Property owners in Benton County can start paying their 2013 property taxes.
Drop boxes are available at the Benton County Courthouse in Prosser, Benton City City Hall, the Richland Auditor's Office and the Kennewick Annex, and payments also can be made online at www.bentoncountytax.com. Direct withdrawals also are available, the treasurer's office said in a news release.
The treasurer's office plans to send printed 2013 tax statements by mail in mid-February.
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First half property taxes are due Tuesday.
The death of a Kennewick woman on Saturday has been ruled a suicide by the Benton County Coroner's Office.
Coroner officials and the Benton County Sheriff's Office investigated the hanging death of Krista A. Baker, 27.
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has donated $80,000 to Washington State University Extension to provide financial education, assistance and services to rural communities in the Mid-Columbia.
Extension offices serving Benton, Franklin, Adams and Grant counties will offer the new services, which include debt management and tax assistance, according to a release.
Residents in rural communities can struggle to receive adequate financial assistance because of distance and poverty.
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has donated $80,000 to Washington State University Extension to provide financial education, assistance and services to rural communities in the Mid-Columbia.
Extension offices serving Benton, Franklin, Adams and Grant counties will offer the new services, which include debt management and tax assistance, according to a release.
Residents in rural communities can struggle to receive adequate financial assistance because of distance and poverty.
The murders of law enforcement officials in Colorado and Texas have prompted a change in how people can search for property tax information in Walla Walla County.
County Treasurer Gordon Heimbigner said the ability for people to search for property information by name has been turned off on the county’s TaxSifter Parcel Search engine. Searches can still be done online by using the address or tax parcel number.
“After consulting with the prosecuting attorney’s office we decided to turn off the search by name function,” Heimbigner said.
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