Tri-City Herald

The Tri-City Herald is a daily publication located in Kennewick, Washington, USA. It is operated by The McClatchy Company and provides news coverage for southeastern Washington, specifically the three cities of Pasco, Kennewick, and Richland, collectively known as the Tri-Cities.

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10 years after fleeing to Mexico to start a new life, Tri-Cities child rapist is sentenced

1 week ago | tri-cityherald.com | Cameron Probert

A 36-year-old child rapist who vanished from the Tri-Cities 10 years ago is now headed to prison for his abuse. Alexander B. Callahan said Friday in Benton County County Superior Court that he thought he was making the right decision for his victim when he fled to Mexico and started a new life. But Deputy Prosecutor Anita Petra argued that his disappearance only added to the victim’s pain. “When children are (young), there’s hope .... (that) children can move on,” Petra said.
Percy Allen: Storm take Dominique Malonga with No. 2 pick in WNBA draft

1 week ago | tri-cityherald.com | Percy Allen

Bonjour, Dominque. Bienvenue à Seattle. Not surprising, the Storm selected 19-year-old French phenom Dominque Malonga with the second overall pick in the WNBA draft on Monday night. Taking the relatively unknown and budding international star became a slam dunk for Seattle after the Dallas Wings used the No. 1 overall pick on UConn standout Paige Bueckers.
Kennewick water again found tainted with ‘forever chemicals.’ What to know

1 week ago | tri-cityherald.com | Annette Cary

For the second spring in a row the city of Kennewick has detected a “forever chemical” in its drinking water that is above the action level set by the Washington state Board of Health. The Washington state Department of Health recommends that Kennewick city customers who are pregnant, breastfeeding or mixing infant formula with tap water consider using another source of water.
Director of NW federal lab, that employs 6,400 in Tri-Cities, stepping down

1 week ago | tri-cityherald.com | Annette Cary

After leading Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland for a decade, Steven Ashby plans to step aside, PNNL announced Monday. Ashby was named director of the Department of Energy lab in 2015 and oversees the lab’s $1.6 billion research budget and about 6,400 employees. Battelle, which holds the DOE contract to manage and operate PNNL, is the Tri-Cities largest single employer.
Man charged with homicide after $12 sale of fentanyl kills Tri-Cities area man

1 week ago | tri-cityherald.com | Bob Brawdy

A 41-year-old man is accused to delivering a $12 dose of fentanyl that killed a Benton City man in 2024. Investigators believe Dustin H. Shearer sold the potent drugs to Steven Taylor, 35, just hours before he was found dead in his bed, court documents said. Taylor is one of an increasing number of people charged in Tri-Cities with controlled substances homicide for delivering a fatal amount of an illegal drug. Lately, it has been used to target people who deliver fentanyl.
Mark Zuckerberg Takes Stand to Defend Meta Against Antitrust Suit

1 week ago | tri-cityherald.com | Cecilia Kang |Mike Isaac |David McCabe |NYT Business

EDITORS NOTE: EDS: SUBS top four grafs to update, PICKUP at graf starting "Meta's lawyers denied..."; SUBS beginning graf "The FTC argued that Zuckerberg..." through the end of story to update, revise and reorganize.); (ART ADV: With photos.); (With: META-TRIAL-ZUCKERBERG, META-DEALS-REVISITED WASHINGTON -- Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, took the witness stand Monday to defend his social media empire in a landmark antitrust trial that could dismantle a company that has transformed how the...
Dominic Baez: ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Episode 1 recap: A revenge tour kicks off in style

1 week ago | tri-cityherald.com | Dominic Baez

Editor's note: This story contains spoilers for Season 1 of "The Last of Us" and the first episode of Season 2, now streaming on Max. The infection is beginning to spread in Season 2 of "The Last of Us" - and I'm not talking about the grotesque monstrosities hiding in dark corners. It's been just over two years since the first season on HBO, adapted from Naughty Dog's genre-defining The Last of Us video game, wrapped up.
Meta faces potential breakup with FTC antitrust trial starting

1 week ago | tri-cityherald.com | Joshua Sisco |Kurt Wagner

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is finally having its day in court against Meta Platforms Inc., arguing that the company must be broken up for illegally monopolizing the social media market after buying Instagram and WhatsApp more than a decade ago. The FTC's opening salvo began Monday in Washington before chief judge James Boasberg in a case that's been years in the making. Agency attorneys are slated to deliver their opening arguments, countered by the company's defense.
Mammoth emergency? Richland medical specialists help with +17,400-year-old bone

1 week ago | tri-cityherald.com | Annette Cary

Richland, Wash. Three employees of a Kadlec clinic in Richland have been working on the most unusual “patient” of their careers. When the nonprofit MCBONES Research Center, which is unearthing mammoth bones near Kennewick, needed help with a large and fragile bone, it called Kadlec Regional Medical Center.
What’s being built there? Chick-fil-A close to opening + $175M insulation plant

1 week ago | tri-cityherald.com | Wendy Culverwell

READ MORE What’s being built there? A reader’s guide What’s being built there? is an occasional Tri-City Herald feature that offers quick explanations of the building projects taking shape in the community. Suggest projects via email: [email protected]. Expand All Kennewick, WA“What’s being built there?” is a semi-regular series that documents construction projects shaping the communities of Benton and Franklin counties and western Walla Walla County.