By Erick Peterson for TCAJoB The words ‘recession’ and ‘unemployment’ continue to be commonplace on newspaper front pages across the United States. Fortunately, for many people still struggling to find work, or who had trouble filling empty space under their Christmas tree, there is another word that pops up frequently — goodwill, a household name …
Read More »Chat with Chris Cargill, Washington Policy Center
Jan2010
In December, the Washington Policy Center named Chris Cargill, a former Spokane news producer, to head its new Eastern Washington, giving those of us in the Tri-Cities a more direct outlet to the non-partisan public policy research organization. Cargill will keep an office at the Tri-Cities Regional Chamber of Commerce. The Washington Policy Center focuses …
Read More »Six Degrees restaurant to serve up friendly food with rock and roll attitude
Jan2010
Two energetic, young restaurant workers are creating a new life menu for themselves — opening a new rock-and-roll themed, casual restaurant and bar. Travis Walker and Jenae Skerritt hope to open their new restaurant called Six Degrees in the former La Carreta building on Clearwater Avenue in early February. Walker, who is leaving Famous Daves …
Read More »Tri-Cities home construction and sales rise in 2009
Jan2010
The $2 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding at Hanford appears to have had its intended effect. The money certainly helped stimulate homes sales and new home construction in 2009. There were more home sales and new homes under construction in the Tri-Cities in 2009 than in the previous year. Realtors and contractors …
Read More »New independent living center under construction in Kennewick
Jan2010
A new $2.75 million, 14-unit independent living facility for developmentally disabled adults is under construction in Kennewick. Edison Terrace South is being built by the Shalom Ecumenical Center, which is known as SEC Affordable Housing, a Washington State nonprofit corporation made up of a consortium of local churches. The facility, being built at 524 N. …
Read More »Beaver Bark plans to grow, adds greenhouse
Jan2010
While the temperatures dip below freezing, Todd and Renae Bobbett prepare for spring. The Bobbetts, who own Beaver Bark Gift & Garden Center in Richland, are adding a 10,000-sq.-ft. greenhouse on site and plan to be growing inside it by February. The greenhouse will allow the Bobbetts to grow their own nursery plants and starts, …
Read More »Airlines beefing up security after numerous breaches
Jan2010
By Erick Peterson for TCAJoB Corlee “Corky” Johnson travels on artificial knees, making the long waits through airport security checkpoints tiresome. But that is not her only problem with increasingly more strict security measures at airports. She also gripes about intrusive body checks that allow security officers to rub wands over even the most private …
Read More »Pasco Chamber of Commerce names Ag Hall of Fame inductees
Jan2010
Longtime Prosser farmer Bud Mercer and the founders of T & R Farms, Porky Thomsen and Ron and Rella Reiman were inducted into the Pasco Chamber of Commerce’s Agriculture Hall of Fame as agricultural pioneers in January. The Mercer family pioneered the Prosser area in the late 1800s and has done everything from running sheep …
Read More »Local students win H & R Block Dollars and Sense challenge
Jan2010
By Elena Olmstead Three Kamiakin High School seniors will be head to Louisville, Kentucky this spring to compete against students from across the country for $30,000 in college scholarships. Taran Patel, Brandon En’Wezoh and Billy Sharma recently took first place in the H&R Block Dollars and Sense online challenge through their high school DECA club. …
Read More »Soldiers face unemployment battlefield when returning home from war
Jan2010
By Erick Peterson for TCAJoB Some employers wince at the prospect of hiring a veteran returning from war. A report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor in 2009 showed that unemployment rate of young veterans who had served in the military since Sept. 11, 2001 had topped 11 percent, compared to a 9.7 percent …
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