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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 8 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 8 |
| 1860 | 6 |
| 1861 | 13 |
| 1862 | 14 |
| 1863 | 6 |
| 1864 | 4 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 25 |
| 1876 | 161 |
| 1877 | 135 |
| 1878 | 83 |
| 1879 | 10 |
| 1880 | 31 |
| 1882 | 23 |
| 1883 | 152 |
| 1884 | 88 |
| 1885 | 134 |
| 1886 | 72 |
| 1887 | 81 |
| 1888 | 89 |
| 1889 | 223 |
| 1890 | 40 |
| 1891 | 177 |
| 1892 | 397 |
| 1893 | 366 |
| 1894 | 425 |
| 1895 | 482 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 20 |
| 1898 | 40 |
| 1899 | 99 |
| 1900 | 7 |
| 1902 | 12 |
| 1903 | 206 |
| 1904 | 165 |
| 1905 | 10 |
| 1907 | 4 |
| 1908 | 74 |
| 1909 | 243 |
| 1910 | 76 |
| 1911 | 25 |
| 1912 | 11 |
| 1914 | 47 |
| 1915 | 31 |
| 1916 | 67 |
| 1917 | 47 |
| 1918 | 7 |
| 1919 | 3 |
| 1922 | 5 |
| 1923 | 23 |
| 1924 | 18 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 8 |
47 stories matching take
- No More Skinny Dipping
The Chief of Police issues a strict mandate to local youth regarding appropriate canal attire.
- The Town Says No to the Dead
In a rare exercise of municipal independence in 1914, Richland voters reject a proposal to take over the local Odd Fellows cemetery, choosing to let the fraternal lodge keep its final resting place.
- The Mayor and the Mutinous Council
Mayor Geo. F. Richardson defends his administration against accusations of 'rocking the boat' in a fiery public letter.
- Farmers Take the Reins of Local Creamery
After the Columbia Valley Creamery Co. faces dissolution, local farmers reorganize to form a cooperative, hoping to save their local industry.
- Petty Theft Rises During Times of Want
Mayor Richardson warns Kennewick residents to secure their property as economic desperation drives local petty crime.
- The Great Elma Bank Heist: Fire as a Distraction
Seven masked bandits robbed the Elma bank of $3,500 on Saturday night, using a strategically timed arson attack on the local school gymnasium to draw police and citizens away from the scene.
- The Rural Tax Revolt
A Kennewick editor protests the unfair distribution of state highway funds, arguing that the city is subsidizing the infrastructure of larger metropolitan centers like Seattle.
- A Public Retraction of Slander
After circulating damaging rumors about a young woman in camp, a local man takes to the newspaper to publicly clear her name.
- The Section House Shootout
Fed up with a string of thefts, a railway foreman takes the law into his own hands and shoots a intruder on the tracks.
- The Passing of a Columbia Valley Pioneer
Undertaker I. N. Mueller recovers the remains of Jas. B. P. Woodruff, an early settler of the region.
- Orchard Menace Discovered in Kennewick Highlands
A local inspector warns farmers to take immediate action after the first authenticated case of fire blight is found on a Highlands apple tree.
- An Ordeal in the Quinault Wilderness
A father's desperate, eighteen-mile trek through the night to secure medical aid for his son.
- The River That Wasn't: Kennewick’s Lonely Fight to Open the Snake
While Portland looked the other way, Kennewick businessmen pooled their own money to dredge rapids and build docks, betting the town's future on a water route that never came.
- The Tragedy at Hillyard: A Young Wife’s Desperate Act
In a Spokane suburb, Corrie Sheppard cuts her husband's throat and attempts suicide in a shocking display of domestic violence that captivated the Pacific Northwest.
- Pasco Opens Municipal Plunge
The City Council takes over a private concrete pool to provide free summer recreation for residents.
- The Day the Canal Broke: Kennewick’s Irrigation Crisis and Recovery
When a critical break in the local irrigation canal threatened crops last Sunday, residents scrambled to repair the leak before Monday morning. The incident highlights the fragile lifeblood of Benton County agriculture.
- The Jackrabbit Plague of Fruitvale
Farmers in the Fruitvale district are calling for organized rabbit drives as pests devastate alfalfa fields.
- The Fiery Orator of the Social Revolution
A profile of Kate Sadler, the renowned socialist speaker whose stirring rhetoric was said to captivate audiences across Washington.
- The Foreclosure Auction: When the Bank Takes Your Land
A Benton County sheriff prepares to sell a farmer's property at the Prosser courthouse for over $1,300 in 1914, highlighting the precarious nature of land ownership during the early days of Washington's agricultural boom.
- The Price War Destroying Kennewick’s Strawberry Growers
A local agricultural association leader blames independent growers for undermining the market by selling out to commission men.
- The Great Asparagus Betrayal: Why Kennewick Farmers Are Shipping to Seattle
A local grower exposes the hypocrisy of civic pride, revealing that 'local loyalty' is a myth when Seattle pays more for produce than Kennewick brokers.
- Securing Water for 'God's Acre'
The Kennewick Cemetery association wins a victory to keep local greenery alive in the desert.
- The Eight-Hour Law Backlash
Young workers organize against labor reform, fearing the end of Saturday half-holidays and annual vacations.
- Major Irrigation Expansion Coming to Benton County
Construction crews to begin enlarging the Sunnyside Canal to bolster agriculture in the region.
- Oil Fever Strikes Kennewick as Claims Blanket Rattlesnake Hills
Kennewick residents are swarming the Rattlesnake Hills, staking hundreds of placer claims in hopes of striking it rich as oil fever takes hold of the county.