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• Franklin County fire chief died fighting wildfire

  June 24, 2010 in Region Chet Bauermeister, the chief of North Franklin Fire District 4 in Basin City, died Wednesday afternoon while fighting a fire.

• Tri-Cities beating the nation in adding new jobs

    May 9, 2010 in Business on Page A1 KENNEWICK – Mondays, at 1:30 a.m., Ty Cheromiah leaves his home east of Sandpoint and drives 3 1/2 hours to his job here at Lampson International LLC. The Local 14 … 3

• Wash. sues to stop feds from abandoning Yucca

  April 13, 2010 in Nation/World, Region Washington state has filed suit to stop the federal government from permanently abandoning the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, marking the latest clash in a long-standing dispute over where the … 1

• 2 charged in Hanford wire fraud

    April 1, 2010 in City on Page A8 A former Hanford manager and his wife are facing criminal charges for allegedly using a company credit card to spend $487,000 on personal items. Paul F. Kempf and Anita M. …

• 2 charged in Hanford wire fraud

  March 31, 2010 in Business A former Hanford manager and his wife are facing criminal charges for allegedly using a company credit card to spend $487,000 on personal items.

• Small fire shuts down Tri-Cities nuclear plant

  August 5, 2009 in Region RICHLAND — An electrical fault sparked a small fire at the region’s only commercial nuclear power plant, which automatically shut itself down.

• Marmot causes restaurant ruckus in Prosser

  June 24, 2009 in Region Diners at a restaurant in Prosser were startled Monday when a marmot wandered through the front door and settled into a corner.