Mail by the Mall, the feisty, independent mailbox business in the path of the future Center Parkway extension, has moved.The business started by Laurie McCoy and her late mother Dee is staying true to its name after moving into leased quarters “by the mall” at 1360 N. Louisiana St., Suite...
Muncie, Indiana, is offering $5,000 cash for remote workers who move to the town an hour northwest of Indianapolis.Muncie, home to Ball State University, is one of dozens of towns in dozens of states competing for well-paid workers on MakeMyMove.com, a website helping towns woo remote workers who can live...
Christina LomasneyWith apologies to the Farmers Insurance ad, Christina Lomasney knows a thing or two because she’s seen a thing or two.She studied physics to become a professor, then launched two businesses that overcame improbable odds to success.As director of commercialization for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, she draws on...
Muscle car sells for record amount at Pasco auctionA 1967 Shelby collector car sold for $662,000 in a recent Pasco auction.The sale of the GT500 Super Snake reissue, No. 3 of 10 made, is the highest price paid at auction for this model introduced by Shelby American in 2018, according...
The proposed Three Rivers Behavioral Health Recovery center will proceed at the former Kennewick General Hospital, but with some functions in a separate location to comply with rules set by the current owner, LifePoint.“Stay tuned. We’re still moving forward. It looks like it is going to happen. But we may...
Franklin County outpaced Benton County in population growth in the past year, ranking No. 7 in the state compared to its neighbor’s No. 8.Franklin County, population 99,750, grew 1.42%, adding 1,400 people in 2022.Benton County, population 212,300, grew 1.38%, adding 2,900 more people.This brings the bicounty’s area’s population to 312,050.The...
The Kennewick Man and Woman of the Year organization honored two men and two women for 2020 and 2021 on June 13 after postponing the annual event for two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic.The program is presented by Soroptimist International of Pasco-Kennewick and the Kennewick Past Men of the...
As press releases go, the U.S. Secretary of Energy’s travel schedule is mundane stuff.Jennifer Granholm, President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Energy, traveled to Sydney, Australia, in mid-July.In 2022, she also traveled to Tampa, Florida, to tout the benefits of clean energy, to Michigan (her home state) to announce more than...
