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New documentary “African-American Experience in Pasco” screening this Friday

Council candidate Randy Slovic says Richland doesn't measure up

The joke in the headline is that she is using a measuring tape.

Shoreline reconveyance effort targets 2020 bill, has begun including tribes in the process

Nearly a year after the last public meeting on the topic, Monday's Pasco council workshop provided a a status update on the initiative to transfer Columbia River shoreline ownership.

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Richland and West Richland coming soon. All the information about this upcoming election collected and linked from one place.

Meet Jennie Owens

I write write, bake, cook, and spend time with my five-year-old son. In December, we sold our home and have been traveling the US.

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⭐️ Sara Nelson on Jennie:

“Jennie wrote Dancing with a Porcupine. It’s about raising kids with childhood trauma and how it nearly killed her. She learned effective parenting strategies and how to protect her health and sanity.”

🔥 What drives Jennie

I love helping people feel understood and to know they aren’t alone. I am especially passionate about supporting those parenting children with extra challenges.

🌈 Jennie‘s vision for the Tri-Cities

“We need more services for children who struggle with mental health issues and their families. I envision a center where families can find a variety of services geared toward helping these children heal.”

Jennie’s recommendations

☕️ Drink

Roaster’s Iced White Rocket

🤸‍♂️ Activity

Kayaking on the river

🌳 Location

I like to go to Roasters to write.

👥 Group

My husband and I started an organization to help train and support foster and adoptive parents called Forever Homes.

😄 People

Dr. Judith Caporiccio is a naturopathic doctor helping many people find health with functional, wholistic medicine. When my body was shutting down due to stress, she helped me tremendously.

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Dancing with a Porcupine is our story of parenting three children from foster care who'd been through a lot of trauma. The book discusses issues like dealing with secondary trauma and compassion fatigue, as well as the self-care necessary to recover.

The goal of the book is to help parents parenting children with extra challenges know that they're not alone. It would also help those who work with these children and families.

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Yakima County has a Homeless Coalition with 5 year plan goals (Benton County and Franklin County do not appear to have anything like this.)

Meet the first-generation college student who led the way to creating WSU’s MOSAIC Center RSD could save $350k after former superintendent pick MacTavish lands a job in Oregon school district Richland parks & rec fall activity and recreation guide has over 40 pages of activities, events, classes, and entertainment

PSD seeking input on plans to include 6th graders in middle school and draft plans to change school boundaries

Sage Brewery coming to Pasco’s Chapel Hill

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