In a sense, the world stopped when Olie and Christin Kolzig’s 15-month-old son, Carson, was diagnosed with autism. In another sense, it was spinning. Olie Kolzig, who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals and the Tampa Bay Lightning, could respond like lightning to a puck sliding toward him at …
Read More »TiSport moving to former Food Pavilion building in Pasco
Jun2010
TiSport LLC, the Kennewick-based company that for a dozen years has made TiLite titanium wheelchairs is moving to Pasco. The company, which spun off from the Finley-based Sandvik Metals in 1997, has grown from about 20 workers to 120 employees. For more than a dozen years it has been making its titanium athletic equipment and …
Read More »Four CBC machine tech students advance to national competition
Jun2010
By Katie Harris news@tricitiesbusinessnews.com It’s 10 a.m. on a Wednesday, and the Vocational Building at Columbia Basin College is humming with activity. Some students turn lathes, some work on cars, and some study manufacturing software in a computer lab. All of them are there for class, but some students arrived much earlier. “We got here …
Read More »Coast Guard Auxiliary is “always ready” to serve and help boaters
Jun2010
By Katie Harris news@tricitiesbusinessnews.com Their motto is Semper Paratus, or “Always Ready.” And they help boaters be precisely that—always ready for every situation on the waterfront. They are the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, the civilian volunteer component of the U.S. Coast Guard. The Auxiliarists offer safe boating courses, vessel safety checks, and aid the Coast …
Read More »Thousands attend Lockheed Martin’s 10th annual IT Day
Jun2010
Cyber geeks were in high heaven in May when Lockheed Martin sponsored its 10th Annual IT (Information Technology) Day at Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick. The day-long event included educational break-out sessions on energy, sustainability, information technology, marketing and social media. A vendor expo, which ran from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., showcased the …
Read More »Port of Kennewick celebrates new additions to Clover Island
Jun2010
A crowd of more than 240 were on hand at Clover Island in May to dedicate a new bronze statue and celebrate the addition of the new gateway arch and pedestrian pathway. The event included the commissioning of the Clover Island Lighthouse as an official U.S. Coast Guard private aid to navigation. The bronze statue, …
Read More »Infinia Corporation receives $3 million Department of Energy grant
Jun2010
Infinia Corporation has received a $3 million grant to develop a large-scale thermal energy storage solution to use with its solar dishes. The grant was part of $62 million the Obama administration gave out in May in an effort to spur more research and development in the solar power industry to make it more competitive. …
Read More »Girl Scouts begins campaign for new programs, funding
Jun2010
By Katie Harris news@tricitiesbusinessnews.com When you think of Girl Scouts, usually what comes to mind are Brownie uniforms, thin mint cookies and camping trips. But in a new campaign, the Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho hope to broaden the idea of what being a Girl Scout means. On May 6, the Girl …
Read More »Esprit Graphic Communications buys Press Craft Inc.
Jun2010
Skip and Shannon Novakovich, owners of Esprit Graphic Communications, have purchased the assets and client files of Press Craft Inc. in Pasco for an undisclosed amount. Skip Novakovich said Press Craft Inc. owner Dave Freepons had decided to close the business and pursue other interests and, through a long-time working relationship with Freepons, Novakovich knew …
Read More »United Way announces 2010 distributions
Jun2010
By TCAJoB staff United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties will distribute $3.7 million to area nonprofit organizations for its July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011 funding cycle. The organization’s Community Solutions fund will provide $1.46 million to 23 local service providers and 39 area programs. The 23 local service providers also will receive …
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