Good morning, Richland.

Lottie is a playful black kitten with a touch of white and a pink dot on her nose—she is available for adoption through Pet Overpopulation Prevention in the Tri-Cities today and loves cuddling and playful antics.

Dylan Scott will perform at the Toyota Center in Kennewick on March 4; KORD is hosting free tickets (for listeners) with tickets going on sale Friday, Sept.

25 at 10 a.m. online or at the Toyota Center Box Office (with Graham Barham and Jacob Hackworth opening).

Ki-Be Schools will ask voters on Nov.

3 to pass a two-year EP&O levy (seeking $4.9 million to support operations in Kiona Benton and Prosser). If approved, the measure will also secure about $803,841 in state funding for local education.

Hanford High School teacher Eric Ogden received the New CTE Teacher of the Year award from the Washington Career Counseling and Employment Readiness CTE Section at the WA-ACTE Conference in August – the former software engineer now leads Hanford’s robotics, esports and coding programs and is nominee for teaching award.

On September 16, crews updated four wildfires with the Hagen, King, Three Queens, and Goat Fires.

Evacuations were lifted for the Hagen Fire (87% contained) while evacuations remained for the Three Queens Fire (23% contained) as teams monitored changing weather conditions.

Richland City Council approved a service agreement with Liberty Tire Recycling LCC to clear Washington's largest waste tire pile at 2990 Twin Bridges Road during a Tuesday night meeting.

The cleanup, funded by $3.2 million appropriated this session, must be completed by June 30, 2027.