Pasco has been expanding rapidly and is annexing the “doughnut hole” so naturally it has had trouble growing its fire services to keep pace. This could end up costing taxpayers big. Municipal insurance providers give Richland a Class 4 rating, which means they get a good price for their premiums. Kennewick and West Richland are a Class 4.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 10:04:53 AM - SOURCE: KORD-FM 102.7

Motorists are stuck in a miles-long backup on Interstate 5 Tuesday morning after a woman on a motorcycle was killed in a fiery, high-speed crash. Police, firefighters and medics responded to the scene, the northbound lanes of I-5 just south of the Highway 520 exit, just before 5:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a motorcycle crashing in a fireball.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 7:37:46 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Motorists are stuck in a miles-long backup on Interstate 5 Tuesday morning after a woman on a motorcycle was killed in a fiery, high-speed crash. Police, firefighters and medics responded to the scene, the northbound lanes of I-5 just south of the Highway 520 exit, just before 5:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a motorcycle crashing in a fireball.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 7:37:46 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Two adults were displaced after a Monday night house fire in Kent. Kent firefighters were called to the two-story house in the 14500 block of Southeast 275th Place about 10:30 p.m. after the occupants called 911 to report a stove top fire was spreading to the walls and cabinets in the kitchen. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from the second story of the house and one of the two occupants was still inside.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 7:36:22 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

Two adults were displaced after a Monday night house fire in Kent. Kent firefighters were called to the two-story house in the 14500 block of Southeast 275th Place about 10:30 p.m. after the occupants called 911 to report a stove top fire was spreading to the walls and cabinets in the kitchen. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from the second story of the house and one of the two occupants was still inside.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 7:36:22 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7