Greg Neft

(Walla Walla, WA)  -- Washington State Patrol Trooper Dean Atkinson Jr. received a hero's welcome when he arrived home in Walla Walla on Sunday.  Atkinson was wounded in the face and hands when he was shot by a suspect.  He drove himself to a hospital and then was transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where he underwent several surgeries.  When he arri...

(Kennewick, WA) -- The human remains recovered from the Columbia River on Tuesday September 27, have been positively identified through dental records as 34 year old Brandy E. Ebanez. Her last known residence was in the City of Kennewick. Detectives from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office and the Kennewick Police Department are working together with the Benton County Coroner’s Office to determine

(Spokane, WA)  --  A non-profit is working with the Washington State Department of Transportation to put up a fence around the homeless camp near I-90.  The D-O-T told reporters their goal is to start setting up the fence later this week, and until then the non-profit Jewels Helping Hands is working with people in the camp to clean up the border to clear the necessary space.  This comes a... Read

(Kennewick, WA) -- The Benton County Sheriff's Office says they've located what appears to be possible human remains in the Columbia River just off the Southeastern side of the Cable Bridge. This happened around 1:00pm when deputies were called to the scene...

(Kennewick, WA) -- Kennewick Police responded to South Rainer Street and West 19th Ave Tuesday for a two vehicle collision, with one vehicle rolling over onto a nearby residence’s property. After further investigation it was determined the at fault vehicle failed to stop at the stop sign. Ther...

(Ottawa, ON, Canada)  --  Americans who aren't vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed to enter Canada again starting this weekend.  That's after top Canadian officials announced border measures would end October 1st.  Those rules previously included proof of vaccination along with COVID testing prior to or upon arrival north of the border.  Wearing a face ma...

(Hermiston, OR) -- Shearer’s Foods will not be rebuilding its plant in Hermiston, Oregon after the property was destroyed in a fire earlier this year. In a statement, the company, based in Massillion, Ohio says employees were notified of this decision earlier this week. “...

(Kennewick, WA) -- Crews from around the Tri-Cities raced to the scene of a brush fire that ignited along the side of I-82 Thursday afternoon. The fire quickly grew to 70 acres in size and crossed over into a nearby commercial/industrial park where it set a building housing foam insulation and industrial adhesives ablaze...

(Kennewick, WA) -- The Kennewick Fire Department rushed to the scene of a kitchen inside a home on fire Thursday morning off 2617 West 6th Place. This began around 8:30am. Fire radio traffic indicated that screams could be heard in the background of the 9-1-1 call...

(Paterson, WA) -- Washington State Patrol is investigating the cause of a car that crossed the center line of one rural Benton County highway and slammed head-on into a semi-truck carrying onions. It happened Tuesday night off Highway 221 just before 11:00pm about 4 miles north of Paterson, when troopers say the car in question, slammed into the truck, forcing the truck to roll...

(Boardman, OR) -- Portland General Electric knocked down a 656-foot-tall stack and boiler Thursday morning at their Boardman, Morrow County coal plant, which is Oregon’s last coal fired power plant It ceased operations in 2020. PGE says explosives were placed at the base of the stack and around the supporting structure of the boiler. They...

(Hermiston, OR) -- The Umatilla County Fire District One says they had to shut down U.S. Highway 730 from McNary to Hat Rock due to four wildfires totaling roughly 100-acres that forced the evacuation of a campground and two homes Wednesday afternoon...