Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is beta testing a new satellite-provided broadband internet service through its Starlink brand.At times, reports have come out that SpaceX planned to spin off Starlink. Other reports quoted the SpaceX founder Elon Musk saying he had no plan to spin off Starlink.The bandied spinoff idea...
The term “sex robots” may raise some eyebrows, but Nancy S. Jecker, professor of bioethics and humanities at the University of Washington, is not having it. (Courtesy of Nancy Jecker)Jecker published a paper in the Journal of Medical Ethics encouraging the manufacturers developing sex robots for young, straight men to...
Polliwogs Children’s Boutique prides itself on offering an assortment of ethically and sustainably-sourced baby and children’s apparel, shoes and accessories.“I was actually really surprised that there were as many people who wanted that here,” said owner Alexa Orozco.Part of what motivated her to open the Richland store six years ago...
Steve McConnell’s life changed the day his parents took him skiing for the first time in his life.“I was a basketball player, but I was lucky that my folks introduced me to skiing when I was in seventh grade,” he said. “From the first time I skied down the hill,...
A military-grade cyberattack seized the Port of Kennewick’s computer system on Nov. 16, cutting off email and other systems.Email was restored by the end of the month but port staff were still working to restore functionality to their computer systems in early December.The port refused to pay a $200,000 ransom...
Awards and HonorsLouAnne Neill of Neill Construction Services LLC, received the Associate of the Year Award from the Building Industry Association of Washington. Neill has served on the Home Builders Association of Tri-Cities board of directors nearly every year since 1997 and has been a BIAW director since 2007. Over...
A Vancouver real estate management and development firm is expanding into the Tri-Cities, drawn by the area’s growth.Carmen Villarma, president and founder of The Management Group (TMG), broke ground on a two-story office at 30 S. Louisiana St. in west Kennewick this fall. It includes ground floor space for both...
A $7.7 million science exploration center under construction in Richland aims to foster science-inspired students and STEM-confident educators.LIGO Hanford, one of two detectors making up the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, broke ground this fall on the LIGO Exploration Center, called LExC.Expected to host up to 10,000 students each year, in...
An inquiry about extending sewer lines to boathouses at the Clover Island Yacht Club has prompted a strong response from the Port of Kennewick.Boathouses are for boats, not people. Living on boats or in boathouses is not allowed by the port or the Army Corps of Engineers.The port leases the...
The Port of Kennewick is in an awkward position after the death of a tenant who held a lifetime right to occupy port-owned property in east Kennewick.Audrey Bouton died Sept. 14 in San Tan Valley, Arizona, where she had moved to be cared for by a daughter. She was 90...
