FINALLY! A beautiful day! Yesterday’s deluge is almost justified by the stunning blue sky and puffy white clouds dotted across it. More jobs (kind of) – over in Garfield and Columbia counties, over 75 permanent jobs are expected, with hundreds more construction jobs in play. If someone needs a job and they’re willing to temporarily […]
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Howdy! Look – 700 jobs are on the way (sure, they’re in Umatilla, but lots of people live here and work there). Congrats Tri-Cities! We took over Yakima’s place as the 6th largest metropolitan area in the state. We grew tremendously since 2000, and especially in the ’07-’08 timeframe. There has been an issue for […]
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For me, personally, this week was full of a-year-ago’s, because my dad passed away a year ago yesterday. I didn’t pay much attention to the world “out there” because I was struggling with a lot of internal conversations about last March. So, here’s a link back to last year’s post about last week. Sorry. That’s […]
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Happy Birthday, Jon! My older brother Jon turns 47 today. Yes, he’s much, MUCH older than I. Business is booming locally for one segment of the local economy – estate sales. 14 new homes on the way in Kennewick, increasing the total I told you about last week. Story about affordable housing, or free advertising? […]
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On Tuesday, I was home sick with a cold, and the power went out and stayed out for a while. I’ve had the power go out in my house for a moment or two, but I haven’t been through an extended blackout for years. BIG news for Kamiakin alumni, and for anyone from Kennewick, in […]
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I hate it when I don’t find time to post during the course of a week, and so I have back-to-back Links Back posts on display. This week was one of those weeks. Hubby was out of town, I didn’t get my workouts in, I tried to donate blood and they got the wrong vein […]
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