Pasco residents can begin catching rides via Uber in their city starting Dec. 28 - just in time for New Year’s Eve celebrations.The ride-sharing is possible because the Pasco City Council earlier this month passed new for-hire regulations eliminating a fingerprint requirement allowing the operation of transportation network companies like...
Landowners near Moses Lake have been fined for illegally pumping more than 500 million gallons of groundwater from the declining Odessa aquifer.The state Washington Department of Ecology issued cease and desist orders requiring the landowners and their lessee to stop pumping groundwater in June. Ignoring the orders, they continued pumping...
A senior administrator at Metropolitan State University of Denver has been named the new chancellor of Washington State University Tri-Cities. Sandra HaynesSandra Haynes begins March 1. She currently is deputy provost and vice president of academic affairs and a professor in the Department of Human Services at the Denver university....
The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers and tax professionals of a new email scam targeting Hotmail users that is being used to steal personal and financial information.The phishing email subject line reads: “Internal Revenue Service Email No. XXXX | We’re processing your request soon | TXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX”. The email leads...
The number of home building permits issued in Benton and Franklin counties grew six percent in 2017—despite a slow start to the year.“We couldn’t pour concrete; the ground was freezing,” said Jeff Losey, executive director of the Tri-Cities Home Builders Association, or HBA. “For two straight months, we had to...
Fate of Tri-City-based Relay for Life, Making Strides fundraiser walks uncertainThe Kennewick office of the American Cancer Society ended its 25-year run in the Tri-Cities.The nonprofit shuttered its doors at 7325 W. Deschutes Ave. on Dec. 8.The closure was part of a larger regional downsizing to be more cost-effective, said...
An effort to bring a strip club to an industrial portion of Kennewick is on hold after the city denied a business license to City Stars Gentleman’s Club LLC.The city rejected the application because the club’s owners failed to complete required tenant improvements.One of the main improvements needed is a...
In addition to eyelash extensions, waxing and microblading, sisters offer training, online salesThree sisters believe owning and operating a business together is triple the fun.Meet Laura Geertsma, Leslie Miller-Stidham and Lisa Olson — identical triplets who have always worked together.From their first teen job at Subway to working nights at...
Nine family members work between Viera’s two bakeriesEulogio Zarate considers himself a fan of weather reports.The manager of Viera’s Bakery said he can tell when business is good based on the weather.“We always get excited as a business when it’s raining or cold,” he said while standing behind the counter at...
Jerad Groth owns Pasco Allstate agency, his dad owns one in RichlandJerad Groth didn’t plan to follow his father’s footsteps into the insurance business.But he’s glad he did.The young entrepreneur bought an established Allstate agency in Pasco in 2011 at age 25.“Since 2011, we’ve nearly doubled our clientele and grown...
