Muncie, Indiana, is offering $5,000 cash for remote workers who move to the town an hour northwest of Indianapolis.Muncie, home to Ball State University, is one of dozens of towns in dozens of states competing for well-paid workers on MakeMyMove.com, a website helping towns woo remote workers who can live...

Christina LomasneyWith apologies to the Farmers Insurance ad, Christina Lomasney knows a thing or two because she’s seen a thing or two.She studied physics to become a professor, then launched two businesses that overcame improbable odds to success.As director of commercialization for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, she draws on...

The proposed Three Rivers Behavioral Health Recovery center will proceed at the former Kennewick General Hospital, but with some functions in a separate location to comply with rules set by the current owner, LifePoint.“Stay tuned. We’re still moving forward. It looks like it is going to happen. But we may...

Franklin County outpaced Benton County in population growth in the past year, ranking No. 7 in the state compared to its neighbor’s No. 8.Franklin County, population 99,750, grew 1.42%, adding 1,400 people in 2022.Benton County, population 212,300, grew 1.38%, adding 2,900 more people.This brings the bicounty’s area’s population to 312,050.The...

Cheer teams continue to attract a wide range of athletes across the Tri-City community, now filling four gyms in the area with participants in both competitive and recreational options. Two of the gyms opened in the past year and the two others recently went under new ownership, turning over a...

On occasion, you, or someone you know, might be asked to co-sign a financial obligation for the purchase of a car or a house or the lease of an apartment or commercial space. Sometimes the request is simply to co-sign on a personal loan, so the borrower has access to...

The alchemists of yore sought to convert low-value lead into high-value gold.A solution to that puzzle remains elusive, but researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered something more applicable to present-day challenges.The lab has patented a game-changing new method of extracting lithium from water.There is a lot more suspended...

Isaac GarciaIsaac GarciaSystem Architect and OwnerApplied Automation ITNumber of employees you oversee: 4Brief background of your business:We started in September of 2018. We started out of a love for people in our community and a passion for technology. At Applied Automation IT, we put people first and information technology second.How...

By Amanda MasonFor the Tri-Cities Area Journal of BusinessToxic algae can no longer hide in plain sight.The Benton-Franklin Health District Water Lab in Kennewick is now home to ELISA, a testing kit and plate reader that detects toxins from algae blooms in water samples collected from local lakes and rivers.The...