Do you know someone deserving of being named 2024 Tri-Citian of the Year?

Nominations are due by 5 p.m. on March 9. Fill out the nomination form at tricitianoftheyear.com/online-nomination-form.

The award is given to people who demonstrate “outstanding service above self” and is meant to show appreciation for “efforts exerted in building community through service,” the program website says. 

Dozens of people have been honored since 1962, when the first award went to Owen Hurd, former managing director of the Washington Public Power Supply System and general manager for the Benton PUD. 

Last year, Lura Powell, the former director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, received the honor. The year before, it went to Mark Brault, chief executive officer of Grace Clinic. Other recipients have ranged from Ken Hohenberg, the former Kennewick police chief and current Port of Kennewick commissioner, to the Lampson family.

This year’s ceremony is April 25 at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick.

Another annual awards ceremony also is coming up. The Kennewick Man and Woman of the Year will be named at a ceremony on Feb. 12 at the convention center. Nominations already are closed.