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State of the Cities video now online

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Sunday

🚗 Show & Shine for Hunger 🍷 Champagne Sundays at Hedges 🎸 Classical guitar recital at Richland Library 🏳️‍🌈 Drag Social at Richland Dairy Queen 🧙‍♂️ Harry Potter Storytime and Crafts at Adventures Underground ⚾️ Tri-City Dust Devils vs Boise Hawks

✨ More news

Three hotel projects adding to lodging capacity; two Richland hotels renovating Pasco’s plan to decrease illegal fireworks is to make it more convenient to buy legal ones Regional Transportation Improvement Program open for public comment

Richland repaving five miles of G Way; should be a fun time Former Pasco police chief seeking kidney donor Slovic confirmed as candidate facing Mayor Thompson Kennewick City Council creates ethics position PNNL pushing forward energy grid research facility Massive 20-acre solar project getting ready to break ground in North Richland Long-vacant high-rise building near Uptown moves closer to adding more apartments to downtown Richland Richland is seeking applications for seat on Arts Commission Level Up Arcade sued by Eugene bar over alleged trademark violation Tri-Cities Dream Center looking for volunteers to help sort donated school supplies for kids in need Broken water main floods South Richland neighborhood

👇 News from this week

Kennewick seeking artists for more utility box art Tri-Cities Tech Summit coming to Uptown September 12 Pasco schools‘ dual language program expanding Tokyo Sushi opens at Southridge $7.7mm budgeted by state for STEM center at LIGO PNNL aluminum research could push forward plane and car efficiency and strength What's the scoop on the Richland City Hall property? Employers can no longer ask applicants about salary history They're hiring people to scare folks attending “Scaregrounds” and you probably don't want to look at the pictures in this post Preferred Freezer Services is the name of the largest automated cold storage facility in the country, located in Richland. It apparently just got... bigger? Hanford cleanup effort is testing an effort to speed up cleanup by contaminating groundwater faster I-976 could push Duportail funding strategy off a bridge United Way begins funding campaign, citing huge community need

👈 News from last week

Sanctions and public censures for two commissioners: Moak accepts and apologies, Barnes says he’ll fight it. A followup editorial criticized their handling of spat with Port CEO

TriDEC’s Carl Adrian set to retire after 16 years as president DOE renews Hanford contracts for WRPS, CH2M Hill; $23 billion in other contracts delayed Ty Mulholland-led software team hired by legal SaaS startup Denovo Community watchdog says Herald isn‘t telling the full story in dam and reconveyance articles Former Kennewick mayor criticizes cities' approach to public facilities, push to abandon regional PFD Having conquered LA, airport still eager for more; Port says Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago potential targets for new non-stops Tri-Cities’ Gravis named fastest growing law firm in US Riverside restaurant opening September in Columbia Park 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

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