Attention citizens / Atención ciudadana BILINGUAL. “In 2023, 285 people died in Washington state due to driving under the influence.”
Sagebrush: the symbol of resilience “The iconic sagebrush is facing a silent threat: the expanding footprint of humans, deciding to use land for economic benefit.”
Corpus delicti “It all started with a tip that prompted former Kennewick Mayor Don Britain to make a series of record requests about William “Bill” McKay.”
Paved Paradise “The plan for Leslie Groves has brought out residents en masse to voice their concerns, hoping to influence the city council.”
Oasis in the desert “We can be an oasis of engagement in the desert of unmet behavioral health needs.”
Washington and Idaho hospitals shutter labor & delivery services "This public health crisis shows that a public solution is crucial: Our entire system must be radically transformed to meet the needs of women, children, families, and everyone else."
What's in the air? "Benton/Franklin hospitalization numbers of patients with COPD/Bronchiectasis were almost twice as high as the average in Washington state."
The devil we know "It's not happening in an elusive ‘somewhere else’. It's happening right here, in our home sweet home."
Local psychologist to attend Behavioral Health Conference in Tri-Cities "This conference will include community-based treatment, peer support services, and addressing structural racism throughout our communities and institutions."
Sunday Drag Brunch (and manufactured controversy) “We need people in office who support Richland's vision statement: 'Richland is a progressive, safe, and family-friendly community that welcomes diversity.'”
Insecurity and injustice: Washington’s pandemic eviction crisis "Housing in the US does not exist to keep people housed, but rather as a commodity to extract maximal profit for its owners."
Houselessness is not a crime “Blaming the unhoused rather than the system doesn’t provide a solution.”
Open letter about Scout Wind Farm Project If you support renewable energy efforts, property owner rights, or believe in supporting small family farms, please write the EFSEC before March 30: efsec@utc.wa.gov.
REI employees fear reopening endangers their health “Cutlage has had multiple email exchanges with REI Retail Director Janet Hopkins about the reopening of the Kennewick store. She says that the store manager is ‘exploiting a loophole to open earlier than they should.’”
Alumni call on Richland School District to act against racism “We wrote this letter as a labor of love. Having gone through the Richland School District, I care about my community enough to hold it accountable and to ask for better.”
The area’s largest Facebook militia group is shutting down, but the ad hoc militia dream lives on Defend the Tri leader Dylan Tafoya announced he intends to delete his Facebook group “around noon” today, but that doesn’t necessitate the end of militia activity in the Tri-Cities.
The Tri-Cities is a sundown town “There are real historic reasons why people of color, and specifically Black Americans, have not found the Tri-Cities liveable and chose to move on.”
Letter from Kennewick Mayor Pro-Tem raises questions regarding city’s approach to ad hoc militias and police use of force In response to Black Lives Matter protests and a public petition against the emergence of ad hoc militias defending the area from a still-unseen wave of violent instigators rumored by social media posts, Kennewick Mayor Pro-Tem Steve Lee sent a letter today to Kennewick City Manager.
Public health policy should be based on science and data (needle exchanges included) In 1988 after working with heroin addicts for more than 17 years, in East Harlem, Greenwich Village and Hell's Kitchen, I was recruited by the New York City
Getting the story straight on needle exchanges On February 12, 2019, without an agenda item and in spite of the evidence presented by the public and Blue Mountain Heart to Heart the previous week, the Franklin County
From addiction to entrepreneur: an opioid story If you want to make someone completely shift their idea of who you are, tell them you’re an addict. It’s like their brain suddenly drops a cage around
