Tyson Foods Inc. and Washington Trust Bank are suing the Easterday entity over allegations of fraud; from cattle that 'never existed' but Tyson paid for.
One of the legislators who's been 'chasing down' Sound Transit for several years over allegations of overstepping tax authority, and overcharging, will file bill in next session.
Milton Freewater Police ran across one of the more unusual cases Wednesday night, a man who was in debt for gambling.
That by itself was not that weird except his idea for dealing with it, or getting out of it, was to shoot himself. Apparently his idea was to claim he was robbed and shot in the process, so the money he was going to use to cover the debt was stolen...
Have you ever wondered why traffic issues, even in the Columbia Basin, never seemed to get resolved when it comes to anything involving a state highway?
Case in point: Highway 395 through Kennewick. After you leave the Blue Bridge south, you crawl up the hill to Kennewick, where it often takes 15-20 minutes (or even longer) to navigate past Clearwater, Kennewick Ave...