Pasco will begin construction on a new home for the Tri-Cities Animal Control building by spring 2022.So says David Zabell, Pasco city manager.The animal control facility is by no means the largest or most complicated undertaking on the city’s $150 million capital projects list for the coming year. Water and...
The pace of progress is on the rise in Richland, where the city has issued nearly twice as many commercial building permits through July 2021 compared to the same time period last year.While the overall number of permits has increased, the value of the projects is coming in lower, said...
West Richland often is called the Tri-Cities’ bedroom community.Plenty more bedrooms were built in the past year and more are coming with the buildout of the Heights at Red Mountain Ranch.The west end of the city saw a boom of new home construction in 2021.In 2020, the city recorded a...
Benton County, home to nearly 209,300 people in 2021, is wrapping up construction of a new administration building at its justice center campus in Kennewick.The administration building is the largest undertaking by either Benton or Franklin county in 2021.Franklin County, with a population just 500 people shy of the 100,000...
WSU Tri-Cities is setting up camp in Prosser.The school has agreed to lease the closed Walter Clore Wine & Culinary Center from the Port of Benton for $25,000 a year. It will use it for wine and culinary education.The port originally built the 15,000-square-foot facility in 2014 to showcase the...
Chaplaincy Health Care is delaying construction of a 10-bed hospice house at the Richland Wye after construction estimates rose 30% past the $5 million price tag.The nonprofit intended to begin construction on a replacement for Chaplaincy Hospice House this fall at 1336 Spaulding Ave., near its Fowler Street administrative office.Instead,...
The proprietor of Headstones by Cemetery Tim makes death look cool.That’s what some of his clients have told him over the years.But Tim Morris isn’t trying to look cool. He’s going for approachable.His headstone company is based in Yakima but he recently opened a showroom in downtown Pasco.His front door...
Farmers Exchange, the iconic purveyor of lawnmowers, chainsaws, trimmers, animal feed and garden supplies, has passed to a new generation.Christopher Ingersoll, great grandson of one of the original owners of the Kennewick business, bought it from his uncle, Keith Silliman, in a deal that closed Oct. 1.Silliman said he was...
Indian Eyes LLC owner dies at age 59The Hanford contracting community is mourning the death of Roxie Schescke, owner and founder of Indian Eyes LLC.Schescke, 59, died in West Richland.The woman- and Native American-owned firm she led is a successful federal contractor that provides human resources, staffing, project management and...
New $67 user fee applies to estate tax closing lettersA new $67 user fee will apply to any estate that requests a closing letter for its federal estate tax return starting Oct. 28, the Internal Revenue Service has announced.Closing letter requests must be made using Pay.gov.By law, federal agencies are...
