The Richland School District has shelved three options that were on the table to reduce class time in secondary schools so that teachers could spend more time in group collaboration. We outlined the three options in our post last week, RSD May Reduce Class Time for Secondary Schools. Each option would’ve cut back on instructional [...]

If you’ve wanted to learn more about wine and wine tasting, WSU has a seminar that’s right up your alley. It’s called “Wine 101″ and it’s part of WSU’s Spring 2010 Consumer Wine Education Series. Thomas Henick-Kling, director of Washington State University’s Viticulture and Enology program, will lead the seminar beginning at 6:30 pm tomorrow. [...]

If you’re thinking about attending WSU Tri-Cities, the school is hosting a “Discover WSU Tri-Cities” campus tour/event next week. It’s scheduled for Tuesday, January 26, at 11:00 am. According to the school announcement, the program “includes an overview of the academic programs for freshmen and transfer students, brief meetings with several professors, a campus tour, [...]

If you have a student at the elementary level in the Richland School District, you already know that your kids come home early every Friday while the teachers have what they call “collaboration time.” Now the district is considering adding collaboration time for teachers in middle and high schools, too. The district will host five [...]

We posted right before Christmas about a new Rue21 store coming to Richland, but we didn’t know many details. We do now. Kymberly Trana, the Rue21 district manager, shared more information down in the comments of that post. 1. The store will open on February 25. 2. They’re holding a job fair on January 26 [...]

The city of Richland has installed a big rock sign at the Badger Mountain Dog Park in honor of the late Audrey Ulrich, who was tireless in her efforts to get the temporary dog park located there and to get the city to commit to expanding it at a permanent location nearby. Here’s a photo [...]