WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A recent study ranked the nation’s capital as the top US city with a growing rat problem, raising new concerns about public health, sanitation, and how the city should ...

Dave Boone had never really seen many rats in or around his home near Vancouver and 27th Avenue in Kennewick. But that changed a couple years ago, when one day the lifelong resident caught a glance at ...

Surveying a leafy cul-de-sac in Stanford, Mikail Price pronounced it a rat "heaven." Price is the South Bay branch manager for the pest management company Pestec, which has serviced the ring of wooden ...

This column is brought to you by someone who should be retired. At least that is what some surveys are telling me about my ...

Tri-Cities residents report increased outdoor rat sightings in 2025, mainly in Kennewick. Health officials cite construction, food waste and foliage as key rat attractants. Authorities urge prevention ...