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Richland Fire now carries blood to emergencies

Plus, West Richland's council rejects a data center moratorium.

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Richland Fire now carries blood to the scene of emergencies

144units collected at this spring's Blood on Board drive

That was the largest single-day blood drive in the state.

Source: Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

If you've ever wondered what happens before an ambulance reaches the hospital, here's a big change. Richland Fire and Emergency Services' program is officially up and running as of mid-October. Blood rides in a specialized cooler in the on-duty battalion chief's vehicle, and it can be sent to any emergency involving significant blood loss.

Richland is the first fire-based EMS agency in Eastern Washington to bring blood into the field. The American Red Cross supplies the blood, and Chief Randy Aust said the launch marked an important step for local and regional trauma care. The department's second blood drive is Nov. 23.

  • Where: Richland Fire Station 74, off Duportail
  • Register: richlandwa.gov/RFESBloodDrive
  • Blood drives planned: twice a year

The Blood on Board drive runs 10 hours on Nov. 23

Richland Fire Station 74, off Duportail

Midnight6 a.m.Noon6 p.m.8 a.m.to 6 p.m.
  • 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.Blood drive supporting Blood on Board
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Sources: Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business, NonStop Local Tri-Cities/Yakima

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West Richland's council approves data center rules but rejects a six-month moratorium

Hundreds of people packed West Richland's City Council meeting Tuesday night, and the council approved interim data center rules with all six members voting yes. The rules ban cryptocurrency mining in all zones and remove an existing noise exemption. TriYakNews also reports an ordinance limiting data centers to Mixed-Use Light Industrial land.

“Do not allow Amazon to write the rules.”

A West Richland resident at Tuesday's meeting

Councilmember Kate Moran's motion to have staff draft a six-month moratorium failed on a 3-3 vote. It needed five votes to pass. A moratorium won't come up at the next council meeting, so talks between the city, Amazon and developers continue.

The moratorium motion got three of the five votes it needed

Sources: TriYakNews.com, Nonstop Local News

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Votes needed to pass5
  • Also approved: developer must reimburse the city's review costs
  • Reimbursement applies even if no data center is built
  • Amendment: future agreements need protections matching or beating city code
  • Status: no data center construction approved in West Richland

Permanent data center rules are planned for a first reading in March

  1. Nov. 3Council approves interim rules; moratorium motion fails.
  2. Dec. 15Public hearing on the interim regulations is scheduled.
  3. FebruaryMore Planning Commission meetings are planned into the month.
  4. MarchFirst reading of the final ordinance is planned.

Source: Nonstop Local News

News Notes

City budget

Finance Director Brandon Allen said Richland's proposed 2027 budget totals about $351 million to $352 million, with a general fund of $87.5 million. The budget and the 2027 through 2032 capital improvement plan return for another public hearing and final action Nov. 17, and the city doesn't expect major changes before then. Nonstop Local News

Amazon cuts

Amazon is cutting 95 jobs in Washington, including two in Pasco, according to a sent to the state. Management roles in several warehouses are among those affected, and Seattle offices took the most, with 67 workers. The Pasco jobs are at the Logistics and Fulfillment Center. Tri-Cities Area Journal of Businessspokesman.comNEWStalk 870

Food safety

The gave five failing grades on food safety inspections in the Tri-Cities area from Oct. 24-30, and one business had no working sink. It passed 63 inspections, and 28 of those earned perfect scores. Tri-City Herald

Tri-Cities inspectors passed 63 food safety checks and failed five

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inspections passed, Oct. 24-30
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of those earned perfect scores
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failing grades from the health district

Source: Tri-City Herald

Blue Mile

Richland's Xander Zavala, 11, ran the 8,000-meter Blue Mile in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25 to honor his older brother Xavier, a Marine who died by suicide in 2022. Xander carried a photo of his brother and ran with sponsorship from 22 Too Many, a nonprofit that honors veterans lost to suicide. AppleValleyNewsNow.com

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Richland Fire now carries blood to emergencies

Plus, West Richland's council rejects a data center moratorium.

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  1. Richland Fire now carries blood to emergencies
  2. West Richland rejects a data center moratorium
  3. Richland's 2027 budget returns Nov. 17 for final action
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