Archive | November, 2009

Richland School District needs a new bus route policy

Did you catch this story last week about a “mixup” involving a Richland School District bus and some students from Tapteal Elementary here in West Richland?
In short, several Tapteal students didn’t arrive home via bus at their normal time last Monday. They had gotten on the wrong bus, and the bus driver wasn’t answering radio [...]

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We’re Too Big for Our Trash Pickup

If you live in the affected area, you should already know this … but just in case:
Seems West Richland has outgrown its garbage collection services. Yep. Due to the growth of the city, Ed’s Disposal is changing its collection date for about 125 homes east of Bombing Range Road — across from the Bird [...]

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West Richland Veteran’s Day Parade this Saturday

This one kinda snuck up on me, what with all the travel and craziness happening in my life lately: The annual Veteran’s Day Parade in West Richland is this Saturday. Yikes. They say it’s the biggest and best Vet’s Day Parade in all of Eastern Washington, so if you’ve never been, why not check out [...]

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Local Politics & Knocking on Doors

Benton County has posted the first set of election results.

It looks like we’re going to have a new mayor (Donna Noski), and it looks like one incumbent council person (Mark Hanneman) is going to lose his seat. Granted, these are early results and anything can change, but bear with me on this point I [...]

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Club 24 Fitness coming to West Richland

UPDATE, DECEMBER 29: Please see this post, Club 24 Fitness opening next week in West Richland, for the latest information about Club 24 Fitness in West Richland.
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This is good news: Club 24 Fitness is coming to West Richland, perhaps as soon as next month! If you’ve been in the Yoke’s/Paradise Place shopping area on Bird [...]

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