Washington State University Tri-Cities and Snohomish County have teamed up to develop a proposed research and development center for sustainable aviation fuels.Snohomish County officials announced plans for the $6.5 million Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Applied Research and Development Center at Paine Field on March 28.The first-of-its-kind center will offer fuel...
Jennifer Dorsett spent years taking young people to the gravity-defying challenge course in Columbia Park to help them build teamwork, communication and other social-emotional skills as they climbed, leaped and puzzled their way through tasks.Dorsett, a substance abuse counselor and certified prevention specialist, watched as their confidence grew and their...
When Adnan Al Hayyawi moved to the Tri-Cities from his native Iraq nearly eight years ago, he missed the tastes of home.The sweet, flavorful pistachio baklava.The fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth samoon bread.The zesty meat and vegetable pizzas and the shish kebabs.He doesn’t have to miss them anymore.Al Hayyawi and his wife, Thekra...
The Three Rivers Elementary School playground in Pasco earned national recognition as one of the 10 best inclusive playgrounds in the country. The playground, at 3901 Road 84 in Pasco, opened in 2019 and was designed specifically to address the physical and social inclusion of people of all ages and abilities. Soliant,...
It’s not often that a vegan, a meat eater, a keto dieter and someone with celiac disease or a peanut allergy can all order from the same menu.Especially a menu that’s a mash-up of French and Mexican food.Al Avelar, co-owner of Crepe Haus + El Compadre, knew he wanted his...
Viewed from the perspective of one year to another, very little changes in a community’s demographics. Viewed from the perch of a decade or two, demographic change is usually easy to spot. So it is with race and ethnicity in the greater Tri-Cities.Consider the size of population of people of...
Diversity comes in many forms and many related ways of accommodating different needs. When parents are planning for the needs of children with disabilities, a product that should be considered in the parent’s will is the so-called special needs trust.What kind of disability?A disability can be defined in different ways...
Jonathan Ray knows what it’s like to lose someone.
He spent 22 years as a pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps, and “I lost a lot of friends in aviation and in war,” he said.
He also knows the power of a final goodbye. His new business, Rest on High, aims to use his aviation expertise to help families give their loved ones a dignified and peaceful final send-off.
Taylor Holmes could have just continued to work in the construction industry, and he would have been a happy man.And then, one day at a job site, an accident changed the course of his life.“(A man) fell three stories at a construction site and died,” Holmes said. “That was 2012,...
