It’s obvious what to do if you are in the face of a disaster – a home fire or a flood that is threatening your dwelling. You must get out and move to someplace safe as quickly as possible. But what should you do once the fire department has left the scene, or the flood waters have rolled back? How do you recover from the emotional jolt of a disaster? How do you start the job of restoring your home to pre-disaster condition?
It was as wild and woolly a town that could have ever been found on the frontier. Springing up at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia rivers, Ainsworth came before the cities of Pasco, Kennewick and Richland staked out identities.
Rosemary Merckx, 95, has a studio in her apartment where she paints what inspires her. She’d taken a break from art for a while, but then during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, she had a renaissance of sorts.
Washington lawmakers are looking to quell some of the backlash over new wildfire-related building codes set to take effect in March, while also trying to keep homes on the edge between wooded and developed areas safe from the blazes.
