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List of Tri-City area coronavirus cancellations

TCAJOB Staff
March 12, 2020

Tri-City organizations are closing their offices and event planners are canceling or postponing events amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus. To keep you updated, we're going to update this list.

Updated March 17

  • Benton Fire District 4 has canceled its annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 11 in West Richland. The event can draw up to 1,000.

Updated March 16

  • Mid-Columbia Libraries will close its 12 branches and Bookmobile from March 17 through April 24 to help mitigate the spread of coronavirus. During the closure, library customers should keep books and materials currently checked out until libraries reopen or until further notice. All due dates on physical materials will be automatically extended until April 27. The library district strongly encourages customers to not return items during the closure.

  • The Health and Safety Expo scheduled for April 21-22 at the HAPO Center in Pasco has been canceled. 

Updated March 14

  • Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels has announced it will be offering limited home delivery and senior dining center meal service effective March 16. The duration of the change in service is unknown but is expected to last a minimum of three weeks.
    Home delivery: Volunteer drivers will deliver hot meals, along with supplemental frozen meals, to homebound clients each Tuesday and Friday. The first week of this change only, they also will provide Monday service. Clients will receive a combination of hot and frozen meals to provide one meal for each day of the week.
    Senior dining centers: Sites within Tri-Cities, and Benton City will be open for take-out frozen meals each Tuesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to noon. Frozen meals may also be picked up from the Meals on Wheels Café from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The café is at 1834 Fowler St. in Richland. Connell and Prosser sites will serve hot meal take-out meals until switching to frozen take-out meals starting March 23. Seniors can pick up enough meals to provide one for each day.
    Seniors age 60 and older who are not current Meals on Wheels clients who may now need meal assistance may call 509-735-1911 to sign up for meal service.

Updated March 13

  • Vintage at the Ridge at the Numerica Pavilion has been postponed until further notice. The annual shopping event at the Southridge Sports and Events Complex in Kennewick was originally scheduled for March 13-14. Vendors will be notified when the event has been rescheduled. The Numerica Pavilion will remain closed through the weekend, and more information will be made available on recreation programs, events and activities as it becomes available.

  • Hanford public tours postponed. The U.S. Department of Energy is postponing all public tours of environmental management sites through the end of April.

  • All K-12 public and private schools in Washington are closed through April 24, Gov. Jay Inslee announced.

  • Charter announced it would offer free access to Spectrum Broadband for new K-12 and college student households for up to 60 days, beginning March 16.

  • All Masonic activities, including lodge, district, lodge leadership retreat and Grand Lodge meetings are canceled through March 31.

  • The Tri-Cities Cancer Center's Cancer Crushing Breakfast scheduled for April 2 has been postponed. It has been rescheduled for June 9 at the Three Rivers Convention Center. The cancer center also updated its visitors' policy: https://tccancer.org/covid19/.

  • Kadlec Regional Medical Center has adjusted its visitors' policy, which is posted on its Facebook page.

  • Prosser Memorial Health has adjusted its visitor policy and requests patients call ahead before visiting the hospital. Visit ProsserHealth.org for details.

  • The Eastern Edge Tri-Cities event scheduled for April 16 at the HAPO Center in Pasco has been postponed. A future date has not yet been set.

  • On March 16, all Mid-Columbia Libraries branches will offer transaction-related services only. All library programs will be canceled until further notice. The 12 branches will be open regular hours but will offer transaction-related services only. Customers may pick up books and materials on hold, return items or quickly browse and check out items. To encourage social distancing, prolonged use of the library beyond these functions will be prohibited.

Updated March 12

  • The Home Builders Association of Tri-Cities has canceled all in-person meetings at its Kennewick office beginning March 13 through the end of March. HBA said it will reevaluate the closure at that time. HBA staff will continue to be available during normal business hours and will answer any questions via email or by phone at 509-735-2745. 

  • The Mid-Columbia Arts Foundation canceled its March 14 fundraiser, The Roaring '20s, a Gatsby Gala. 

  • Soroptimist International canceled its S13R Scholarship Celebration and Social, which had been scheduled for March 26. 

  • The Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce postponed its annual meeting, which had been scheduled for March 18 in Kennewick. 

  • Blue Mountain Council of Boy Scouts of America postponed a breakfast in Pasco featuring Gen. James Mattis to Aug. 13.  

  • Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels canceled its annual fundraising breakfast scheduled for March 10. 

  • Franklin PUD encouraged customers to use online bill paying or to visit a drop box at its offices. It will close the customer service and auditorium areas to the public starting March 17.  

  • The Kennewick Irrigation District closed its offices to the public. Customers can pay their 2020 assessments at the 24-hour drop box outside its office, by mail, by phone or online at payments.kid.org. 

  • The Port of Kennewick closed its Clover Island offices to the public. Tenants and customers can pay bills by mail, through their bank or at the 24-hour drop box. 

  • The Othello Sandhill Crane Festival canceled the 2029 event, which would have been its 23rd. 

  • Grant PUD closed its facilities to the public after a contract worker was exposed. The PUD sent nonessential personnel home indefinitely.

  • The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Gesa Credit Union and others encouraged employees to telecommute. PNNL announced an employee has been tested for COVID-19 after experiencing respiratory illness.

  • The Washington Department of Corrections suspended visits and announced an employee at Monroe site has tested positive for the virus.

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