Fatal head-on, aquatic center, measles update: Tri-City stories you may have missed
The past week brought major developments across the Tri-Cities, from a fatal highway crash to a $30 million Amazon expansion. Here’s a quick look at the stories readers followed most closely.
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• Two Pasco men died in a head-on crash on the Lewis Street exit off Highway 395.
• The new $41 million Pasco Aquatic Center has an official opening date and set ticket prices, summer passes and hours.
• Eight Tri-Cities-area restaurants failed recent food safety inspections, with violations including moldy food and dirty ice.
• Amazon plans to hire 1,000 workers and invest $30 million to retrofit a long-vacant Pasco warehouse. Here’s when it opens.
• Walla Walla County confirmed a second measles case, with possible exposures at a restaurant.
• A 22-year-old woman pleaded guilty to vehicular assault in the crash that left Dust Devils outfielder Rio Foster with a traumatic brain injury.
• Two new apartment complexes totaling 253 units are under construction near Canyon Lakes in Kennewick.
• A Benton County jail inmate died in the hospital days after trying to hang himself in an observation cell.
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by Cory McCoy. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.