Wine Country Family Dental in Pasco moved to its new home on Burden Boulevard in May. The 3,800-square-foot dental clinic’s modern architecture and open-floor design incorporates a rustic and industrial feel similar to many of the wineries and newer buildings around the Tri-Cities. (Courtesy Wine Country Family Dental)The clinic features exposed...
A second The Original Pancake House is serving breakfast all day in the Tri-Cities.The new restaurant in south Richland opened this month in front of Yoke’s Fresh Market at 424 Keene Road.The $1.8 million restaurant will serve full-service breakfasts. Everything is made from scratch daily, including all syrups, batters and toppings. The...
Michels Corp. has leased the Brantingham Phase IV building at 3030 Travel Plaza Way in Pasco.The new 9,150-square-foot pre-engineered steel warehouse features 2,010 square feet of wood framed front office space and 55,265 square feet of yard space.The project is scheduled to be completed this month.CRF Metal Works of Pasco...
Dutch Bros. fans — known as the Dutch Mafia — can pick up their favorite brews from the new drive-through Prosser shop.It opened July 2 at 119 Merlot Drive, just off Interstate 82.The 16-by-30-foot stand also includes a 17-by-17-foot storage area.Erin and Ryan Bates own the Prosser and Sunnyside franchises.On...
While training has always been at the forefront of United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 598, the time was overdue to expand its facilities and bring the infrastructure into the modern age. An expansion and remodel is underway of its existing Pasco building to increase training and education efforts,...
Present a problem to an engineer and that engineer will find a solution with enthusiasm.That’s what a group of people did recently at Framatome in Richland.Caleb Sarka, Rianna Preston, Chad King, Destinee Rea, Jeff Waddell and Manuel Seubert all work for Framatome.And all are members of the North American Young...
Mining in the Northwest was different in the 1890s.Back then, miners hunted for gold in the streams and mountains of Alaska and the Yukon with picks and shovels. Seattle was a jumping-off point and supply center for gold miners.Today, central Washington, upstream of the Tri-Cities, has become the focus of...
A first-of-its-kind reactor complex in Idaho Falls will be operated by Energy Northwest — probably in the middle of the next decade.In late spring, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission finished the initial phase of reviewing the first small modular reactor design to be submitted to the agency.This design application for...
Washington State University Tri-Cities recently landed two grants to advance biofuel research. Associate professor Xiao Zhang received $500,000 to pursue converting lignin to biofuel.Lignin is a common material that makes the cell walls of plants rigid.The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded the grant to Zhang,...
Three Tri-City public power electricity producers and providers recently paid more than $9 million in privilege taxes to the state.The annual tax is levied on public power electricity producers and providers for the privilege of generating electricity or providing electricity in the state.Energy Northwest paid nearly $4.8 million, up from...
