More than 30 businesses across Benton and Franklin counties took the extra step of becoming state certified as a small business owned by a woman or minority woman, adding their names to an online directory and putting them in position to bid for a share of government contracts.
A Washington state transplant who pursued a love of winemaking plans to front the latest winery to set up shop in Prosser’s Vintners Village. It’s a step forward in its journey to become an all-estate grown wine label.
Enodav Wine Co. is co-owned by David Rodriguez and two family...
While some teens used the pandemic shutdown to play Minecraft or learn TikTok dances, Ashwin Joshi was reading “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” a book published decades ago about increasing your financial IQ.
It was the start of the 17-year-old’s mission to empower youth and educate them about financial literacy...
Items that once lined the shelves of Target, Walmart, Costco, Best Buy, JCPenney or the virtual shelves of Amazon are now ending up at a handful of local retailers specializing in liquidation sales.
Three stores have opened in the last year, the latest being Daily Deals in Pasco in...
A longtime Kennewick gift shop now offers a personalized approach to interior home design by helping customers visualize different looks featuring the rooms in their own homes.
The new 3D experience provides a way to experiment with different color palettes, materials and styles before buying any furniture or decor,...
An artist with a passion for teaching and working with others recently opened a studio in west Pasco that lets anyone become an artist and go home with a creation they love.
Hollie Zepeda was often told she wouldn’t make a living in art, and decades later, she’s hoping...
Last year has been described as a challenging one for the hop industry, coming off a previous record crop, unseasonably cold and wet spring and increased costs for production.
But the industry is hopeful 2023 brings a better hop crop.
“We’re about one week behind in heat units with another...
A Benton City wine label maker continues to grow its company, portfolio and staff of women managers. Headed up by part owner and general manager, Katii Deaton, Columbia Label has built out its niche near Red Mountain, offering big city capabilities in the heart of Washington’s wine county.
A small shop in Pasco pumps out tens of thousands of jars of mustard annually, all made by hand with recipes created in the 1980s by Alice Jones, now 90.
The business is now run by Jones’ daughter, Juli Massingale, yet still bears her mom’s initials, AJ’s Edible Arts.
A boutique resale shop that will provide a future income stream to support clients of Domestic Violence Services of Benton & Franklin Counties is set to open in Kennewick, wrapping up a lofty project for the most recent class of Leadership Tri-Cities.