Recently added articles from Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, WA):
Committee recommends La Clinica sanctions.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Michelle Dupler Oct. 10--Community Health Center La Clinica stands to lose 10 percent of its county funding if it doesn't deliver financial statements by Friday. The funding committee for Greater Columbia Behavioral Health voted unanimously Tuesday to ...
Pasco calls in diver for water tank inspection.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Chapman Oct. 10--Steve Randall of Klamath Falls, Ore., donned a vulcanized rubber suit Tuesday morning and went where no man had gone before. Into Pasco's drinking water. The professional diver, with LiquiVision Technology Diving Services, was ...
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Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Hopkin Oct. 10--While Mid-Columbia farmers are digging up potatoes and onions, and orchardists are picking apples, Steve Price is pulling up peanuts. For a second year, the Basin City farmer, who grows corn and raises cattle, has planted peanuts and now ...
EDITORIAL: Referendum 67: Yes.(Editorial)
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Referendum 67 is an attempt by insurance companies to toss out reforms approved by state lawmakers earlier this year. The bill, dubbed the Insurance Fair Conduct Act, cleared the House and Senate with strong majorities, was signed by the governor and has the ...
Yakima lawyer won't take on Webster's case.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Kristin M. Kraemer Oct. 10--A Yakima lawyer asked to represent David Webster in his 2003 jail rape case decided against it Tuesday after listening to Webster rant for an hour about his rights being violated when his previous attorney was allowed to withdraw. ...
BRIEF: Tri-Cities Prep to break ground today.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Sara Schilling Oct. 10--Tri-Cities Prep Catholic High School will break ground on its new high-tech science and technology wing today. A ceremony will be at 10 a.m. at the school, 9612 St. Thomas Drive, Pasco. Father William Sullivan, chancellor of ...
Pasco may be asked to increase school levy.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Sara Schilling Oct. 10--The Pasco School District likely will need to collect more money in its next maintenance and operations levy to offset the costs of the new Chiawana High School. The district is building the 341,000-square-foot school on Argent Road ...
Study says minimum wage not enough.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Pratik Joshi Oct. 10--Although Washington's minimum wage soon will be among the highest in the country, a single parent with one child in Benton and Franklin counties will need to make more than $16 an hour, or more than $35,000 annually, to take care of their basic ...
EDITORIAL: A little treasure where rivers merge.(Editorial)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--Heritage Days at Sacajawea State Park last weekend brought a lot more exposure to one of those almost-secret places that make the Mid-Columbia so special. It's estimated more than 2,000 visitors saw Native American exhibits, pioneer-style clothing, gear, weapons and ...
Pickers plentiful for littler apple harvest.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Hopkin Oct. 2--Washington's apple harvest is a little lighter than expected, but some growers are paying workers more to ensure they're available to harvest the crop. Chris Messer of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Statistics ...
Compactors the latest improvements at Hanford landfill.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Annette Cary Oct. 2--Two compactors costing a combined $1.8 million have arrived at the large landfill in central Hanford for low-level radioactive waste. They're another step in improvements in operations at the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility ...
Early customers give Kohl's thumbs-ups.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Ingrid Stegemoeller Oct. 2--It's getting to be sweater weather, and Candelaria Murillo is on the lookout for some new ones. She found what she was looking for Monday at Kohl's when she and a few of her co-workers took their lunch break to check out the new ...
Washington joins dispute to change health care rule.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Chris Mulick Oct. 2--OLYMPIA -- The states of Washington and New York will lead a legal challenge seeking to overturn federal rules that could keep the state from providing 8,100 children government subsidized health care by 2010. Congress last week approved ...
Summary judgment sought in Columbia Park Golf Course lawsuit.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Andrew Sirocchi Oct. 2--Attorneys for Columbia Park Golf Course operator Gary Long have asked a federal court to skip a trial and find that Kennewick breached its contract with him when it considered a competing development proposal in the park. Long's ...
Kennewick man having seizure crashes, knocks out power.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Michelle Dupler Oct. 2--A Kennewick man who had a seizure while driving Monday morning knocked out power to hundreds of people when he crashed into a utility pole. Carl R. Strange, 36, was driving eastbound on West Fourth Avenue when the seizure struck at ...
Heater, lamp possible causes of deadly Moses Lake fire.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Lynne Lynch Oct. 2--MOSES LAKE -- A baseboard heater and halogen floor lamp will be studied as possible causes of a fire that killed a Moses Lake man Saturday after trapping two of his stepchildren inside their home. Daniel Villareal, 28, apparently died ...
Walla Walla to get $1M from state.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Pratik Joshi Oct. 2--WALLA WALLA -- Walla Walla will get about $1 million as part of the state's new Innovation Partnership Zones program. The city will use the money to build lab space and improve wireless connectivity, said City Manager Duane Cole. He said ...
BRIEF: KID to turn off irrigation water for a day to some locations.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--The Kennewick Irrigation District will turn off irrigation water to parts of the city today at 2 p.m. Areas affected are businesses along both sides of Edison Street, north of Morain Street to Canal Street and north of Canal Street from Williams to Columbia Center ...
BRIEF: Man dies in Hermiston traffic accident.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--HERMISTON -- A man died Monday night in Hermiston after the semi-truck he was driving crashed into some trees on Highway 207 near E. Punkin Center Road, police said. The man's name has not been released by authorities. His 2000 Freightliner was pulling a flatbed loaded ...
BRIEF: Voter-candidate forum set tonight in Kennewick.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Oct. 1--A voter forum featuring candidates for Kennewick City Council and the Kennewick School Board is scheduled for 6 p.m. today at the Southridge High School auditorium. Kennewick voters face choices in three city council and three school board races in the November general ...