The Port of Benton has hired Columbia Rail to manage the 16-mile railroad that serves businesses at Horn Rapids, a critical first step to repairing decades of deterioration that reduced train speeds to 5 mph.Walla Walla-based Columbia operates short line railroads throughout the Mid-Columbia. It will operate and maintain the...
Joe Molvik of Kennewick is proving the old axiom you’re never too old to try something new.At 86, he decided to open an art gallery showcasing his Norwegian-inspired paintings, wood carvings and other woodwork.The former custom metalworker hung up his trade in 2022 after over 50 years in business and...
Kristi Thien retired on a high note as nutrition services director for Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels, the free senior meals program.In January, Senior Life Resources, which operates the nonprofit, fulfilled two of Thien’s wishes when it began offering a weekly breakfast and extended services at its cafe north of Columbia...
When the Richland Knights of Columbus launched its fundraiser to help Ukrainian refugees nearly a year ago, it didn’t expect to get nationwide attention for its efforts.But it recently reached an important milestone in its campaign.Council 3307 raised the most money of any Knights group in the country – more...
Pacific Clinic, the sprawling fitness and health facility formerly known as the Tri-City Court Club, has a new owner and big plans to evolve as it continues its evolution from fitness center to holistic health campus in the coming year.The BRAE LLC, owned by Stephen White, a former professional athlete,...
Columbia Basin Health Association is coming to Pasco.The small health system, which operates clinics in Othello, Connell and Mattawa, bought an 18-acre site at the northeast corner of North Road 68 and Three Rivers Drive and plans to build a 27,000-square-foot facility on six of the acres.CBHA had originally hoped...
Overdose prevention could be viewed as the new CPR: the Benton-Franklin Health District wants everyone to be prepared and know how to help anyone at any time.The BFHD is actively marketing its “Carry a Second Chance” campaign in the hope people will equip themselves with naloxone, an emergency medication that...
Claude HafezPersonal trainer Claude Hafez believes most everyone can move and she won’t take “no” for an answer.“Regardless of age or injuries or limitations, everyone can move. You think you don’t want to move anymore, and you feel like the chair is calling you to just sit down, but I...
Richard “Dick” Vandervert remember him for being a sharp dealmaker and community leader who treated everyone with the same level of respect. Vandervert, 78, died unexpectedly of heart failure Jan. 4.
Ginny Hildreth hasn’t been afraid to make a risky leap in her life when she feels the time is right.The owner of Discount Vac, Sew & Fabric is in the middle of what she calls the third big leap in her life: moving the store’s location of 61 years to...
