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This Washington Town Is So Cheap, You Can Live On Nothing But Social Security
Somewhere in the Yakima Valley, tucked between vineyards and hop fields, there’s a small town called Sunnyside that might just be the most underrated place in all of Washington State. If your wallet has been crying lately, Sunnyside, Washington is ready to hand it a tissue and a warm...
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Monthly Membership Luncheon - The Race to Power: Meeting the Northwest's Growing Demand for Electricity
On Wednesday, the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce gathered for our October Membership Luncheon, “The Race to Power: Meeting the Northwest’s Growing Demand for Electricity.”. Our panelists Bob Schuetz of Energy Northwest, Hamody Hindi of the Bonneville Power Administration, and Rick Dunn of Benton PUD walked us through...
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Tri-City Herald
Richland to ask voters for $94M to improve Chief Joseph, River's Edge
Richland voters will be asked to approve a $94 million bond on the Feb. 9 special election ballot to modernize Chief Joseph Middle School, replace River’s Edge High School with a permanent modular building, and make districtwide safety and security improvements. The school board on Tuesday unanimously approved the ballot resolution that will come before voters. The decision comes two years after voters overwhelmingly rejected a bond package three-times larger that would have funded construction of West Richland’s first comprehensive high school. This new ask was informed by a voluntary “community facilities task force” that helped charter the future of Richland School District’s long-term facilities planning. Board Vice President Jill Oldson called these projects the “most pressing needs” for the district right now. “The whole goal and objective of this is to make sure that we are only asking the community for what we absolutely need,” she said. Board member Rick Jansons gave kudos to the community facilities task force, saying they spent half a year having “really thoughtful discussions” and researching the facility and needs. “I am confident that we are going to the community with what is needed in the district,” he said. Bond measures are different from
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Building Code Reform Could Shape Tri-Cities Housing Costs
Housing policy advocate Nicholas Erickson argues that three-year model building code cycles do not allow enough time to evaluate new requirements in real-world conditions. He recommends stronger safety and affordability baselines, cost analysis, supporting evidence and a clear problem-solution connection before mandates are adopted. A more deliberate review process could...
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Pasco (WA) Weighs Station Closure to Balance Budget
Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Wash.) Pasco firefighters say that huge proposed cuts could put a larger burden on stations that will remain open and put firefighters in danger as they respond with smaller teams. It could also impact ambulance services as teams are shifted out of a fire station that covers...
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Tri-City Herald
Bad smell, crusted food residue. Failed Tri-Cities food safety inspections
The Benton Franklin Health District gave three failing grades for food safety inspections at restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area from Oct 3-9. The health district’s food safety team gave passing marks on 27 inspections, with 10 of those earning perfect scores. In the district’s routine inspections, businesses or organizations that receive at least 35 points for the more serious red violations are required to have additional inspections and must meet a tougher standard on those. To pass follow-up inspections, they must have fewer than 25 red points and fewer than 10 repeat red points for previous issues. Scores of 85 or more red points result in establishments remaining on probation until they pass two follow-up inspections, the first one within 72 hours. Red violations are those most likely to cause food-borne illnesses, such as not keeping hot food hot enough or cold food cold enough, inadequate handwashing, bare-hand contact with foods or refrigerating meat in a way that could contaminate other food. Blue violations are low risk factors related to the cleanliness and physical condition of an establishment. No notice is given before the inspections. Businesses may have separate inspections of business lines with different
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Pasco City Council to take stock of city budget at workshop meeting
PASCO, Wash. – The Pasco City Council will be taking stock of the city’s funds at a workshop meeting on Monday as part of their efforts to stabilize the city’s budget in the face of a multi-million-dollar budget shortfall.