It's a daily routine. Every morning, I pick up the local newspaper and... skim. Front page-local front-page-sports-opinion-weather-done. When the question is asked whether to drop the subscription the answer has always been, 'no, I read it.'
Source: Tri-City Herald
A new building will go up at the HAMMER training center to teach visiting international border officers, thanks to $2.25 million from the U.S. State Department.
Source: Tri-City Herald
Tourism has developed into a $316 million industry in Benton and Franklin counties, and that means a higher quality of living for residents, tourism officials say.
Source: Tri-City Herald
"Doing the little things right gave Tri-City hotels a boost in their occupancy rates this summer, local industry experts say.
Source: Tri-City Herald
With 300 days of sunshine don't entice visitors to the Tri-Cities, the Richland tourism committee hopes its new passport program will. The program offers tourists discounts at about 30 Richland businesses, including restaurants, shops and golf courses.
Source: The Seattle Times
Proud of their nuclear heritage, Tri-Citians want the U.S. Department of Energy to give new life to B Reactor by turning it into a museum.
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Tri-Cities area in Washington State was the ranked the fastest growing area by percent in the state and 29th out of America's 361 metropolitan areas
In Eastern Washington State a metropolitan area rises from the desert, growing rapidly. It's name: the Tri-Cities It's cities: Richland, Kennewick, Pasco (and the booming small town of West Richland) It's place on the map: seemingly nowhere
Source: tricities.com
The rumours that the boating accident was caused by Steve Grindstaff and Jason Whitten can now be put to rest.
The police force of Richland, WA, is busy trapping Feral cats. The city's Howard Amon park is full of cat burrows. While fine in the park, these cats have also started to migrate to local restaurants, specifically the easy ground of the levees on the Columbia river.