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First reports of a fire sparking up near homes on the south side of the Hills West area of Richland began to flood in to local authorities around 1pm Monday.

A man from Benton City is on the run after a domestic violence assault from over the weekend.

The victim has since identified as 47-year-old Ezquiliel (Chico) Martinez of Pasco, WA

The overnight and early morning snow has made commuting difficult around the Tri-Cities to say the least. It is now responsible for the closure of all Benton County roads on the Horse Heavens.

Deputies Make "Heaven-ly" Capture in Benton City Home Invasion

According to the Benton County Sheriff's Department, it appears another phone scam is going through the area.

Benton County Sheriff's Deputies in Search of Stolen Classic Car

Deputies were dispatched to the Summit View area for an interrupted burglary. The suspect when startled left a phone and car keys behind

Another phone scam appears to have hit the area. DO NOT give your SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, or any other PERSONAL INFORMATION to anyone over the phone. Police are warning that the call is a recording claiming to be the Benton County Sheriff's Office...

The driver seems to have been trying to break the sound barrier (unknown to him, Chuck Yeager broke it a million years ago) and then the unexpected happened, he got busted by the Benton County Sheriff's Office.

The accident caused the closure as a semi-truck collided with a train. The accident happened around 1 pm on Wednesday afternoon.

Rental scamming is a real thing and a man in Benton City was recently busted for scamming people out of their cash.