I think this’ll be a great addition to Badger Mountain Community Park: a 6,000 square foot water spray area with close to 20 different water features/pieces. If you’ve never enjoyed one of these, they’re pretty fun — and the perfect remedy for a hot, summer day. I’m assuming the Richland water spray will be somewhat [...]

The City of Richland has been looking for grant money for the Duportail Bridge project since 2008, but they recently learned that the federal stimulus funding won’t be helping. The city had applied for $27 million of stimulus funds, but just learned that the US Dept. of Transportation didn’t choose Duportail for funding. According to [...]

I doubt anyone will be surprised to read this recap of Richland crime statistics that appeared in the latest city update: Richland Police Department announced last week that reported crimes per thousand population remained at 25 during 2009, the same as 2008. Statewide, crimes per thousand averaged 43, while the national average was 37. Police [...]

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 [...]

Schools are obviously out for the holidays, but with the bad weather today in Richland, two closures of note: Hanford is sending workers home right now — started at 12 pm. WSU Tri-Cities employees will be released at 1:00 pm. Added: Non-essential PNNL workers are being sent home at 2:00 pm. Hope everyone drives safely, [...]

Looking to get rid of your Christmas tree? But you’d rather recycle it than just toss it in the trash? The city of Richland will accept Christmas trees for recycling starting today (December 26), and continuing until January 10th. There are three locations where you can drop off your tree: Richland Pool parking lot, 1005 [...]