2 plane crashes, Tri-City junkyard house fire and fatal wrecks. Top June stories
From a new restaurant opening near the HAPO Center to a fatal plane crash in the Columbia River, June brought a mix of business news, fires and tragedy to the Tri-Cities.
Here’s a look at the stories readers followed most closely last month.
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Angel and Carmen Peña opened Angel’s Family Restaurant near the HAPO Center, a larger spin-off of their popular Pasco cafe.
A two-alarm fire erupted Thursday afternoon at a notorious Richland ‘junkyard’ house on Pullen Street that has been the subject of an ongoing legal battle with the city.
Pilot Randy J. Peterson, 64, and passenger Eric Wayne Houston, 50, died when their 1949 Cessna struck a power line and crashed into the Columbia River, knocking out power to thousands.
Salvador Camacho Campos, cut from his murdered mother’s womb in 2008, graduated from Chiawana High School after overcoming a learning disability and years of doubt.
Two Tri-Cities area doctors have lost their medical licenses, including one accused of misdiagnosing thyroid disease and overprescribing medication, according to the Washington Medical Commission.
The Washington Poison Center had already received 11 rattlesnake bite calls by the beginning of June, with the Tri-Cities area among the state’s highest-risk regions.
Mocha Express is closing its Kennewick drive-thru at 1400 W. 27th Ave. after eight years at the busy intersection, though two other locations will remain open.
Kiona-Benton City High School student Harlan Kelso, 16, was killed on the last day of school when a pickup he was riding in flipped down a hillside south of Benton City.
Joseph “Joe” McNeil, 23, of Kennewick died after his motorcycle crashed on Hildebrand Boulevard, hitting a curb near a fire hydrant.
A Cessna 140 flipped on its roof and skidded down the runway at the Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco, though the pilot and passenger escaped safely.
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