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...
