Captain Mike Cobb of the Richland Police Department said Monday afternoon's bomb threat near Kadlec hospital was a briefcase full of tools for repairing a copy machine.
$140 million went from Kadlec Health Systems to Tri-Cities families last year.
That's up from Kadlec's $30 million payroll just 11 years ago when it employed 740 people. Today it employs about 2,200 people -- the most in Richland's "business district" and the No. 4 largest private employer in the Tri-Cities. That's according to the City of Richland, which is doing everything it can to help Kadlec continue to grow.
The regional SWAT team was in a one-hour standoff with a dangerous gang member and sex offender in Richland Tuesday over a gun crime about two blocks from Marcus Whitman Elementary and four blocks from Carmichael Middle School
A power outage Friday morning in northern Richland knocked out several traffic lights, including the one at the intersection of Aaron Drive and State Route 240. While city crews had all lights repaired by 11 a.m., the Washington State Department of Transportation (WDOT) said everyone was off work and the light would be fixed Monday.
Hundreds of residents in Richland and dozens of drivers on George Washington Way were inconvenienced Friday morning by a power outage. Officer David Clark of the Richland Police Department said something damaged power lines near the intersection of GW Way and McMurray Street. That cut power along most of GW Way.
Leslie Grove Park in north Richland had only one tree blow down during the windstorm early Monday morning. Even better news, more than half a dozen bird nests appear to have survived.
I enjoyed some December sunshine on Dec. 24 with my daughter when I noticed four guys doing something truly unique. They were playing polo on bicycles in a playground! When I asked if I could take their picture they tried really hard to get me to join them! They need more participants.
Check out these felled trees in Howard Amon Park in Richland after the Dec. 17 wind storm. I counted five fallen trees plus at least one seriously damaged. I was surprised to see three trees fallen together like dominos.
The loss of 10 trees, large and small, to this historic heart of the city is catastrophic. And 10 is only the number of felled trees - that doesn't include trees that may be damaged beyond repair. Several of the downed trees are decades old.
The fate of a man pulled from the smoke and the cause of the fire were still unknown late Thursday as fire fighting crews finished an evacuation of the Casa Grande Apartments. An investigation of still lingering smoke was underway
Even though the Indian treaties of 1855 at the Walla Walla Council (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walla_Walla_Council_%281855%29) opened the West to white settlement, it did not necessarily create peaceful conditions for the settlers.
For the next twenty years, Indian uprisings were not uncommon. Final
June 2, 2012 One of my favorite things about the Tri-Cities is how you can still encounter little surprises no matter how long you’ve lived here. Every community has hidden treasures. I discovered some of Richland’s treasures riding my bicycle recently. A friend and I started at Leslie Groves Park and rode the trail north.
