democratic Headquarters, 1315 George Washington Way, Richland.

Operation Thank You seeks clothing, food and snack donations for wounded American troops receiving treatment and their families.

The Richland School Board will hold a study session at 12:30 p.m. Friday to discuss district facilities. There also will be a closed-door session to talk about real estate and negotiations.

Fluor Hanford has fired three employees it believes are linked to the misuse of a federal government credit card issued for work at the Hanford nuclear reservation.

BENTON CITY -- Pet Over Population Prevention is working to find temporary and permanent homes for 11 dogs, four puppies and about 20 cats found malnourished at a Benton City home.

Researchers at Hanford are turning to kitchen cupboards for inspiration in cleaning up contaminated ground water at the nuclear reservation.

I thought my personal trainer was going to have a heart attack when I told her my story assignment for Wednesday.

Brad Klippert narrowly widened his lead Wednesday over fellow Republican candidate Skip Novakovich in the race for an open state House seat in Benton County's 8th Legislative District.

A huge landslide that fell from a clay bluff south of Ringold sent a white plume of silt into the Columbia River on Wednesday that was visible for miles and as far downstream as Kennewick's Columbia Park.

U.S. Reps. Doc Hastings and Cathy McMorris Rodgers and their leading challengers were easily dispatching little-known candidates in 4th and 5th congressional district primaries Tuesday.

Challengers posed strong opposition to two incumbent Benton County commissioners in the first round of primary election results counted Tuesday night.

Statewide results

A sex offender considered highly likely to re-offend will be living in Pasco, police said.

A 25-year-old Kennewick woman who fell asleep on her couch had a rude awakening when she realized a man was inside her apartment.

West Richland police are cracking down on crosswalk violators.

Costs to repair a broken irrigation canal that flooded part of a Badger Canyon housing development Friday are expected to be about $100,000.