The site has about 8,000 pages. Rest the cursor on one of the colorful dots and a pull-down menu pops up. The pull-down menus guide viewers to different areas within news, sports, lifestyle features, community and recreation information, classified ads and special sections. The pull-down menus won't work without Flash, so the alternate page has a list of all the options. On the right side of the home page are icons for the more popular standing features, including Hydroplanes, KidZone, the searchable Dining Guide and the Kennewick Man Virtual Interpretive Center.
Viewers can get all the news national and local - in one place.
HomeSearch, a free on-line real estate service that started in late April. Users can search a database of houses for sale using criteria like price, city, square footage or real estate agent. Basic information and at least one photo is provided for each house. More changes are in store for the Web site. A revamped genealogy site, information about the newsroom staff and an archive of Paul Casey's stargazing columns also are in the works.