After deliberating several hours over two days, a jury on Friday convicted the man who set Augusta’s Twins Peaks restaurant on fire in the middle of lunchtime in 2017. The Richmond County Superior Court jury found Roland Croyle, 37, guilty but mentally ill of all 24 counts of arson, aggravated assault and criminal damage to property.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Augusta Chronicle

About 4,000 Benton County residents have almost no protection if a fire started in their home. That’s what the Washington Survey and Ratings Bureau says about the people living within five miles of the Badger Canyon Road fire station. The organization that tells insurance companies how prepared an area is for a fire gives the area a nine out of 10, with 1 being the best rating and 10 the worst.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tri-City Herald

More than 30 firefighters battled a blaze Saturday afternoon that damaged one home and threatened several others northwest of Selah. Fire officials responded about 2 p.m. to reports of a house on fire in the 17200 block of North Wenas Road. Arriving firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to nearby homes and were able to save most of the wooded area surrounding the house, Incident Commander Joshua Redtfeldt said.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2019 7:38:03 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Members of the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, Benton County Fire District 1, Benton County Sheriff Foundation and community volunteers joined together to hand out smoke alarms Saturday at the Metz Mobile Home Park in Kennewick. They provided homes with smoke alarms and replacement batteries. So far, they've handed out just under 500 smoke alarms.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2019 4:10:19 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Pink Patches Are Back! Both the Pasco Police Department and the Pasco Fire Departments are raising money for the Tri-Cities Cancer Center and Kadlec Oncology Department with the Pink Patch Project. We are releasing our 2019 Pink Patch Project patch with a gold ribbon supporting pediatric cancer and pink ribbon supporting breast cancer.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2019 12:37:32 PM - SOURCE: KFLD-AM 870