Business publications include the Tri-Cities on their lists of the best places to live and work.

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Fuller is a new teacher at Tri-Cities High School in East Point, Georgia.

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Before that, I was on the faculty at Washington State University Tri-Cities.

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The Atlanta Hawks, for example, were first the Buffalo Bisons in Buffalo, New York, then the Tri-Cities Blackhawks when they moved to Moline, Illinois.

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Thanks to Hanford's sustained ability to soak up federal dollars, the great recession skipped over Richland, Kennewick and Pasco, fast-growing towns on the Columbia river that call themselves the Tri-Cities.

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The Tri-Cities area has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Washington State, and the housing market has barely been affected by the recent economic downturn, according to the Tri-Cities Industrial Development council.

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While debate continues over whether and how stimulus dollars should be used, the Tri-Cities area that surrounds the Hanford site -- which includes Richland, Kennewick and Pasco -- is reaping the benefits of the clean-up boom.

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