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Children playing PSD to hold Deaf Family Night filled with food, games and community discussions to support children with hearing impairments Norovirus outbreak hits Brookdale Canyon Lakes senior living center in Kennewick barber in his shop Kennewick barber hangs up his scissors after 66 years due to torn rotator cuff West Richland police chief phones back scammers for entertainment Portrait of a woman Richland woman earns CBC‘s MLK Spirit Award for service to community Pasco man joins state comission for LGBTQ representation

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La Palma building Authentic Mexican restaurant with health focus opens in Pasco Portrait of a woman The Rude Mechanicals picks new executive director: Phinney Brown Bacon chesseburger and fries Hot Mess Burgers & Fries opens as ‘ghost Restaurant’ students in a classroom Tri-City Area Gaming partners with WSU Tri-Cities English course to simplify board game instructions for translation

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art dojo Art Dojo helps juveniles make positive change TRIDEC may name new CEO in January robotic arm making an incision along a fake patient's spine New robots will assist spinal procedures at Lourdes, Trios two women standing in front of the memory care facility $6.1 million memory care facility to open in Kennewick this spring two adults in safety gear repairing power lines Contractor files appeal over $4 billion Hanford contract Tri-Cities Diversity & Inclusion Council to hold 1st Black History Month event, Sat. Feb. 22 at CBC City leaders seek feedback on Jadwin, G-Way becoming one-ways at open house, Jan. 23, 5-8 pm at the Richland City Council Chambers

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Portrait of an elderly woman Pasco inducts seven farmers to the 2020 Mid-Columbia Ag Hall of Fame Somali immigrant opens small retail market in Kennewick woman holding a child who's getting a vaccine Pasco bans first Tri-City students from school after new vaccine law female astronaut pulling off her helmet Richland High grad Kayla (Sax) Barron is officially a NASA astronaut. Now she’s shooting for the moon five people standing in a line behind a blue ribbon as the center woman cuts it with giant scissors CBC opens dental hygiene clinic in Richland Past Kennewick Council candidate Christy Watts appointed new Museum Administrator for East Benton County Historical Society