Two Kennewick companies are among the finalists for the Association of Washington Business’ third annual Evening of Excellence awards.Carbitex LLC of Kennewick is a finalist for the Connect Award, which recognizes a business whose products and/or services have positively affected the way in which Washington employers and communities are connected...

A nonprofit’s new Kennewick development aims to offer more housing options for developmentally disabled adults in the Tri-City area. The 1.7-acre dirt and asphalt lot with a community garden in the corner is the future home of Carmina’s Place, a cluster of five community group homes for adults living...

As an Association of Washington Business bus rolled into the parking lot of Tyson Fresh Meats bright and early on a recent morning in Wallula, many of the cattle slaughterhouse and beef processing plant’s 1,400 workers were arriving for work.Even more people will be joining them at their job site...

A $6.1 million facility offering a Montessori-based approach to memory loss care will open next fall in Kennewick.Called Windsong at Southridge, the 36,202-square-foot building will feature 56 private studio apartments, each with their own private bathroom and shower.It will be on four acres at 4000 24th Ave., off Highway 395...

Fundraising efforts for Columbia Basin College’s culinary school have been put on hold, but that doesn’t mean plans for a facility in Kennewick’s new riverside wine village aren’t moving forward.“The original plan was to start with fundraising, build the building, and while that was going on, build the program and...

Construction is underway on the Tri-Cities’ second Bath & Body Works store, planned for the Queensgate area of Richland.The company’s corporate office said the store is scheduled to open in early 2019 at 2471 Queensgate Drive, Suite A7.The developer of the Vintner Square property, Bowman Development Co., narrowed the store’s...

Tri-City retailers are optimistic about the upcoming holiday shopping season.“Our market usually outperforms the national trend due to our strong local economy,” said Barbara Johnson, general manager of Columbia Center mall in Kennewick. “It’s always kind of like looking into a crystal ball. I’m expecting consumer spending locally to be...

Barbara Johnson,General manager atSimon Property Group – Columbia Center mallBrief background of your business:Columbia Center is the largest regional shopping center in Eastern Washington and Oregon, with more than 125 stores and restaurants. Columbia Center was built in the Tri-Cities in 1969 and will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the...

The owner of a 100-year-old retail mainstay in downtown Kennewick is winding down operations.“Age and time and generations running out; the business is healthy, happy and doing great, but it’s just time for us to change course,” said John Gravenslund, owner and general manager of True Value Washington Furniture and...

By D. Patrick JonesIt’s November and ’tis the season. Holiday decorations, a parade of ads, the Hallmark channel showing lots of Christmas trees and, of course, the ever-present music reminds us that it is time to shop. For most retailers, as this quarter goes, so go the results for the...