Benton County

The Horse Heaven Hills windfarm project has turned into a tug-of-war between citizens and local government, and the state

Benton County Sheriff Tom Croskrey released a statement to the media and on the BCSO Facebook page yesterday, joining a number of other elected Sheriffs around the state in opposing the new slate of gun laws being proposed this session.

Terry Tanner also plead guilty to a DUI crash in March 2018

The Sheriff, in a letter, says there needs to be a rethinking of how Franklin does business with Benton

the money will go toward helping to jumpstart and operate the new mental health center being built in the old TRIOS Hospital campus on Auburn street.

...a way to bring awareness that doesn't take much.

The minor injury crash closed SR 24 for some time.

The elk were loaded onto a trailer and will be able to be salvaged.

Since its launch in 2019, Opportunity Kitchen has graduated 28 students from the training program. Graduates have gone on to work at local restaurants, bakeries, hotels, and coffee shops.

Black bears are common throughout Washington except for the non-forested areas of the Columbia Basin.

The number of agencies who showed up was amazing!

In just 10 days 4 vehicle thefts were reported to the department.