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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1914 | 13 |
| 1915 | 12 |
| 1916 | 18 |
| 1917 | 8 |
| 1918 | 1 |
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- Pasco Opens Municipal Plunge
The City Council takes over a private concrete pool to provide free summer recreation for residents.
- The Bid for a Cold Storage Giant
Local fruit growers and business interests urged to rally behind a proposed 1,000-car capacity facility that promised to modernize Kennewick’s economy.
- Defective Flue Claims New Fruitvale Home
A newly constructed farmhouse is reduced to ashes in a district with no fire protection.
- The Battle Over the Kennewick-Finley Road
A local editor defends the controversial seven-mile stretch of oiled road against critics, citing cost-effectiveness and utility.
- Richland Farmers Fight for Better Rail Access
Local farmers advocate for a new, flatter road to the Leslie Siding, seeking to reduce transport costs and bypass difficult terrain.
- Power Company Balks at Rate Cut
Pacific Power & Light manager warns that a state-mandated rate reduction will kill rural electricity expansion.
- Hanford’s New Model School
A growing rural community prepares to christen a modern educational facility built for the future of vocational training.
- Freighter Lost to Fire at Pasco Dock
The Columbia Pasco, a river freighter, was destroyed by fire during maintenance work, marking a significant loss for the local river transit trade.
- Drifters on the Columbia
Three adventurers arrive in Kennewick via a 300-mile journey on a homemade scow from Kettle Falls.
- The War on Rot: Kennewick's Fruit Crisis
As WWI labor shortages threaten the local harvest, an editorial demands federal intervention to preserve the region's fruit.
- The Passing of a Richland Pioneer
Mrs. Amanda McElvain, widow of the engineer who built many of the region's earliest irrigation canals, dies at home.
- The Paving of the Finley Road
Benton County commissioners upgrade infrastructure plans from gravel to asphalt for the new state highway.
- The Great Jack Rabbit Roundup
Over 250 hunters converged on the Two Rivers country for a massive, organized drive against the jack rabbit population.
- New Pavement Plans Connect Kennewick and Finley
Benton County commissioners resolve to build a 20-foot wide state highway to streamline travel between the two communities.
- Why the Working Man Stopped Eating Pork
A Portland market expert explains how wartime economics and local infrastructure projects transformed the regional meat market.
- The Fight for a Practical Highway
Local farmers and business owners clash with state planners over the expensive materials chosen for the Kennewick-Finley road.
- Remembering a local bridge builder
Michael Sentle, an early settler who helped build the infrastructure of the Kennewick-Pasco region, passes away at 77.
- Record Flood Devastates Lower Yakima Valley
A catastrophic flood wipes out the recently constructed Richland bridge and isolates valley farmers as the Yakima River surges past its banks.
- The Silo Boom in Richland
Farmers are banking on corn and dairy to survive the rising cost of hay.
- A Bucket Brigade Saves the Barn, but the Gleichman Ranch House Is Gone
An early-evening blaze of unknown origin destroyed one of the finest houses on the Highlands Fruit Company ranch — a $4,000 loss that neighbors could only stand and watch.
- State Highway Engineering or Political Theater?
A scathing editorial accuses the state highway engineer of prioritizing partisan optics over the crumbling roads of Benton County.
- A Class Day of Mud and Ivy
Students of the class of 1915 traded their books for tools to beautify the school grounds, planting trees and laying a stone wall in a historic day of communal labor.
- Astoria’s Bold Gambit on the Snake River
A delegation of marine experts is surveying the Snake River to pioneer new steamship routes connecting Lewiston to the Pacific Coast.
- The Northwest Corn Revolution
Railroad experts prove that Washington’s climate can sustain record-breaking corn yields.
- A Dispute Over Highway Specifications
The local Commercial Club pushes to stretch a highway project budget to cover seven miles rather than three, prioritizing the immediate needs of pioneers over future durability.