Cari McGee and Matt McGee write about life and living in Richland, WA, and the Tri-Cities!
The City of Richland is looking for grant money to help build a four-lane bridge on Duportail Street over the Yakima River … like this:
Officials say the bridge will help connect the city core with South Richland, which is another way of saying it’ll be much easier for people to get from the downtown area [...]
In an effort to keep the Richland landfill from overflowing in the next five years, the city is considering instituting a curb-side recycling program. That’s bound to upset a good portion of the community, but if there’s a silver lining, it’s this: You probably wouldn’t need to separate your own recyclables into separate containers (like [...]
Here’s a quick heads up on some local news and events around the city of Richland.
Riverton Retirement & Assisted Living Community will have a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 am on September 20th. They’re located at 1800 Bellerive Drive.
Also on the 20th, Milania House of Style will put on a fashion event from 11 am [...]
The City of Richland shared its plans this week for managing growth over the next 20 years. The Herald says that only about two dozen residents showed up to hear about it, though. Lack of interest? Lack of advertising the town hall meeting? Either way, this stuff matters.
City leaders presented seven “key focus areas,” [...]
The City of Richland (and all of the Tri-Cities, for that matter) continues to evolve away from being so reliant on Hanford for jobs and its economic boost to the area. Part of that is positioning the area as a tourist destination — and now Hanford is helping with that even more.
The federal government today [...]
HUGE congratulations to former Richland Bomber, and current Gold Medal Winning Goalie Hope Solo, who led Team USA Women’s Soccer to a 1-0 win over Brazil this week at the Summer Olympics in China. What an incredible accomplishment for anyone, but it’s even more amazing when you consider that this was the exact scenario — [...]