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April 15, 2017 - Neighbors helped each other out on Friday as the Kennewick Irrigation District stopped much of the flow of water down Bridle Drive in Richland.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
April 15, 2017 - The Kennewick Irrigation District brought in heavy equipment to dig a trench across Bridle Drive.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
April 15, 2017 - Workers prepare to pull a section of damaged boat docks to shore Friday for demolition. The floating structure at the Pasco Basin was damaged this winter when it was overloaded with ice and snow. Workers are first cutting it into sections about 25 feet long before moving it towards excavators stationed on shore for dismantling. Some materials are being recycled.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
April 15, 2017 - Joe Gauthier, left, and Gavin Slack, right, ran on Hanford’s 4x100-meter relay team in 2015 along with Mateo Valadez (second from left) and Kevon Skinner. The team set the school record and placed sixth at state.
Sarah Gordon
Tri-City Herald file
April 15, 2017 - In memory of his best friend Gavin Slack, Joe Gauthier had this tattoo created on the inside of his right biceps.
Annie Fowler
Tri-City Herald
April 15, 2017 - A tattoo on Joe Gauthier’s right arm shows his love for his family.
Annie Fowler
Tri-City Herald
April 14, 2017 - Four-year-old Bria Sandoval scrambles to pick up a goody-filled plastic Easter egg Thursday during an egg hunt with classmates from Jak's Garden preschool at the Desert Dunes Park on Cathedral Drive near Road 44 in Pasco. About a dozen youngsters took part in searching for 350 colorful eggs spread out in the city park. Sandoval was accompanied by her grandmother, Bev Garvey of Pasco.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
April 14, 2017 - NaserAllah AbuKhalil, a junior at River View High School in Finley, pitches in Thursday preparing for the 26th annual Finley FFA Plant Sale. The two-day public sale begins April 14 and offers bedding plants, vegetables, hanging baskets, color bowls and more. This is the last sale in the school's original greenhouse. Voters approved school bond to renovate the Career & Technical Education buildings.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
April 13, 2017 - Jesus Lara, left, and his wife, Elena, work together Wednesday morning cutting asparagus from a field at Middleton Six Sons Farms near Pasco off the Pasco-Kahlotus Highway.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
April 13, 2017 - Home care workers Charles Sargent, Maria Hernandez and Jason Sargent, from left, hold their arms up in unity for passing motorists Wednesday morning during a rally they staged on the Edison Street overpass in Kennewick. The workers are members of Service Employees International Union 775 and are speaking out against the proposed state Senate budget that reduces funding for their health benefits.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
April 12, 2017 - Caleb Mahler, left, and Wes Albright, employees of the Rock Placing Company, place boulders Tuesday morning along the shore of the Columbia River in Richland’s Howard Amon Park. The work is part of a two-week bank stabilization project to reduce erosion and protect existing trees and vegetation along 120 feet of shoreline. A detour, near the community center, is in place for walkers and bicyclists on the river pathway to safely navigate around the work zone and avoid heavy equipment. The 360-foot diesel-powered paddlewheeler American Empress river cruise ship provides a backdrop for the workers.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
April 12, 2017 - Kristy Henscheid, an associate professor of biology, championed a resolution for the Columbia Basin College Faculty Senate to support immigrants.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
April 11, 2017 - Bilingual teacher Severo Rodriguez helps fifth-grade students with a math assignment Monday in his classroom at Maya Angelou Elementary School in Pasco. From left, are Kianna Mendoza Montoya, Michelle Morales and Jesus Peña. The Senate and House have dueling proposals both aimed at increasing the number of bilingual teachers.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
April 11, 2017 - Flames shoot from the roof of a house Monday at 4510 W. Henry St. in Pasco as a firefighter guides a hose inside the burning home. Fire officials say fire damage was contained to the attic but there is smoke and water damage in the living space of the single story home. No one was injured.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
April 10, 2017 - Howard Gardner, a Washington hunter safety volunteer instructor, teaches a group of students about a bolt-action rifle at a recent class during spring break vacation in Griggs Department Store in Pasco. Gardner was recently recognized by the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife for his 60 years of teaching the safety program. Participant Kinda Messenger of Richland stands at left.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
April 10, 2017 - Lacy J. Dalton will be the headliner on April 14, the opening night of the Cowboy Gathering at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Kennewick.
Photo courtesy Judy Massengale
April 9, 2017 - Liam Bailey, 7, of Prosser, touches a Pacific Lamprey attached to Dave’y Lumley, a fish technician for Yakama Nation Fisheries, during a release event Saturday morning.
Wendy Culverwell
Tri-City Herald
April 9, 2017 - Sean Goudy, fish technicial for the Yakama Nation Fisheries, describes how the Pacific Lamprey was an important food staple for tribal ancestors, who dried its meaty flesh. The agency released 50 adult lamprey at Prosser on Saturday morning, an event that was part ceremonial, part environmental and part educational.
Wendy Culverwell
Tri-City Herald
April 9, 2017 - Pasco council members recently approved the sale of 4.9 acres on the southeast corner of 20th Avenue and Argent Road to A-1 Properties LLC of Kennewick. This property, next to future CBC student housing, will be developed in two phases, first dining and retail, and later a hotel. It is expected to support the college and the newly expanded airport.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
April 9, 2017 - David Gonzales, an employee of Metalfab Inc. of West Richland, welds on the first steel roof truss being installed Thursday on the first of three new buildings under construction at the Columbia Gardens Wine & Artisan Village on Columbia Drive in Kennewick. The building is to be the future home of Bartholomew Wines of Seattle, according to Port of Kennewick officials. The port anticipates construction on the buildings to be completed in August.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
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