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M | S building Tri-City homebuilder and owner of M | S Homes files for personal bankruptcy advertisement for Boys & Girls club fundraiser Boys & Girls Clubs hosting dinner and karaoke fundraiser at Emerald of Siam, Feb. 25. A portion of proceeds will go to IMPACT Percussion program Historic Downtown Kennewick Partnership requests proposals for new logo Home & Garden Show begins Friday at Pasco’s Hapo Center New W. Richland fire station takes shape to make December deadline

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Benton County hires former planning manager as new administrator. Construction begins on $13.6 million administration building Kennewick’s waste management transfer station closing Feb. 24 to May 1 for maintenance Bart Roach and a woman with kids holding toothbrushes outdoors Tri-Cities dentist Bart Roach to create pop-up dental clinics in Bhutan to improve care in rural areas Talon Yager at Stick + Stone Stick + Stone manager Talon Yager purchases restaurant $12 million memory care facility, Windsong at Southridge Memory Care, to open later this winter Mother-daughter duo crafts 600 Valentine cards for rehab. and nursing residents Richland firefighters Richland fire crews train to climb Seattle’s tallest building for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society fundraiser

👈 Links from last week

photo of a canal Michael Crowder from West Richland selected as President-elect of the National Association of Conservation Districts’ Board of Directors Richland Mayor Bob Thompson receives more money from Kennewick than Richland in 2019 Mayor Don Britain in court Effort to recall Kennewick mayor tossed after judge concludes a mayor cannot be recalled for actions taken not in an official capacity for the city Funding still up in the air for new Tri-City Animal Shelter Benton commissioners stand with sheriff’s employees after vote of ‘no confidence’ in Sheriff Jerry Hatcher KEPR imagines Tri-Cities in 2035 with input from local leaders New ADA compliant walking, biking trail opens at McNary National Wildlife Refuge in Burbank

👈 More from last week

‘Exit, Pursued by a Bear,’ a revenge comedy, now open at the Uptown Theater Tri-City Herald owner McClatchy files bankruptcy as it repositions for privately owned digital future Rollin’ owner expands this summer Franklin County inmate Franklin County man with autism jailed after his family, local law enforcement leaders and advocates say there’s nowhere else to put him Richland student bandaging a person’s foot RSD to launch Academy Of Health & Sciences Canyon Lakes residents petition to stop construction blasting Officers behind Pasco Police Facebook page explain intent Franklin Co. prosecutor Shawn Sant, and Pasco’s former municipal court judge, Dave Petersen, to run for judge