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🎉 Holiday week guide

Friday

🕺 3rd Friday Dance at Richland Community Center 🎸 Coyote Christmas at The Emerald 🎄 Senske Holiday Light Show 🌠 Star of Bethlehem Presentation at CBC Planetarium 🎸 Jeff Peterson at The Village Bistro 🍿 Polar Express at Central Church 👶 Living Nativity at Hillspring Church 🎸 Riverside Rhythm & Blues at At Michele's 🎸 Dugi B! at Copper Top 🎸 Plastic Jack at 3 Eyed Fish Kitchen + Bar 🎸 Stompin Ground at Branding Iron

Saturday

🍷 Winter Wine-derland at Badger Mountain Winery ❄️ Winter Solstice Event at Lotus of the Moon 🎅 Santa at the Carousel of Dreams 🍪 Christmas Cookie and Egg Nog Class at Red Mountain Kitchen 🍿 Santa Claus Conquers The Martians at East Benton County History Museum 🌠 Saturday Public Shows at CBC Planetarium 🍺 Beer Choir at White Bluffs

Saturday Night

🎨 Nativity Paint Party at 🎸 Jeff Peterson The Emerald 🎹 Dueling Pianos & Ugly Sweater Party at RF McDougall's 🎸 Rob & Tiph at 3 Eyed Fish 🎸 Dugi B at Silos 🎸The Band RICE at Lazy River 👑 Vida Amore Divas Show at Out And About

Sunday

🎸 Christmas Musical at Meadow Springs Presbyterian Church ☠️ How Not to Die from Stress, Anxiety & Depression 🎸 Evan Egerer at Goose Ridge 🎸 Janet Krupin's Super-Shiny Holiday Revue at The Emerald

Tuesday

🧠 Tri-Trivia at Ice Harbor

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school bus with people standing behind it PSD food drive collects 11,755 pounds of food for local families Porters barbecue building Third of nine buildings finished at new Sandifur Crossing development in Pasco two wrestlers wrestling on mats State champion Chiawana wrestlers continue their domination backpacks on a table Community members and caregivers donate 200 backpacks and thousands of dollars through Kadlec’s giving tree

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👇 This week’s links

Paul Parish holding street sign bearing his name City of Kennewick renames its section of Columbia Park Trail to Paul Parish Dr. in honor of City Council member man stacking tray of cookies to be baked Demand for senior meals growing along with need for volunteers Benton County Firefighters help captain after his house burns Hanford labors to Clean Up America’s Cold War Nuclear Waste Forever 21 no longer coming to Columbia Mall after bankruptcy filing Bench decorated with Christmas sign and bags of gifts Christmas bench appears with gifts in Leslie Groves Park Bookwalter winery building Bookwalter Winery adding tasting rooms and restaurant space with $4 million upgrade building New Richland retail building open for tenants

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Kennewick Police officer and K9 retiring after years of service Herald creates map for holiday light viewing Richland Arts Commission seeks nominations for award recognizing dedication to the arts in 2019 Richland parents seeking slower speed limits after 2 students were hit in 3 days at the corner of Williams Boulevard and Thayer Drive. Man holding food at Endive Eatery ‘Fine dining meets grab’n’go’ at Endive Eatery in West Richland crumbling roof interior Tri-Cities Animal Shelter volunteers say facility conditions are deplorable TSA agents needing extra holiday cheer unwrap your gifts... Just kidding. It's for safety. basketball players going for a layup Tri-Cities high school basketball teams off to undefeated starts Veteran Brazilian restaurant worker and partner buy Boiada Brazilian steakhouse homeless veteran holding sign on street Homelessness is up in Benton and Franklin counties, and assistance from Washington D.C. may not be enough

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Natural gas bills increasing for Washington customers christmas light show Portland man brings interactive light display to Tri-Cities home New poll to reveal Washingtonians knowledge of Snake River Dams and preferences for their future two men holding award check in front of invention display Kennewick inventor’s relay control system prototype wins competition at auto show Hanford may recieve $90 million spending increase industrial building New $20 million Framatome facility to open in Richland by year’s end RSD seeks input on superintendent search with focus group meetings Jan. 7-8 group photo of ksd teachers who won grant money KSD teachers awarded $9,700 in grants to improve STEM education in classrooms

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actress portraying Mary holding baby 'Living Nativity' event begins Thursday at Hillspring Church in Richland 3D rendering of homeless shelter Catholic Charities plans $13.2 million project to house homeless people in Pasco Real Estate Market Update: Active listings and homes sold are down aerial shot of businesses and buildings along a river line Developers can reap tax benefits by investing in Opportunity Zones Mario Kart Tournament at Pasco City Hall, Dec. 28 Port chooses Diahann Howard as new director after rocky transition Edwin elementary school from the outside Millions of state dollars for new Tri-Cities schools now uncertain

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KSD introduces new board members Diamente Media owner camping out on roof of Pasco’s Grocery Outlet for 106 hours to bring attention to food insecurity in the Tri-Cities Ferguson Over 50,000 sign Tri-City man’s petition to impeach Inslee, Ferguson over weapons ban Turkey dinner with many sides on a table Mama’s Diner in Benton City hosting free Christmas dinner Chester’s Chicken outlet opens in Richland. Also, HotShot laser training now open in Pasco nude man sitting on a beach facing away fom the camera Tri-Cities man requests clothes-optional section of Hover Park

👈 Links from last week

Large building framework Bechtel National’s performance rating downgraded due to civil and criminal investigations poster of pasco mayor in the stle of an Indiana Jones movie cover Pasco mayor steps down with plans to travel the world Tracci Dial says they’re “working like it’s 1999” after multi-station cyberattack cripples KNDU

Spokane’s KHQ-TV was also affected by the cyber attack

Kayaker in river Richland residents petition for paddle zone at Nelson Island near Leslie Groves Park Department of Ecology hasn't begun cleaning BNSF diesel spill, but situation is stable State accuses feds of withholding Hanford safety data. The fine could top $1 million Kennewick School District hires new human resources director Pasco Police Department introduces foundation to support its officers

👈 More from last week

Baseball players on the field Dust Devils targeted for termination by MLB $300k expiring July 2020 if Pasco shelter ignored Heber Hatchets indoor axe throwing coming to Downtown Kennewick Richland holding free, hands-only CPR classes every third Thursday begginning in January Large crowd of people jumping into river Special Olympics Washington plans polar plunge fundraiser, Jan. 25 at Columbia Point Marina Police provide free vacation house inspection while away for Richland residents Kennewick school district sign TCH says Kennewick school substitute teacher dilemma caused partly by Inslee’s closed-door deal Cold storage company purchases $1.1 million of Pasco land to expand