Finally, Richland dog park fans got the news they’ve been waiting for this past week: The city council approved an amendment to the Badger Mountain Park Master Plan that includes an expansion of the current dog park. We detailed the proposed changes in this post a couple months ago. In a nutshell, the dog park [...]

The cities of Richland and Kennewick have created a new survey for residents to give some input on the future of the western side of Colunbia Park. It’s only five questions, so it’ll take just a moment out of your day. You can take the survey here. It’s open until August 17th.

If the Richland Library isn’t the best of the city libraries … I’d be really shocked. Especially after finally being able to get inside the newly renovated Richland Library during its ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. The place was packed — I think the Herald said/estimated 400 people were there. I showed up with the kids [...]

Thx to @tturner33 on Twitter comes news that Money magazine has included Richland on its new list of the Best Places to Live 2009. In fact, Richland is ranked #51. Just north of Richland is the Hanford Site, where the plutonium used in the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki was made. That history has remained [...]

The businesses located along the Richland Parkway are featured on a new web site, TheRichlandParkway.com. The site is also geared to promote the Friday morning Richland Farmers’ Market. There’s not a ton of content on there yet, but it’s good to see local businesses being promoted like this. I’d assume some of them don’t have [...]

This is cool. For the second straight year, Newsweek magazine has named Hanford High School one of the top 1,500 high schools in the U.S. The Falcons are ranked #1435 this year — congrats! Here’s how Newsweek describes the ranking system: Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number [...]