https://www.tri-cityherald.com/video/article315333802.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/70e21202-3ffd-4ad2-8c18-6100fed40314/1_th.jpg Paraeducator accused of making child porn appears in Benton Court Tri-Cities paraeducator Kevin R. Johnson, 54, appears via video Tuesday afternoon for his preliminary hearing in Benton County Superior Court. Benton deputy prosecutor Chelsea Parker requests $250,000 bail from Judge Jacqueline Shea-Brown. He is accused of using artificial intelligence to manufacture child porn from photos he found posted on social media. https://www.tri-cityherald.com/video/article315333802.html/video-embed 43 2026-04-08T01:51:43Z no https://www.tri-cityherald.com/video/article315346701.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/c87b6c66-07d3-43cc-aaaa-595bbc2cc411/1_th.jpg Final destination for Hanford's newly vitrified radioactive waste Radioactive waste that has been newly glassified at the Hanford nuclear site's vitrification plant is being disposed of in stainless steel containers in a lined landfill at the center of the site in Eastern Washington. Some of the waste has been stored in underground tanks for 80 years. https://www.tri-cityherald.com/video/article315346701.html/video-embed 51 2026-04-08T21:34:17Z no https://www.tri-cityherald.com/video/article315304410.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/409e9c0a-ee8c-4b77-96fa-de55f6eef4d1/2_th.jpg Middleton Farms Easter Egg Drop Watch hundreds of kids scramble as a helicopter drops Easter Eggs at Middleton Farms' annual Easter Egg Drop. https://www.tri-cityherald.com/video/article315304410.html/video-embed 49 2026-04-05T01:55:57Z no https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article310248380.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/e65dfd3c-2e6e-4006-9be0-d84013de3284/1_th.jpg Big, bold vision could reshape this Eastern, WA city A bold vision to develop West Richland’s sprawling Lewis & Clark Ranch into an urban area could add nearly 100,000 people to the rural city over the next 20-100 years. https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article310248380.html/video-embed 47 2025-07-08T07:00:00Z no