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December 23, 2017 - Audrina Lopez, 4, pauses while walking through a Kennewick parking lot Friday afternoon to try catching snowflakes that had started falling. She was with her parents Irma and Mike Lopez of Kennewick. “She’s hoping for enough to build a snowman,” said her mother. One to two inches of snow are possible on the ground by Christmas Eve.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
December 23, 2017 - Snowflakes fill the air Friday afternoon as holiday travelers, truckers and local motorists travel through Kennewick on Highway 395.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
December 23, 2017 - Southridge wrestler Steven Saltz, top, controls Pasco's Jay Hollibaugh during their Friday morning 152-pound match at the Best of the West Wrestling Tournament at Pasco High School. Saltz won the match with a pin.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
December 22, 2017 - Cousins Adam Nonato, 22, Jack Sturgeon, 12, and Samuel Sturgeon, 9, from left, take advantage of a break in cloud cover Thursday afternoon to play a game of 21 on the basketball court at Highlands Grange Park in Kennewick. The trio said they all traveled to the Tri-Cities to visit relatives during the holidays. Colder and wetter weather, including snow or rain, is in the Tri-Cities’ forecast.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
December 22, 2017 - Dancer Paige Suttich, 17, of the Mid-Columbia Ballet performs an excerpt from The Nutcracker Thursday afternoon at The Arc of Tri-Cities in Richland. A group about 15 middle and high school age dancers from the ballet group took part in the event for the organization that helps people with developmental disabilities.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
December 21, 2017 - Kayaker Jay Scott pulls tangled fishing line from a shoreline tree Wednesday while paddling around the Hood Park Boat Basin in Burbank. The Pendleton resident said he regularly collects and disposes of fishing line during his kayaking trips because he once discovered a tangled up Osprey that had drowned. He also spent time bird watching with his binoculars during his outing.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
December 20, 2017 - Blanca Idalia Garza, of Idalia’s Tamales, makes tamales inside a commercial kitchen in Pasco.
Noelle Haro-Gomez
Tri-City Herald
December 20, 2017 - Mario Rodriguez, Victor Rodriguez and Geo Rivera created the catchy song about Bulldog pride at Pasco High School. It debuted Monday and already been viewed online thousands of times.
Courtesy of Justin Brault
December 20, 2017 - Strip club opponents Diana Murillo, Taun Howard, and Juan Murillo, from left, carry protest signs Tuesday outside the City Stars Gentlemen’s Club in Kennewick. The city of Kennewick could grant a business license to the proposed strip club after the owners appealed an earlier denial.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
December 20, 2017 - Firehouse Subs made its Tri-City debut in Burbank on Monday.
Wendy Culverwell
Tri-City Herald
December 20, 2017 - Florida-based Firehouse Subs made its Tri-City debut in Burbank Monday. The 1,100-unit chain offers high end subs and more than 50 varieties of hot sauce.
Wendy Culverwell
Tri-City Herald
December 20, 2017 - Kennewick senior Breanna Shaffer was named the Herald’s All-Area Player of the Year.
Rick Reil
Realife Photo
December 19, 2017 - Pasco School District transportation employees unload one of four buses filled with nonperishable food Monday. The 8,281 pounds of food is more than double last year’s district-wide collection and is part of the fifth annual Fill-the-Bus drive. It will provide about 6,900 meals to be distributed to those in need through 25 partner food banks and meal programs in Benton and Franklin counties, said Jean Tucker of 2nd Harvest.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
December 19, 2017 - Maxine Townson, choir director at Chief Joseph Middle School, leads her sixth-grade students in a Christmas carol during Monday’s visit to Guardian Angel Homes in Richland. The visits encourage the Richland students to give back to the community by offering “an opportunity to encourage others,” she said.
Bob Brawdy
Tri-City Herald
December 19, 2017 - Chiawana’s Summer Yates (10), dribbling the ball around Richland defender Sydnee Hay (4) during a 2017 MCC soccer match, was named the Tri-City Herald’s All-Area girls Soccer Player of the Year.
Noelle Haro-Gomez
Herald file
December 18, 2017 - Ken Buechler of the Richland Fire Department helps load up over 100 backpacks into a Richland ambulance parked outside of Kadlec hospital on Friday. The team in the Kadlec emergency department held its third annual drive to purchase backpacks, holiday gifts, quilts and other items for local foster kids throughout the year.
Noelle Haro-Gomez
Tri-City Herald
December 18, 2017 - People gather in downtown Pasco on Saturday night to celebrate Christmas en la Plaza, an event put on by Downtown Pasco Development Authority (DPDA). The event began with a lighting and decorating ceremony along with music, food and a special visit from Santa and Ana from Disney's “Frozen.”
Noelle Haro-Gomez
Tri City-Herald
December 18, 2017 - Carsen Rowe, a Richland native, dances in the upcoming film ‘Pitch Perfect 3.’
Courtesy of Carsen Rowe
December 18, 2017 - (From left to right) Chiawana’s Tyson Stover (160-pound runner-up), Josh Alvarez (285 champ) and Riley Cissne (145 runner-up) pose with their trophies after strong performances at the Tri-State wrestling tournament Saturday at North Idaho Community College in Coeur d’Alene. Alvarez was the Riverhawks’ first champion at the event.
Courtesy of Chiawana High School
December 17, 2017 - Neighbors light up their luminarias for the 32nd annual Desert Plateau Luminaria in Pasco on Saturday. More than 25,000 candle-filled paper sacks, or luminaries, lined the streets of Desert Plateau and surrounding neighborhoods.
Noelle Haro-Gomez
Tri-City Herald
December 17, 2017 - Local competitors run across the cable bridge Saturday morning in the 39th annual Lampson Cable Bridge Run. Runners participated in 10- and 5-kilometer runs and a one-mile walk.
Noelle Haro-Gomez
Tri-City Herald
December 17, 2017 - Will, Maggie and Joe Wertz will be inducted into the Hanford High School Hall of Fame on Dec. 27, an honor that was accelerated by years so their dying mother could see it happen.
Noelle Haro-Gomez
Tri-City Herald
December 17, 2017 - Richland’s Halee Pierce (20) guards Chiawana’s Clare Eubanks (23) as she tries to make a pass during a Mid-Columbia Conference girls basketball game Friday in Pasco. Chiawana won 54-46.
Noelle Haro-Gomez
Tri-City Herald
December 17, 2017 - Richland’s Riley Sorn dunks the ball as Chiawana’s (12) attempts to block his shot during a Mid-Columbia Conference boys basketball game Friday at Chiawana High School in Pasco.
Noelle Haro-Gomez
Tri-City Herald
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