🥤 93° Thursday

✨ The news

Fire guts downtown Kennewick vegetable processing plant Temps look to hover around 90° for the next week Small businesses feeling the pinch of trade war Registration opens for September-December Pasco Parks & Rec activities

With trails under construction, hikers asked to avoid Candy Mountain and stay off Badger steps, too

Storm busts into Benton County Commission chambers, does not wipe feet 4,000 gallons of diesel spilled by train bound for Pasco. Train’s mom says yes there *is* crying over spilled diesel. Crane collapses at WSU construction site, no one hurt except the crane but who cares it’s just a crane

🐴 Horse news from around the world

A horse dressed up as an AT-AT A horse was in distress until someone posted on Facebook

👇 News for this week

Sanctions and public censures for two commissioners: Moak accepts and apologies, Barnes says he’ll fight it Ty Mulholland-led software team hired by legal SaaS startup Denovo Kennewick teens win Central Washington Congressional App Challenge Community watchdog says Herald isn‘t telling the full story in dam and reconveyance articles Thursday forum asks what alternatives there are to replace folding newspapers in local communities Former Kennewick mayor criticizes cities' approach to public facilities, push to abandon regional PFD Uptown Art Walk seeking artists and buskers for September 14 Lightning didn't strike twice this weekend. It struck 35,500 times, which is more than twice

👈 From last week

Candidates with supporters writing letters & checks passed primary Blueberry grower ordered to increase worker pay by 50%, apparently doesn’t really like that Maybe 300 gallons of oil spilled into Snake River but who’s to say Official report is full of mystery and shrugs. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️ State considering pay-per-mile tax, legislators urged to consider laundry list of implications Analysis shows high error rate for Tri-Cities Zillow, with nearly a third of estimates more than 10% wrong

Proposed $80k minimum for salary positions raises concern among non-profits and small businesses » Related editorial: New overtime laws need more nuance

BlankSpace bids adieu after three years of impact Voluntary watering schedule helping KID handle drought Herald announces end of the road for Saturday print

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