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🎉 Weekend guide

Friday

𑁍 HU sacred sound experience at Lotus of the Moon 🎸 Eddie Manzanares live music at Goose Ridge 💸 Family Friendly Bingo at West Richland Senior Center 🎸 Barefoot Randy live music at RF McDougall's 🏒 Tri-City Americans vs. Everett Silvertips at Toyota Center 🎸 Groove Principal live music at Kimos 💃🏼 First Friday Swing Dance at The Fitting Room 🎸Nerve Centr live music at Michele's 🎸 Chase Craig band live music at Copper Top 🎸 Paraiso Night Club at Los Canarios De Michoacan

Saturday

🦜 Bird watch field trip at Big Flat Habitat Management Unit 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 STEAM family fun and games at REACH Museum 🧶 Saturday quilting skills builder at White Bluffs Center for Quilting 🥍 Free lacrosse clinics at Kennewick Activity Center 🎸 Riverside Rhythm & Bluez live music at The Emerald 🎸 Kira’s Trio live Jazz Night at The Bradley 🌕 Full Moon Club Yoga at Lotus of the Moon 🎨 Acrylic Pouring at Yellow Dog Art Studio 🎸 Stone Country Band live music at Pasco Eagles 🎸 Mango’s live music at RF McDougall's 🥊 Jones vs Reyes UFC fight at Richland Dugout 🎸Trespasser live music at Michele's 🎸 Dysfunctional Society/Sui Generis/Kathryn Jeanette live music at The Emerald 🎸 Colorblind live music at the Branding Iron

Sunday

🎸 Herstory through Art/Mastersingers at Allied Arts Gallery at the Park

✨ Fresh links

Active listings and homes sold drop in Tri-Cities Dana Ahmed Kamiakin’s student body president, Dana Ahmed, heads to Washington, D.C. for United State Senate Youth Program pile of pills Benton Co. Coroner: 519 death investigations conducted in 2019. More time spent determining specific drugs involved in opiate cases SunHawk Hall at CBC Coronavirus scam spread at CBC A bowl of food, a plate of food, and a closeup of a lemon wrapped meat 5 Kennewick classes teach you to cook cancer-fighting foods

👇 This week’s links

City of Pasco now accepting applicants for Arts and Culture Commission Bob Thompson looking over paperwork in a court room with other people surrounding Judge questions whether petition to recall Kennewick Mayor Don Britain can legally move forward Benton City Council passes vote of no confidence in Mayor Port of Benton hires Joseph Walker as new airport manager Kadlec in Kennewick recieves five star rating from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for high performance compared to other U.S. hospitals Just Joel’s new shirts reading if you touch me Just Joel's restaurant makes new T-shirts after waitress was groped plutonium finishing plant Hanford crews demolish plutonium finishing plant’s main facility: ‘Z plant’

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Jody O’Connor on advertisement for speaking event Jody O‘Connor to help small businesses in the governmental arena Feb. 18 at Pasco Red Lion Tri-Cities Crime Spotters stop taking tips following death of crime prevention specialist Mike Blatman Hand typing on typewriter Tri-Cities street poet, Afrose Fatima Ahmed, touches hearts with words in Redmond 26 Tri-Cities girls compete at WIAA state bowling tournament, beginning Friday Franklin County Planning Commission ties vote for recommendation of Mirror Ministries house for sex-trafficking survivors in Pasco with dicussion tabled to first Tuesday of March City of Richland Seeks applicants for Economic Development Committee Vacancy Ye Merrie Greenwood Renaissance Faire is back on, organizers announce Richland releases new, anonymous tip reporting program for citizens to share information about a crime or suspicious activity WSU Tri-Cities celebrates black history month with community events

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Brian Neill teaching his class Jason Lee Elementary counselor, Brian Neill, named Richland’s 2020 Crystal Apple winner New Hanford contractor, Amentum, could employ up to 4,600 Tri-Citians Benton County Board of Commissioners approves allocation of $12,500 for feasibility study to turn old Trios hospital into recovery center Chiawana football players huddled up Pasco names Scott Bond new Chiawana football coach

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April dates set for Launch Weekend, a 52-hour competition taking to market new ideas and businesses Natalie McQuade Delta Junior Natalie McQuade advances to Poetry Out Loud state competition after winning Regional Championships Richland, Kennewick spend over $30,000 on graffiti cleanup Coming soon sign for PAC at construction site Power Athletics Compound and Orange Theory Fitness to open in Kennewick. Kickboxing fitness center, 9Round, now open Liberty Christian School bans cell phones. Administrators say it’s had a positive impact Richland Arts Commission accepting nominations for awards recognizing local contributions supporting arts Benton County Sheriff’s employees denounce Sheriff Hatcher in shared letter announcing third party investigation

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Landscape photo of empty plot of land to be used in Pasco Yakama Nation objects to Colville casino or water park construction in Pasco Animal shelter room with a dog in a cage and a woman at the end looking into a cage New Tri-Cities animal shelter may house fewer pets. Shelter volunteer leads charge for bigger facility Eye specialists donate services and new glasses at Tri-City Union Gospel Mission Accounting firms PorterKinney PC and Marple & Marple CPAs merge for growth ‘Reel Rock 14’ rock climbing adventure film showing Sat. at Richland High School Firehouse Subs opens new location on Broadmoor Blvd. in Pasco Hanford high cheer defends national champions title in Orlando Uncle Sam's Saloon collects dog and cat food donations for pets of Meals on Wheels recipients during February

👈 Links from last week

portrait of fire chief Vince Beasley Kennewick picks Vancouver firefighter, Chad Michael, to be new chief after controversial ousting of former chief Vince Beasley 3d rendering of vista field clinic $20 million clinic shows what’s possible at Vista Field Energy Northwest considering a second nuclear reactor near the Tri-Cities Award-winning author, C Mark Smith, leads fundraising charge to ensure list of 100 books that helped James Mattis are in WSU Tri-Cities’ veteran’s center library News anchor Tracci Dial, retired PNNL exec Peggy Vasquez are 2020 Athena Award honorees for encouraging women in their careers There’s a good discussion happening with lots of information, history, and perspective on the question of consolidating Kennewick, Pasco, Richland

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Linda Cameron standing in her front yard Federal lawsuit forces Richland to drop unconstitutional street-fees Kennewick’s Mayor Pro-Tem wants to revive the renaissance fair Explore Washington State visits Vinny’s Bakery, Café & Bistro in Pasco The Emerald of Siam sign Moser Works making documentary on Tri-Cities music, bands New U Women’s Clinic and Aesthetics open on S Louisiana St in Kennewick Tri-Cities lawyer, Shelley Ajax, campaigns for Benton-Franklin Superior Court judge seat Academy of Children's Theatre to perform Freaky Friday musical, beginning Feb. 21 Mirror Ministries wants to open home for sex trafficking victims in Pasco. Neighbors say ‘it’s just not the right place’ 2020 Tri-Citian of the year nominations now accepted