“We don’t have much crime” is always one of the first things I say to people who ask what I love about West Richland and why we’ve decided to settle here. And I’ve seen some reports (and blogged about them) that tell how low West Richland’s crime rate is.
Now, the West Richland Police Dept. has [...]
West Richland Crime Map now online
by Matt McGee on December 8, 2009 in West Richland Life, where:99353
Power outage in West Richland closes Enterprise Middle School
by Matt McGee on December 8, 2009 in West Richland News, West Richland Schools
Cari was turned around this morning when she was dropping off our son, Sean, at Enterprise Middle School. A couple teachers were in front of the school alerting parents that the school had no power or water. Other homes in the area of the school were also without power, we’re told, but we don’t know [...]
Operation Candy Cane – Coming Soon
by Matt McGee on December 4, 2009 in West Richland Events
A West Richland tradition will continue this year with Operation Candy Cane happening on Saturday, December 19. This is the event where volunteer firefighters from Benton County Fire District #4 and professional firefighters from Local 1052 will be driving around the city in/on their fire trucks, trading candy canes for donations of non-perishable food items [...]
Winterfest 2009 at Enterprise Middle School
by Matt McGee on December 2, 2009 in West Richland Schools
With our son now up in 6th grade and at Enterprise Middle School, we had our first chance to experience the school’s Winterfest program tonight. They started it just a couple years ago, I think, and it’s become the main fund raiser for the school.
We skipped the early part of the event — [...]
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From Cari’s Real Estate Blog
- The Magic of Home July 22, 2010There is magic in that little world, home: it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never known beyond its hallowed limits. – Robert Southey, poet Last week my brother gave me a DVD of converted 16mm film home movies shot in the 40′s, 50′s and 60′s. There were a lot of people [...] […]
- How to Find a Job in the Tri-Cities July 20, 2010Matt has a friend who lives in the southwest U.S. and has been basically looking for a job there for the better part of two years. He’s been doing some contract work here and there to make ends meet, but permanent work has been hard to find with the economy being what it’s been for [...] […]
- A Slice of Life in Benton City July 6, 2010If we had a Benton City Blog, I’d post this there. A Facebook post from a Benton City resident so accurately depicts life in that small town that I felt the need to share it - The funniest part of last night is when we were driving away we actually saw a family with their [...] […]