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Pasco Pools Cost More in 2010

11 April 2010

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Prices are going up this year for using the city of Pasco’s public swimming pools. The Pasco City Council just approved new rates last week, but they also expanded swimming hours at the same time. According to the Herald, the new swimming pool rates (and session lengths) will be as follows: Memorial Pool: youths are [...]

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Sacajawea State Park Interpretive Center is now open

9 April 2010

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If you’re looking for something to do in the Pasco area, why not head a little of town and visit the Sacajawea State Park Interpretive Center? It’s now open from 10 am to 5 pm daily, and will stay open through the end of October. To get there, head east on Hwy. 12 as if [...]

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Allegiant Air Adds Pasco to Los Angeles Flights

7 April 2010

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Flight options continue to grow for Tri-Cities area travelers! Allegiant Air has just announced nonstop flights between Pasco (PSC) Airport and Loa Angeles International (LAX) Airport. The new flights will begin on June 3rd. As with, I think, all of Allegiant’s flights from PSC, travel dates will be Thursdays and Sundays. There’ll be a single [...]

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Road 68 Traffic Changes On the Way?

28 March 2010

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You’ve probably noticed a lot of police cars and such hanging out this year along Road 68. The Herald has an article today about the increased crackdown on drivers as an attempt to prevent violations and minor accidents. But there’s also some speculation about changes that may be coming soon to the roadway itself to [...]

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Pasco Water Park gets first approval

19 February 2010

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Pasco is a step closer to getting a water park. The Pasco Planning Commission unanimously approved a special use permit that would be used for a water park in West Pasco. You’ve probably heard plenty about this project already, but if not, here’s how KNDU describes it: As of now, plans for the 27,000 acre [...]

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PSC to MSP Flights Coming Back in 2010

21 December 2009

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This is great news for local travelers: Starting next June, Delta Airlines will once again be flying direct from Pasco (PSC) to Minneapolis (MSP). This is the route that Delta added last April, and then killed in August (right before I could’ve used that for some east coast travel). The route will be coming back [...]

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Plane Makes Belly Landing at Pasco Airport

12 December 2009

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A small airplane made a belly landing at the Pasco Airport on Friday, and someone caught it on video (possibly from over in Kennewick, it looks like): According to the Herald article, it happened a little before 4 pm on Friday and all four people on the plane were safe and uninjured. That pilot deserves [...]

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Pasco Adding New Recycling Centers

15 November 2009

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We mentioned this possibility just last week, and now it’s a reality: Pasco is adding three new recycling centers at separate school locations: The three new recycling locations are: Emerson Elementary, 1616 W. Octave Virgie Robinson Elementary School, 125 S. Wehe Ave. Stevens Middle School, 1120 N. 22nd Ave. Pasco now has a total of [...]

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