The owner of Pasco’s new multimillion indoor greenhouse has secured additional funding to support its growth plans as lack of capital threatened delays.Local Bounti reported a net loss of $111.1 million in 2022, compared to a net loss of $56.1 million the prior year.The Montana-based company recently filed its 2022...
The new owner of Sight and Sound Services already has mapped out his succession plan, even though he only bought the business a few months ago.Marty Mielke purchased the longtime DJ and entertainment services business based in Kennewick from Bob Kreider at the beginning of the year.Kreider, 71, launched Sight...
Washington State University Tri-Cities and Snohomish County have teamed up to develop a proposed research and development center for sustainable aviation fuels.Snohomish County officials announced plans for the $6.5 million Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Applied Research and Development Center at Paine Field on March 28.The first-of-its-kind center will offer fuel...
Jennifer Dorsett spent years taking young people to the gravity-defying challenge course in Columbia Park to help them build teamwork, communication and other social-emotional skills as they climbed, leaped and puzzled their way through tasks.Dorsett, a substance abuse counselor and certified prevention specialist, watched as their confidence grew and their...
When Adnan Al Hayyawi moved to the Tri-Cities from his native Iraq nearly eight years ago, he missed the tastes of home.The sweet, flavorful pistachio baklava.The fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth samoon bread.The zesty meat and vegetable pizzas and the shish kebabs.He doesn’t have to miss them anymore.Al Hayyawi and his wife, Thekra...
The Three Rivers Elementary School playground in Pasco earned national recognition as one of the 10 best inclusive playgrounds in the country. The playground, at 3901 Road 84 in Pasco, opened in 2019 and was designed specifically to address the physical and social inclusion of people of all ages and abilities. Soliant,...
It’s not often that a vegan, a meat eater, a keto dieter and someone with celiac disease or a peanut allergy can all order from the same menu.Especially a menu that’s a mash-up of French and Mexican food.Al Avelar, co-owner of Crepe Haus + El Compadre, knew he wanted his...
Jonathan Ray knows what it’s like to lose someone.
He spent 22 years as a pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps, and “I lost a lot of friends in aviation and in war,” he said.
He also knows the power of a final goodbye. His new business, Rest on High, aims to use his aviation expertise to help families give their loved ones a dignified and peaceful final send-off.
Taylor Holmes could have just continued to work in the construction industry, and he would have been a happy man.And then, one day at a job site, an accident changed the course of his life.“(A man) fell three stories at a construction site and died,” Holmes said. “That was 2012,...
