Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Old Trapper Smoked Products, a beef jerky manufacturer based in the Portland suburb of Forest Grove, is preparing to buy 20 acres in Richland’s Horn Rapids Industrial Park for a 50,000-square-foot manufacturing plant that will employ 100 to start. The $1.3 million sale goes to the Richland City Council for approval on May 17. (Courtesy city of Richland)

Jerky plant could bring 100+ jobs to Richland

By Wendy Culverwell | May 2022

Old Trapper Smoked Products Inc., a key player in the $4 billon meat snack industry, plans to build a large food processing plant in Richland. The company, based in the Portland suburb of Forest Grove, intends to build a 50,000-square-foot facility employing 100 to start at Horn Rapids Industrial Park. The payroll could grow to…

Local News

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Real Estate & Construction

Joo Seok Baek of Richland is building 1derful Food Park near Lawrence Scott Park in Kennewick. The project will have seven kitchens serving diners through windows and outdoor seating as well as an indoor court and bathrooms. Baek will open a Korean barbecue kitchen and lease the remaining kitchens to other chefs. (Courtesy Joo Seok Baek)

Unique food park opening this fall in Kennewick

By Wendy Culverwell | May 2022

A unique food park is coming to a spot near Lawrence Scott Park in Kennewick’s Columbia Center area. 1derful Food Park – pronounced...

Richland redevelopment gets tricky as Panda Express eyes waterfront

By Wendy Culverwell | May 2022

Kennewick public market opening delayed, ‘not ready’

By Wendy Culverwell | May 2022

Monthly Focuses

Plastic bags get tangled in the sorting equipment and can shut down an entire facility, posing safety hazards to workers who have to remove them from the machinery. (Courtesy Waste Management)

What is the state of recycling in the Tri-Cities?

By Laura Kostad | May 2022

Though each of the Tri-Cities offers curbside garbage service, each handles recycling differently. Pasco, West Richland and greater Benton County (including Finley, Burbank and other...

Company transforms garbage bins from dirty to disinfected

By Kristina Lord | May 2022

Tri-Cities’ greenhouse gas footprint better than most metro areas

By Guest Contributor | May 2022

Building Tri-Cities

Vertisee Heights Apartments open on Richland waterfront

May 2022

World Builder LLC, co-founded by ex-Tri-City Heat players Lionel Singleton and Houston Lillard, has competed Vertisee Heights, a 24-unit upscale apartment complex...