The City of Richland will dedicate a time capsule during a public ceremony this Wednesday, April 28th. “Why,” you ask? Because Richland was founded 100 years earlier, on April 28, 1910. The city was incorporated as what’s was called a “Fourth Class Town” and then later dissolved in 1942 as part of the US government’s [...]

Work should start this weekend on the development of a permanent dog park (called “Pawsabilities Place”) inside Richland’s Badger Mountain Community Park. We’re big fans of the dog park, so this is great news in the McGee household. Volunteers are planning to gather at around 8 am Saturday morning to start work on installing a [...]

The city of Richland is offering a $1,500 incentive to homeowners who install a Ductless Heat Pump. It’s part of a pilot program, and there are a couple conditions you have to meet: you must live in a single-family home you must have an all-electric home the ductless heat pump must be installed by September [...]

Mark your calendars now for the annual CREHST “Spring Swing” dinner dance and silent auction. It’s happening on Saturday, April 24 at 6:15 p.m. at the Pasco Red Lion Inn. This is an annual event that benefits students across the Tri-Cities through support of education programs on history, science, and technology. This year’s Spring Swing [...]

The City of Richland wants Google to come to town and install an experimental fiber optic network — one that Google says “will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today, over 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections.” It’s part of a program that Google announced about [...]

Kadlec Hospital in Richland, named after the first man to die there, strangely enough, (Lt. Col. Harry R. Kadlec) is expanding. So they’ve purchased a large block of commercial space just a couple blocks away from the main campus. I don’t know if it’s good news or bad news that the hospital has been close [...]