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7 stories matching harbor
- The Harbor Plan That Won on 214 Votes—and Three Ballots on Nob Hill
A port-district proposition for harbor improvements passed by 22 votes in a listless special election, with one polling place recording only three ballots.
- Kennewick’s Harbor Ambition
The Port of Kennewick calls a special election to ratify an expansive, industrial vision for the Columbia River waterfront.
- The Battle for Kennewick’s Waterfront
A bitter civic argument erupts over a harbor expansion plan, pitting proponents of organized public infrastructure against critics who fear taxpayer-funded overreach.
- The Town That Forgot to Define Its Borders
A paperwork blunder in Kennewick’s precinct boundaries leaves residents of three major additions accidentally disenfranchised, forcing a two-month delay for harbor elections.
- Winter Gale Batters the Coast
A ferocious storm claims the lives of two men, one drowning off Coos Bay and another killed by a falling sign in Hoquiam.
- The Port of Kennewick's Grandiose Ambitions
A citizen questions whether the proposed harbor improvements are a necessary investment or a financial burden that will outlast the town’s needs.
- Thanks, Portland — Kennewick Already Has a Harbor
When the Portland Oregon Journal offered free wharf plans to upper Columbia towns, Kennewick's editor declined with civic pride: the Port of Kennewick already had a port engineer, a plan and the best wharf on the river.