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.
Manufacturing in the greater Tri-Cities continues to be a story of adding value to the region’s agricultural bounty. Benton-Franklin Trends data illustrates the growth over the past 15 years of food and beverage manufacturers.
In 2021, the number of firms in the industry totaled 120. That’s...
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson recently announced an environmental lawsuit against numerous manufacturers of PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” asserting they knew for decades about the serious risks the chemicals posed to humans and the environment.
The companies likely made many millions in profit while actively deceiving the...
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.
For over 20 years, the shop at 1854 Bronco Lane near the Richland Airport has been the creative lair of local inventor Chris Smith, owner of Intellegration LLC.
The business’ name marries the words “intelligent” and “integration,” which Smith said is short for “integrating intelligent ideas.” It launched in...
You might not think city planning and winemaking have a lot in common.
But Scott Greenberg’s decades of experience helping shape and manage municipal growth has come in handy in his second career as a winemaker and winery owner.
Greenberg, who recently moved his North Bend-based Convergence Zone Cellars to...
Sarah Del Toro is Kennewick School District’s new director of learning programs and supports. Her new position will include oversight of migrant and multilingual, ECEAP and LAP/Title I programs. In 2022, she...
