Washington state building code changes designed to get more electric heat pumps installed in newly built houses, apartments and commercial buildings are still on track to take effect next week after a judge on Friday declined an industry-backed request to put the rules on hold.
The International Folk Dancers of Richland dates its origins to the 1940s, when Richland saw an influx of Hanford workers, and was officially incorporated in 1965. Some of the dancers have been dancing for nearly that long – 40 years, 50 years or longer. The dances they perform are even older.