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1 week ago | 
tri-cityherald.com | Cory McCoy
An AmeriCorps volunteer with Serve Tri-Cities tutors a student at a Pasco elementary school Serve Tri-Cities For more than 30 years Serve Tri-Cities has paired volunteer tutors with Pasco elementary school students struggling with reading and math. Now the program is all but dead after the sudden elimination of the federal AmeriCorps program. More than 1,500 students relied on Serve Tri-Cities across nine of Pasco’s elementary schools.
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1 week ago | 
tri-cityherald.com | Cory McCoy
The United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties said that the sudden loss of funding will directly impact local middle school students participating in their Attendance Matters Mentoring Program. George Frey/Getty Images Hundreds of Tri-Cities children at risk of dropping out of school have lost their mentors after funding was abruptly terminated for the AmeriCorps program.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Cory McCoy
Hundreds of Tri-Cities children at risk of dropping out of school have lost their mentors after funding was abruptly terminated for the AmeriCorps program. The United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties said that the sudden loss of funding will directly impact about 700 local middle school students participating in their Attendance Matters Mentoring Program, according to a news release.
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1 month ago | 
tri-cityherald.com | Cory McCoy
While the old Kennewick General Hospital might look the same from the outside, crews are doing a lot more than just applying a new paint job inside. Last used as the Trios Birth Center before it closed three years ago, the facility is being stripped down and turned into a place for struggling Tri-Citians to find a new lease on life. Nearly everything inside the old hospital will be new once work is complete for the Tri-Cities’ first public recovery center.
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1 month ago | 
tri-cityherald.com | Cory McCoy
Construction workers frame a new house in the Sherman Heights housing development as heavy equipment works at the Apple Valley housing development off the Bob Olson Parkway in south Kennewick. Bob Brawdy [email protected] Benton County has some of the lowest permitting fees for building a new home in central Washington, but due to a surge in costs since 2021, they’re going to have to raise them a bit.
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1 month ago | 
tri-cityherald.com | Cory McCoy
A volunteer “shopper” at the Tri-Cities Food Bank downtown Kennewick fills a cart with a variety of food items based on a list generated when the client checks in at the facility. Bob Brawdy [email protected] Until recently food banks across Washington state were receiving robust deliveries of fruits, vegetables and shelf stable foods thanks to federal programs. But after recent cuts some Tri-Cities food banks are getting in only frozen blueberries and bread.
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2 months ago | 
tri-cityherald.com | Cory McCoy
Several dozen community volunteers team up to helped distribute 1,000 Thanksgiving meal boxes at the Benton County Fairgrounds in 2023. Bob Brawdy [email protected] Cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency have frozen funds used to keep Tri-Cities families from losing their place to live. The United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties said Thursday that their access to funding for the federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program has been shut off.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Cory McCoy
Cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency have frozen funds used to keep Tri-Cities families from losing their place to live. The United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties said Thursday that their access to funding for the federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program has been shut off. Since 2020 FEMA has allocated more than $1.4 million through the United Way to help Tri-Cities families with food and to stay in their homes or find a new place to live, according to a news release.
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2 months ago | 
columbian.com | Cory McCoy
Washington is one of the nation’s top agriculture producers, led by Eastern Washington’s robust farming industry. That means sweeping tariffs targeting the state’s biggest trading partners, and their own retaliatory measures, put Washington farms at particular risk of fallout. The increased costs could eventually hit consumer pocketbooks as rising costs for manufacturers and grocers get passed on at the checkout lane.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Cory McCoy
Wheat Head Brewing Co. is at nearly the same elevation as the summit of Badger Mountain, offering a sweeping view of the Horse Heaven Hills and the agricultural land that has long been the lifeblood of the Columbia Basin. Its location, over expansive fields of golden wheat, offers a unique experience that can’t be found anywhere else. But after a recent Washington state Supreme Court decision, their business and others like it could be in jeopardy.
