A party supply store and a beauty retailer have opened for business in Richland’s Vintner Square.Party City sells birthday and theme party supplies, baby shower favors, Halloween costumes and more at 850 stores across the nation.It is next door the new Ulta Beauty, a national seller of beauty supplies.The new...

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit and Costa Vida are the first tenants in a new strip mall on Burden Boulevard in Pasco.Called Burden Plaza II, the 10,617-square-foot retail space is located off Road 68, near the TRAC facility and the new Hampton Inn & Suites, at 6627 Burden Blvd. The lot size for...

The much-anticipated arrival of the Tri-Cities’ first MOD Pizza shop was realized when it opened May 26 in Richland.The single-story, 2,800-square-foot restaurant at 2803 Queensgate Drive features 79 seats in the dining area and 28 seats on the outdoor patio. MOD is the original fast pizza experience, founded in Seattle by...

Five-acre farm produced 65,000 pounds last year for Tom Douglas Restaurants   Jackie Cross had no intention of owning a farm in Prosser as she and her husband Tom Douglas spend most of their days on the west side of the state.As the owners of more than a dozen Seattle-area restaurants,...

By Paul G. NeifferFarm couples can be worth about $11 million and not owe any federal estate tax. However, farmers in Washington state are subject to a state estate tax which starts at a little more than $2 million of net worth and the tax rate reaches 20 percent at...

By Michelle DuplerBenton County and Washington state marijuana retail sales bloomed in fiscal year 2016, and the high appears to have continued into 2017, according to data from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.[blockquote quote="We’re your grandma’s cannabis store." source="Steve Lee, owner of Green2Go" align="right" max_width="300px"]Retail sales in Benton...

By Marilou SheaThis column is exclusively about one of our universally favorite things: food. Marilou Shea,Pasco Specialty KitchenIt contributes to our economy in all kinds of ways, from agriculture, processing and manufacturers, to talented entrepreneurs, cultural heritage, restaurants, food trucks, farmers markets and farm-to-table efforts.Farm-to-table is a cool concept but...

It’s too early to tell how the Trump administration will affect agriculture in Eastern Washington. But if the president’s budget proposal for the U.S. Department of Agriculture survives intact, it could chop a serious chunk out of the Washington Department of Agriculture’s budget. Derek Sandison,Washington Department of AgricultureThat’s what Derek Sandison,...

Middleton Six Sons Farms bought 15 carts for its workersThe asparagus served at several Tri-City restaurants likely features spears picked by experts at Middleton Six Sons Farms who have worked in the fields for more than three decades.It’s a lot of work to get the springtime favorite from field to...