Listen to Tri-Cities school and council candidates at these 4 online voter forums 

The League of Women Voters of Benton and Franklin Counties are holding four virtual candidate forums in mid-July.

The forums in advance of the Aug. 3 primary election are for school board and city council races with three or more candidates in the Tri-Cities and Benton City.

• July 12: Richland races for city council, Positions 1 and 2, and school board.
• July 13: Pasco races for city council Position 3 and school board.
• July 14: Kennewick races for city council Positions 1, 3, and 4.
• July 15: Benton City race for city council Position 3 and Kennewick school board positions 1 & 2.

The moderator for the July 12-13 forums will be KNDU news anchor Tracci Dial, and Matt Loveless from the Washington State University Murrow College of Communication will moderate the July 14-15 forums.

They will be broadcast on PBS KTNW Channel 31 (Digital: 22) at 7 p.m. and again at midnight.

The forums also will be available until Aug. 3 on YouTube, as well as facebook.com/richlandWA, youtube.com/richlandcityviewtv, pasco-wa.gov/psctv; columbiabasinbadgers.com; lwv-bf.org and nwpb.org and PSC-TV Channel 191 on Spectrum Cable in Pasco and Richland.

Ballots will be mailed July 16. Deadline for online voter registration is July 26, and the in-person registration deadline is Aug. 3. For questions, email lwv.of.bf@gmail.com.

This story was originally published July 6, 2021 at 12:06 PM.