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Tri-City dreams of regaining control over 34 miles of Columbia Shoreline are on hold. The Congressional Budget Office raised questions about the proposed transfer, preventing it from being included in the National Defense Authorization Act passed Thursday in the House.
This July 24, 1997 file photo shows a plastic casting of the skull from the bones known as Kennewick Man, in Richland, Wash. One of the oldest and most complete skeletons found in North America will be given back to American Indian tribes in Washington state for reburial.
The House and Senate both have passed legislation ordering the bones turned over to Columbia Basin tribes. Saturday the bill headed to the president's desk to be signed into law.
This clay facial reconstruction of Kennewick Man or "the Ancient One" was carefully sculpted around the morphological features of his skull, and lends a deeper understanding of what he may have looked like nearly 9,000 years ago. The remains will be repatriated to Columbia Basin tribes for traditional burial under legislation passed by Congress.
Officers surrounding the bank watched a man throw items around inside and then start to climb out the broken window, according to Kennewick police. Spotting police, Justus L. Raasch, 19, of Pasco, gave up peacefully and was taken into custody, according to police reports.