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| Year | Stories |
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| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1872 | 3 |
| 1876 | 12 |
| 1877 | 8 |
| 1878 | 9 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 18 |
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| 1885 | 16 |
| 1886 | 3 |
| 1887 | 7 |
| 1888 | 6 |
| 1889 | 22 |
| 1890 | 1 |
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| 1892 | 57 |
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| 1894 | 33 |
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| 1899 | 12 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 25 |
| 1904 | 15 |
| 1905 | 1 |
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| 1908 | 5 |
| 1909 | 25 |
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| 1911 | 3 |
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6 stories matching spend
- The Farcical Business of Assessing Land
A scathing look at state tax commissioners who fly through town to set property values based on faulty data.
- The Circus Leaves Town—And So Does Our Money
A high license fee meant to discourage local 'menace' backfires, driving residents to spend their entertainment budget across the river.
- Benton County’s $85,410 Year: Road Money Dominates the Budget
Commissioners proposed spending most of next year’s county budget on roads and bridges, with Kennewick’s district allotted $12,000 and an October hearing set on the tax levy.
- The Price of Progress: Taxpayers' Union Challenges County Spending
The Courier-Reporter fact-checks claims of 'fat salaries' as the local government faces scrutiny over its agricultural extension funding.
- The Battle for the Benton County Roads
Kennewick business leaders protest a county road project, arguing that their tax dollars are being diverted to build infrastructure in empty, undeveloped territory.
- The River That Wasn't: Kennewick’s Lonely Fight to Open the Snake
While Portland looked the other way, Kennewick businessmen pooled their own money to dredge rapids and build docks, betting the town's future on a water route that never came.